Sr. DevSecOps Engineer

Oteemo, Inc•College Park, MD

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. DevSecOps Engineer will lead the design, implementation, and operation of secure, scalable cloud-native infrastructure, platforms, and CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical Department of Defense programs. Act as a technical advisor to government stakeholders, drive DevSecOps roadmaps, implement Zero Trust and compliance automation, mentor platform and engineering teams, and deliver repeatable, automated, auditable deployments across cloud and air-gapped/on-prem environments.

Requirements

Active Secret clearance or higher (TS/SCI preferred); experience on DoD or federal contracts and familiarity with DoD processes.
Hands-on multi-cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) — strong experience in at least two providers; deep Kubernetes and containerization knowledge (EKS/GKE/OpenShift/RKE2/K3s).
At least 3+ year proven experience designing and operating CI/CD/GitOps pipelines and pipeline orchestrators (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, etc.).
At least 3+ proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or similar; scripting in Bash, Python, or Go.
Strong background in Zero Trust, IAM, network security (microsegmentation, VPN, load balancing), secrets management, and embedding security into pipelines.
Experience with platform operations, cluster lifecycle management, upgrades, and automation of routine tasks.
Strong written and verbal skills; demonstrated ability to lead and mentor teams and present to senior leadership.
Cloud Platform: One or more from AWS (Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Pro, Security Specialty), Azure (Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps Engineer Expert), or GCP (Professional Cloud Architect / DevOps / Security Engineer).
Security: CISSP, CCSP, CEH, or GIAC (GSEC/GCIH) or Security+ CE.
DoD/Federal: DoD 8140/8570 compliance (Security+ minimum; CISSP/CASP+ preferred).
Kubernetes: CKA/CKAD, Terraform Associate, CNCF certifications.

Nice To Haves

Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Experience with Navy, Marine Corps, or other service programs and Platform One / DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Reference Design.
Familiarity with software factory concepts, continuous ATO (cATO), and classified environment automation.
Familiarity with Agile/SAFe in government contexts.
Hands-on coding experience (Python, Go, Bash).
Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Fluentd, Loki, Grafana), service mesh (Istio, Envoy), and CNCF ecosystem tooling.

Responsibilities

Design enterprise-scale DevSecOps and cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premise; define technical roadmaps; apply Zero Trust and defense-in-depth principles; lead architecture reviews and threat modeling.
Stand up and maintain secure infrastructure (cloud and on-premise air-gapped), including Kubernetes clusters and container platforms; oversee environment automation and reproducible provisioning.
Architect and implement CI/CD and GitOps pipelines that integrate security scanning, compliance validation (RMF/NIST), automated testing, and continuous ATO/cATO workflows; design pipeline orchestration using tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Flux.
Champion IaC and environment templatization (Terraform, Ansible, Kustomize, Helm, Jinja, etc.); automate provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks.
Integrate security controls into pipelines and platforms (secrets management, IAM, microsegmentation); ensure adherence to DoD security frameworks, RMF, and authorization processes; lead security architecture reviews.
Maintain and upgrade production infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters; implement observability, monitoring, logging, and incident response practices.
Serve as technical liaison to program managers and senior leadership; present designs, roadmaps, and tradeoffs; assist with client onboarding and identify MVPs for delivery.
Provide technical guidance to DevSecOps, platform, and engineering teams; foster continuous improvement, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
Produce and maintain system design documentation, diagrams, runbooks, and briefings for leadership and customers.