Senior Data & DevSecOps Engineer

Nakupuna Federal as part of the NFB Management Consultants (Joint Venture) is seeking a Data Integration Security & DevSecOps Engineer to design secure and automate the pipelines connectors and workflows that drive the Defense Health Agencys (DHA) federated data ecosystem. This role combines data engineering cybersecurity and DevSecOps expertise to ensure that all solutions are continuously tested validated and compliant with DoD and healthcare security standards. The Engineer will play a critical role in advancing DHAs mission to safeguard military healthcare data enable interoperability and support operational readiness. By embedding Zero Trust principles and DevSecOps practices into DHAs enterprise data modernization effort the Engineer will ensure solutions are secure resilient and high quality.

As part of the NFB JV team this position will support all ten program objectives including:

• 12: Contribute secure harvesting and automation to support inventory and metadata management.
• 35: Enforce automated governance and lifecycle policies in data pipelines.
• 67: Conduct UAT support automate QA checks and run stress/performance tests.
• 89: Develop reusable components and validate AI/ML pipeline readiness with automated compliance.
• 10: Deliver transition playbooks automation scripts and sustainment knowledge transfer.

The following reflects managements definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign additional duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

• Design configure and maintain secure ingestion pipelines and data connectors for DHA enterprise systems.
• Automate metadata harvesting and tagging processes ensuring classification accuracy across domains.
• Integrate Zero Trust principles into all ingestion and access workflows.
• Conduct infrastructure and workload performance testing producing technical validation reports.
• Collaborate with metadata SMEs analysts and DHA stakeholders to align harvesting and integration practices with governance and lifecycle policies.
• Ensure DHA data catalog solutions remain interoperable with broader DoD data environments (ADVANA VAULTIS VANTAGE MAVEN).
• Contribute to compliance reporting catalog accuracy assessments and validation of secure data flows.
• Provide technical support for transition activities including knowledge transfer and documentation.

Additional Internal Corporate Duties:

• Grow People: Take ownership of your work and actively contribute to team success by sharing expertise mentoring colleagues and supporting leadership development at every level.
• Always Deliver: Consistently meet or exceed quality standards ensuring accuracy and timeliness of assigned tasks and deliverables in support of DHA and Nakupuna Federal.
• Continually Add Value: Demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit by identifying opportunities for process improvements creative solutions and innovation that strengthen both project.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Security Engineering or related technical field required.
• 810 years in data integration cybersecurity or DevSecOps roles. Must demonstrate experience designing secure pipelines building CI/CD workflows and automating compliance validation in federal or healthcare environments.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting the Military Health System (MHS) or DHA initiatives.
• Familiarity with DoD enterprise data platforms (ADVANA VAULTIS VANTAGE MAVEN).
• Proven ability to evaluate and recommend COTS integration tools ensuring cost-effectiveness scalability and security.
• Knowledge of healthcare data security standards (HIPAA NIST SP 800-171 DFARS 252.204-7012).
• Background in infrastructure stress testing and performance optimization.
• Knowledge of AI/ML pipeline integration and security requirements.

Certifications (Required): Security CE

Certifications (Preferred): CISSP SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP) AWS/Azure/GCP Architect or equivalent DevSecOps/cloud credential.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Demonstrated understanding of HIPAA PHI/PII/CUI protections and compliance with NIST SP 800-171 and DFARS 252.204-7012.

Travel Requirements: Ability to travel up to 10% of the time to DHA HQ stakeholder sites or partner facilities across CONUS.

Work Location: Hybrid work environment at Nakupuna Federal offices (Arlington VA) DHA HQ (Falls Church VA) and remote work as approved. Core work hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed.

Physical Requirements:The ideal candidate must at a minimum be able to meet the following physical requirements of the jobwith or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Ability to perform repetitive motions with the hands wrists and fingers.
• Ability to engage in and follow audible communications in emergency situations.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and working on a computer.