Metrostar Systems - Reston, VA
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Senior
Reston, VA
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
About the position
As a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer III at MetroStar, you will be instrumental in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure software development and deployment pipelines. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and configurations, ensuring security best practices are applied to cloud resources and infrastructure components.
- Perform regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, code, and infrastructure.
- Monitor and analyze system and application logs to detect and respond to security incidents.
- Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, ensuring appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place.
- Collaborate with software engineers to provide guidance on secure coding practices and assist in remediation of security findings.
- Participate in incident response activities, helping to investigate and mitigate security incidents in a timely manner.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and documentation.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI poly.
- At least 10 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on integrating security into the software development lifecycle.
- Expert experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Selenium, Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud).
- Expert experience building DevSecOps solutions at scale across IL5 to IL6+ classification domains.
- Expert understanding of AWS and familiarity with other cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP) and securing cloud-based applications and services.
- Strong experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Strong experience in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tool integration.
- Hands-on experience with security tools for static code analysis, dynamic application security testing (DAST), and vulnerability scanning, using tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud.
- Knowledge of security best practices, common vulnerabilities, and exposure to security frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST).
Benefits
- Generous benefits package
- Professional growth opportunities
- Valuable time to recharge
