DevOps Integration Lead (Alexandria, VA or Seaside, CA)

Must have an active Secret Clearanceto be considered

Must be within 1 hour of Alexandria VA or Seaside CA

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 Lead 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 DoD 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 that include 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 DoD RMF NIST SP 80053 Rev. 4/5 DoDI 8500.01 and continuous monitoring practices.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab CI Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps).
• Experience with automated security scanning tools (SAST DAST SCA container scanning IaC scanning).
• 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 DoD Cloud environments).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform Ansible CloudFormation).
• Security certifications such as CISSP CCSP Security or equivalent DoD 8570/8140 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.
• 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 requirement.
• Active Secret clearance required; ability to obtain TS/SCI preferred.

Place of Performance

• Minimum 25% onsite at the Mark Center (Alexandria VA) or DoD Center Monterey Bay (Seaside CA).
• Work hours: 8 a.m. Eastern to 5 p.m. Pacific MondayFriday excluding federal holidays or government closures.
• Incident response may require afterhours support with onehour recall.

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: $115000-$145000/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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability genetic information or veteran status.

(Last Revision: 202603-12)