DevSecOps Engineer

$107,000 - $107,000/Yr

Maximus - Annapolis Junction, MD

Full-time - Senior

Annapolis Junction, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Maximus is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to provide expertise to a federal client in support of their mission-critical systems in defense of our Homeland. This role is pivotal in integrating security practices into the software development lifecycle and ensuring the reliability and security of these systems.

Responsibilities

• Innovate and develop cutting-edge solutions through automation - IaC (Infrastructure as code), DevSecOps tools (CICD, Code quality, security, and monitoring).
• Ensure the infrastructure, services, and applications developed meet all standards including security, monitoring, performance, and SLAs.
• Demonstrable experience releasing production code and developing PaaS/SaaS.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to design, implement, and maintain secure and automated infrastructure.
• Implement security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including code scanning, vulnerability assessment, and threat modeling.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment of applications.
• Develop and maintain containerization and micro-services.
• Integrate security controls, such as automated vulnerability scanning, static and dynamic analysis, and security testing, into the CI/CD process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Automate and orchestrate security processes, including incident response and threat detection, using technologies like Splunk, Chef Automate, and others.
• Stay updated with emerging DevSecOps trends, tools, and practices, and provide recommendations for implementing new technologies.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers in DevSecOps practices and techniques.

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance is required.
• Candidates must be U.S. citizens with no dual citizenship.
• Candidates must be willing and able to meet recall requirements, including participation in a rotational on-call schedule.
• Candidates must reside within a commutable distance and be available to work onsite at the customer's discretion.
• 12+ years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or related field.
• This position requires a High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Experience in Docker Enterprise, Splunk, Chef, Chef Automate, Chef (Ruby), Puppet, Ansible, Kubernetes, Openshift.
• Hands-on working experience in Terraform (IaC), Jenkins groovy scripts, and Python.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off