DevSecOps Engineer

Esimplicity - Silver Spring, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Silver Spring, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The DevSecOps Engineer at eSimplicity is responsible for developing, implementing, optimizing, and maintaining cloud-based solutions to enhance security and efficiency in federal agency operations. This role involves managing cloud infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring compliance with security policies while collaborating with engineering teams to deliver innovative solutions that improve the health and lives of Americans.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, optimize, and maintain cloud-based solutions.
• Deploy and debug cloud stacks, educating teams on new cloud initiatives.
• Ensure efficient functioning of data storage and processing functions according to security policies.
• Provide implementation and administrative support for AWS or Azure Cloud services.
• Manage cloud-based infrastructure using automation techniques for application integration.
• Implement and administer a CI/CD (DevSecOps) pipeline for all systems and services.
• Perform installation and management of open-source monitoring tools.
• Collaborate with project teams on diverse problems and projects.
• Develop scripts to automate daily operational tasks using AWS Cloud Formation/Terraform/Chef/Jenkins.
• Troubleshoot identity management and authentication issues.
• Ensure smooth operation of all systems through management, patching, and monitoring.
• Conduct research and create prototypes for new solutions.
• Identify weaknesses in tooling and liaise with development and operations teams.
• Support daily operational incidents and change management cases.

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years experience as a DevSecOps Engineer.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in administering and securing cloud environments, particularly AWS.
• Experience with administering/sizing clusters like Redshift/Snowflake/DataBricks/Hadoop.
• Expert knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, agile methodologies, and DevSecOps deployments.
• Proficient with AWS services, Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, Jenkins, Git, and security scanning tools.
• Experience in data organization, partitioning strategies, and data retention policies.
• Strong investigative skills to analyze and resolve AWS Cloud problems.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira/Confluence.
• Ability to create detailed requirements and collaborate with government resources.
• Experience mentoring junior DevSecOps Engineers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in an agile or SAFe environment.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Industry experience in Medicare, Medicaid, Healthcare, or commercial insurance.
• Direct experience with government agency Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Full healthcare benefits