DevSecOps Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative DevSecOps Engineer to join our team in the greater DMV area supporting the Army National Guard.

Responsibilities

• Lead secure software engineering and DevSecOps practices: embed cybersecurity compliance and governance into SDLC and operational pipelines.
• Design implement and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines infrastructure-as-code configuration baselines and build/release automation to support enterprise applications and modernization efforts.
• Translate ARNG G6 policies CIO directives and enterprise architecture requirements into actionable DevSecOps patterns secure coding standards and automation templates.
• Integrate security tooling (SAST SCA DAST secret scanning) automated policy checks and RMF evidence collection into pipeline workflows.
• Collaborate with program management cybersecurity engineering EA SIG and application teams to operationalize DevSecOps at scale and ensure interoperability with enterprise services.
• Evaluate emerging technologies pilot automation/observability tools and codify best practices to improve delivery speed security and reliability.
• Support IT governance: review policies produce assessments contribute to comment resolution matrices and align DevSecOps implementations with enterprise modernization plans.
• Maintain documentation runbooks knowledgebase artifacts and executivelevel summaries to support decisionmaking and knowledge transfer.
• Mentor engineering teams on secure automation IaC practices pipeline resiliency and incident remediation within DevSecOps environments.

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Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance.

• Candidate must meet ONE of the following:

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity Data Science Information Systems Information Technology or Software Engineering; OR
  • Relevant DoD/military training (example: Research & Development Specialist (Intermediate) Playlist); OR
  • Relevant professional certification or equivalent experience (examples: Security).

• Required experience and skills:

  • Software engineering platform engineering or DevSecOps experience with at least 3 years implementing CI/CD IaC and secure automation in enterprise or regulated environments.
  • Handson expertise with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps etc.) IaC (Terraform CloudFormation) containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and pipeline security integrations (SAST/SCA/DAST).
  • Familiarity with RMF/ATO evidence requirements STIG/CSG application in pipeline contexts and automated compliance validation.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills (Python Bash PowerShell) pipeline debugging and observability/monitoring for build/deploy processes.
  • Ability to produce governance artifacts technical assessments and executive briefings; excellent collaboration and stakeholder facilitation skills.

• Desired:

  • Prior DoD/ARNG experience institutionalizing DevSecOps or supporting modernization at enterprise scale.
  • Experience with policy-as-code policy enforcement tooling secret management and secure supplychain controls.
  • Familiarity with cloud-native CI/CD patterns automated RMF evidence collection and pipeline hardening for classified/unclassified environments.

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Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.