DevSecOps Engineer (TS/SCI CI Poly) from ALTA IT Services
Washington, DC 20001
About the Job
DevSecOps Engineer
Work Location: Onsite in Washington, DC
Clearance: Active TS//SCI with CI poly
As a DevSecOps Engineer, you’ll be an experienced DevSecOps Engineer and will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions.
If you think you can see yourself delivering our mission and pursuing our goals with us, then check out the job description below!
What you’ll do:
- Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and configurations, ensuring security best practices are applied to cloud resources and infrastructure components.
- Perform regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, code, and infrastructure.
- Monitor and analyze system and application logs to detect and respond to security incidents.
- Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, ensuring appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place.
- Collaborate with software engineers to provide guidance on secure coding practices and assist in remediation of security findings.
- Participate in incident response activities, helping to investigate and mitigate security incidents in a timely manner.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and documentation.
What you’ll need to succeed:
- Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI poly
- At least 6 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on integrating security into the software development lifecycle.
- Experience building DevSecOps solutions at scale across multiple classification domains (IL5 to IL6+) simultaneously
- Strong understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Selenium).
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and securing cloud-based applications and services.
- Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS) and securing containerized applications.
- Hands-on experience with security tools for static code analysis, dynamic application security testing (DAST), and vulnerability scanning, using tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tool integration.
- Knowledge of security best practices, common vulnerabilities, and exposure to security frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST).
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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