DevSecOps Engineer

DevSecOps Engineer

DEFTEC delivers mission-critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by our clients critical missions and driven to provide the most effective solutions to execute their missions operational challenges and requirements. Our dedicated experienced and talented employees work closely with our clients to ensure the delivery of exceptional services and products.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The DevSecOps Engineer designs implements and operates scalable resilient highthroughput systems using serviceoriented architectures delivering capabilities within Agile/DevSecOps environments such as Scrum SAFe and Kanban. The role includes designing and managing secure networking and service mesh solutions-covering TLS Istio Linkerd and API gateways-and applying zerotrust principles with compliance automation tools and practices including OPA Kyverno SBOM and CIS benchmarks. The engineer also manages secrets and access policies with modern IAM solutions-Vault AWS KMS Azure Key Vault-and enforces RBAC/ABAC to safeguard services and data. Fluency in English (oral and written) is required to collaborate effectively document solutions clearly and support delivery across stakeholders.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deploy and operate containerized services using orchestration frameworks to ensure scalability and resilience.
• Automate infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (laC to provide consistent and repeatable environments.
• Deploy and monitor workloads in cloud environments (AWS Azure Google Cloud VMware OpenStack).
• Implement site reliability engineering (SRE and observability practices to ensure resilience monitoring logging metrics and distributed tracing.
• Support high-throughput and service-oriented architectures ensuring resilient and scalable deployments.
• Deliver incremental capabilities in Agile and DevSecOps environments following frameworks such as Scrum SAFe or Kan ban.
• Design and manage secure networking and service meshes (TLS lstio Linkerd API gateways) to ensure encrypted and reliable service-to-service communication.
• Apply zero-trust principles and compliance automation to enforce security policies and validate system compliance.
• Manage identity and access using secure methods for secrets tokens certificates and least privilege access control.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years of experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes OpenShift).
• Minimum 4 years of experience in designing and maintaining Cl/CD pipelines with automated testing and security validation.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform Ansible Helm Pulumi).
• Experience deploying and securing workloads in hybrid/public cloud environments (AWS Azure Google Cloud VMware OpenStack).
• Experience implementing site reliability engineering and observability practices (Prometheus Grafana ELK/Loki OpenTelemetry).
• Experience implementing scalable resilient high-throughput systems and service-oriented architecture.
• Experience delivering capabilities in Agile/DevSecOps environments (Scrum SAFe Kanban).
• Experience designing and managing secure networking and service mesh (TLS lstio Linkerd API gateways).
• Experience applying zero-trust principles and compliance automation (OPA Kyverno SBOM CIS benchmarks).
• Experience managing secrets and access policies using modern 1AM solutions (Vault AWS KMS Azure Key Vault RBAC/ABAC).
• Fluent in English (oral and written).

DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole-life benefits package that includes medical dental vision holiday paid time off 401K with a match life insurance short/long-term disability and educational reimbursement. The DEFTEC team comprises professionals who make a difference daily in crucial national security missions. Our leadership knows that this happens by employing a diverse team that is well cared for. Our top priority is our employees making DEFTEC an ideal workplace.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please get in touch with if you require reasonable accommodations.

DEFTEC is a Drug-Free Workplace where post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana cocaine opioids amphetamines PCP and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.

AAP/EEO Statement

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Other Duties

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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