Senior�Principal DevSecOps Engineer
On-site · Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Job Summary
Senior Principal DevSecOps Engineer to support the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program in Huntsville, AL. Responsible for design, development, delivery, and sustainment of cybersecurity technologies for a large-scale government system, documentation of designs and procedures, code development, tech recommendations, QA reviews, and CI/CD-enabled DevSecOps workflows. Will produce DevSecOps templates, evaluate new technologies (ML/AI considerations), and ensure deployments minimize production impact. Requires DOD 8140 IAT II certification, strong Windows/Linux administration, cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP), Kubernetes container orchestration, Jenkins/Nexus/GitLab, security scanning tools, and active DoD Secret clearance; in-person work in a closed-area environment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field with 8 years of experience; OR Master’s degree with 6 years of related experience, or 4 years with a PhD
- DoD 8140 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE or CISSP)
- Strong systems administrator experience in Windows/Linux environments
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
- Proficiency with DevSecOps practices for large-scale classified government systems
- Agile practices
- Experience with Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, GitLab/GitHub, Jenkins, Nexus
- Experience with airgap environments, classified cloud environments, and government networks
- Experience with ATOs, cyber security concepts, and cloud security configurations
- Security coding standards, static/dynamic scanning tools (SonarQube, Fortify, Coverity)
- Experience in agile software principles for multiyear programs
- CI/CD tooling proficiency (Jenkins)
- Experience deploying on Kubernetes clusters
- Ability to present to government customers
- US Citizenship and active DoD Secret clearance or higher
- Ability to support in-person, closed-area work environment 100% of the time
- Preferred: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Ansible, PaaS, Java/JavaScript/C++, Python/scripts, PowerShell
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