Senior DevSecOps Engineer

US-VA-Fairfax

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Req #: 9200
Type: Full-Time
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				Overview:

GovCIO is currently hiring for a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to support our DEA Bluestone contract 

 This position is located in either Arlington or Merrifield, VA and is a hybrid position. 

Responsibilities:

* Design, author, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, including the reusable workflows application teams attach to their repositories.
* Operate and integrate the platform toolchain: GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Advanced Security (CodeQL, Dependabot, secret scanning), SonarQube, Sonatype Nexus and Nexus IQ/Firewall, and Anchore container scanning.
* Build and maintain the Terraform modules and IaC pipelines that provision workloads in AWS and Azure Government Cloud within the DEA Landing Zone.
* Enforce Checkov scanning in the IaC pipeline and remediate policy violations in platform-owned code.
* Deploy and manage DSOP GitHub Runners, including runners placed in System Owner cloud accounts.
* Operate containerized workloads on Amazon EKS / ECS Fargate, with Rancher for multi-cluster management.
* Advance the service mesh and observability stack - Istio (mTLS, zero-trust service-to-service), Kiali, Jaeger, and Dynatrace APM - from pilot toward standardized, org-wide use.

Qualifications:

High School with 10+ years (or commensurate experience) 

Required Skills and Experience

* 5-8 years DevSecOps/engineering experience.
* Production experience with GitHub Actions (or equivalent CI/CD) building reusable, multi-team pipelines.
* Strong Terraform skills and hands-on AWS experience; Kubernetes experience (EKS preferred).
* Working knowledge of SAST/SCA/secret-scanning/container-scanning tooling and how to wire it into a pipeline as a blocking gate.
* Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (Python, Go, Bash, or PowerShell).
* Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 and the practice of mapping technical controls to compliance evidence.
* Agile SDLC experience.

Clearance Required: Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to attain DEA suitability 

Preferred Skills and Experience

* Azure Government Cloud experience alongside AWS.
* Istio, Rancher, Dynatrace, or Nexus IQ administration.
* Experience operating under a continuous ATO (cATO) and supporting FISMA artifacts.
* Test automation and performance testing exposure (LEAPWORK, JMeter).
* Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer Professional, CKA, or Terraform Associate.
			
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