DevSecOps & CI/CD Research Engineer

$86,300 - $191,000/Yr

Pennsylvania State University - Reston, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Reston, VA

Educational Services

About the position

The DevSecOps & CI/CD Research Engineer position at The Pennsylvania State University involves driving technical discussions and supporting Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) platform research with a focus on DevSecOps and Department of Defense (DoD) security requirements. The role is designed for experienced professionals who can design secure automation solutions, manage CI/CD pipelines, and improve systems through various technologies. This position is available for intermediate, advanced, or senior professionals, depending on the candidate's qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure automation solutions for development, testing, and production environments
• Manage continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency
• Improve systems through updates and optimizations using various technologies
• Present program overviews, proposals, and technical briefings at internal and external events
• Coordinate with sponsors and team members to identify risks, issues, requirements, and design solutions for project-level activity on a day to day basis

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in an Engineering or Science discipline or higher plus two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience for the intermediate professional level
• Broad knowledge of CI/CD, DevSecOps, Cloud and the ability to leverage that knowledge in technical implementation projects
• Strong understanding of security concepts, best practices and how to apply them, such as Secure Shell, public key encryption, access credentials, certificates, TLS, and data encryption
• Skilled in Platform management e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, and micro services architecture
• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
• Minimum DoD 8570 IAT II Baseline Certification (e.g. Security+ce, GSEC, SSCP)
• DoD 8570 IAT II 'Computing Environment' training or certification

Nice-to-haves

• Enabling application operations via designing and implementing secure process automation
• Deploying DevSecOps in an Internet Disconnected environment or Dark Cloud
• Experience automating DevSecOps across multiple disconnected environments
• Managing source code, dependencies, and artifacts with GitLab Ultimate
• Executing DevSecOps CI/CD with GitLab Ultimate
• Establishing provisioning tools including Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, or related frameworks
• Advanced understanding of Rancher Federal & RKE2
• Direct experience deploying highly available/fault tolerant solutions
• Direct Software Development experience in Python, Java, C
• Cloud networking deployment (e.g. Software defined networking, Ingress, Egress)

Benefits

• Remote work supported in limited capacity
• Travel opportunities for distant end installations or break fix actions
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion commitment
• Competitive salary range from $86,300.00 to $191,000.00