DevOps Integration Engineer

(Remote Position)

Company Information

NexGen Technologies Inc. is a leading IT services firm specializing in delivering innovative highquality solutions to our federal government clients. Our core competencies include IT professional support services software development cloud services IT Operations Agile project management and GIS services.

Job Summary

The DevOps Integration Engineer serves as the primary technical and compliance integrator responsible for embedding RMF-aligned security controls automated compliance checks and continuous monitoring capabilities into CI/CD pipelines. This role drives the transition from traditional ATO processes to continuous ATO (cATO) by designing automated workflows implementing real-time security validation and ensuring DevSecOps teams operate in full alignment with cybersecurity requirements. The position is critical to advancing automation maturity strengthening security posture and enabling rapid compliant delivery across development and deployment environments.

Supervisory Responsibilities

There are no supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (as assigned)

• Integrates CI/CD pipelines into RMF processes enabling automated compliance validation implementation of security controls and real-time security scans for continuous ATO. Critical for supporting automation and security integration under RMF compliance workflows.

• Leads the integration of RMF compliance into DevSecOps pipelines to support automated compliance validations and facilitate cATO workflows.

• Designs CI/CD workflows including automated security scans continuous monitoring activities and vulnerability remediations integrated into development cycles.

• Aligns DevSecOps team efforts with RMF compliance objectives embedding security controls into testing and deployment pipelines.

• Develops playbooks or processes for transitioning from traditional ATO to cATO helping teams operationalize real-time compliance checks.

• Proposes tools and techniques to enhance automation maturity for security controls risk assessments and compliance validation.

• Other duties as assigned.

Technical Skills

• Experience integrating security controls and RMF requirements into DevSecOps pipelines.

• Strong understanding of RMF NIST SP 80053 Rev. 4/5 8500.01 and continuous monitoring practices.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab CI Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps).

• FedRAMP Moderate compliance experience.

• Zero Trust Maturity Level 2 implementation.

• Azure Government (Sentinel Defender WAF DDoS Protection Key Vault).

• IATO/ATO documentation support. PIA and SORN familiarity.

• CI/CD pipeline security scanning (SAST DAST SCA). Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform).

• Familiarity with SIEM vulnerability management platforms and continuous monitoring technologies.

Desired Skills

• Experience supporting or implementing continuous ATO (cATO) frameworks.

Knowledge of cloud security (AWS Azure Cloud environments).

Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform Ansible CloudFormation).

Security certifications such as CISSP CCSP Security or equivalent certifications.

Education

• Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity IT Computer Science or related field.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to collaborate with ISSMs ISSOs system owners and engineering teams.

• Strong documentation communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Understanding of federal IT compliance standards including Section 508 FISMA and FEDRAMP.

• Ability to identify address and mitigate security risks in collaboration with technical teams.

• Must be able to pass background screening prior to employment.

• US Citizenship legal permanent residence or US work authorization with a minimum of 3 years of US presence is required due to federal contract requirements.

Physical Requirements

• Reliable internet (50 Mbps down / 25 Mbps up) and a secure remote work environment.

• Reasonable accommodations will be provided as needed. (We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions.)

Compensation: $00 per year

(The successful candidates starting pay will fall within the salary range provided and isdeterminedbased on job-related factors including but not limited to experience qualifications knowledge skills geographic work location and market conditions.)

NexGen Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

(Last Revision: 202604-02)