Senior Cloud DevSecOps Engineer
$123,000–$161,000 year
HybridReston, Virginia, United States or Chandler, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Independently design, develop, test, enhance, and maintain cloud-native software applications and supporting cloud infrastructure and deployment platforms. Design, implement, and optimize secure cloud architectures, application security controls, and deployment solutions supporting mission-critical applications. Build, maintain, and automate CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and containerized deployment environments. Collaborate with software, systems, operations, cybersecurity, and infrastructure engineers to integrate cloud-native solutions throughout the software development lifecycle. Support software integration, testing, troubleshooting, deployment, and sustainment activities. Participate in Agile/Scrum planning activities, sprint execution, backlog refinement, and software release planning. Maintain accurate project status, technical documentation, and issue tracking using approved development tools. Follow established engineering processes including configuration management, change control, risk management, software quality, and secure development practices. Clearly communicate technical concepts, project status, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Identify opportunities to improve software quality, team processes, automation, and overall engineering efficiency. Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing within the engineering team.
Required Qualifications
- Active/current Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- 8+ years of professional software development experience
- Experience developing production-quality software throughout the full software development lifecycle
- Experience with AWS EKS/Kubernetes and automated container deployments
- Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools alternatives
- Experience with Vault/AWS Secrets Manager or other alternatives
- Proficiency with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud services
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab or alternatives) and deployment automation
- Experience developing scalable, maintainable, and well-tested software
- Experience using source control, issue tracking, and collaborative development tools
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues to groups outside of your team or those who are unfamiliar with the topic
- Experience working within Agile software development environments
- Be a U.S. Citizen
- Work at least three days per week (approximately 60%) in an Iridium office
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of infrastructure automation and cloud networking concepts
- Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and secure software development practices
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools
- Knowledge of application security principles, vulnerability assessment, and secure coding practices (ie. certificate injections, token validation)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- Familiarity with security analysis tools such as Fortify, SonarQube, or similar platforms
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification
- Familiarity with Linux operating systems and Bash scripting
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