Junior DevSecOps Engineer Contingent

Public Trust Eligibility Required

This is a contingent position meaning employment is dependent upon the successful award of the associated contract to Aretum and completion of any required background investigation or security clearance verification.

About Aretum

Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense civilian and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy technology and transformation helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration inclusion and professional growth are at the forefront.

Job Summary

Aretum is seeking a skilled and motivated Junior DevSecOps Engineer. As a Junior DevSecOps Engineer you will assist with the clients cloud and systems operations.

Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design operate and continuously improve automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI to support zero-downtime deployments across multiple environments.
• Support development teams with standardized deployment tooling automation and operational best practices.
• Administer and support containerized workloads using Kubernetes (EKS) and Docker-based container platforms.
• Configure and manage Linux-based servers and systems.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or AWS CDK for repeatable auditable deployments.
• Support provisioning and configuration of AWS services including EC2 EKS ECS S3 RDS VPC Lambda and related services.
• Coordinate infrastructure changes without performing AWS account provisioning or organizational administration.
• Integrate security scanning into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Trivy AWS Inspector and AWS Security Hub.
• Perform vulnerability triage and coordinate remediation with development teams in accordance with defined timelines.
• Implement and manage IAM least-privilege policies secrets and encryption using AWS KMS Secrets Manager and SSM.
• Ensure encryption in transit and at rest across all in-scope systems.
• Configure and maintain monitoring and observability using CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana and centralized logging solutions.
• Support Tier 2 and Tier 3 incident response for production systems meeting SLA requirements.
• Participate in root-cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in Agile sprints including backlog grooming sprint planning stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Track work in JIRA using story-point estimation and sprint metrics.
• Support reprioritization of backlog items in coordination with the COR and Product Owner.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation covering architecture pipelines monitoring security and disaster recovery.
• Support Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) planning documentation and exercises.
• Ensure all deliverables comply with ADA Section 508 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and digital accessibility standards.

1-3 years of experience in the following areas:

• Experience implementing and executing processes to create and fully maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for application deployment.
• Experience with version control systems.
• Experience in configuring building and deploying containers.
• Must possess systems engineering skills in configuring Linux Systems.
• Must possess developer skills in programming languages web frameworks and databases.
• Experience deploying and configuring services using infrastructure-as-a-service providers (e.g. Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Google Compute Engine RackSpace / OpenStack).
• Experience configuring Linux-based servers to serve a dynamic website.
• Experience debugging cluster-based computing architectures.
• Comfortable using scripting or basic programming skills to solve problems.
• Experience with installation of open-source monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools (e.g. Puppet Chef Ansible Salt).
• Experience with architecture for continuous integration and deployment and continuous monitoring.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g. LXC Docker Rocket).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree.
• Cloud certifications.

Travel Requirements

This is a remote position; however occasional travel may berequiredbased on project needs client meetings team collaboration events or training is expected to be less than 10% and will be communicated in advance whenever possible.

EEO Statement
Aretum is committed to fostering a workplace rooted in excellence integrity and equal opportunity for all. We adhere to merit-based hiring practices ensuring that all employment decisions are made based on qualifications skills and ability to perform the job without preference or consideration of factors unrelated to job performance.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer Aretumcomplies withall applicable federal state and local employment laws.

We are proud to support our nations veterans and military familiesprovidingcareer opportunities that honor their service and experience.

If you require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process due to a disability please contactforassistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

U.S. Work Authorization

Applicants must be U.S. citizensorcurrently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time position supports a federalgovernment contract and requires the ability to obtain andmaintaina Public Trust or Suitability Determination depending on the agencys background investigation is not available.

• Health Care Plan (Medical Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off
• Family Leave (Maternity Paternity)
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability
• Training & Development

Required Experience:

Junior IC