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DevSecOps Engineer Principal

Reston, VAOnsiteFull TimePrincipalPosted 17 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • US Citizenship
  • Top Secret Security Clearance
  • SCI
  • Platform One
  • Cross Domain Solutions
  • C-ATO
  • MLS
  • MILS
  • Docker
  • Red Hat Podman

Nice to have

  • Software Program Management
  • Acquisition

Role summary

SAIC is seeking an experienced DevSecOps (DSO) Engineer for an onsite role in Reston, VA, to support a Department of the Air Force customer. The role involves designing, deploying, operating, and maintaining secure cloud environments and CI/CD infrastructure to enable efficient feature delivery. Responsibilities include managing build/integration infrastructure, automating CI processes, supporting CI/CD tools, enabling release management, and collaborating with development and security teams. The position requires a Bachelor's degree with 9+ years of experience (or equivalent advanced degrees/experience), US Citizenship, and a Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility. Proven experience in DevOps environments with specific knowledge in areas like Agile, CI/CD tools, cloud platforms (Platform One), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and security automation is essential.

SAIC is seeking a high energy, detailed-oriented, and experienced DevSecOps (DSO) Engineer to support our Department of the Air Force customer. As a DSO, you will play a critical role in configuring, deploying, operating, and maintaining cloud environments in support of our nation’s most challenging national security missions. This position is located ONSITE in Reston, VA.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, deploy, operate, and maintain secure cloud products and services within a cloud-based environment to enable development teams to deliver features in the most efficient way possible
  • Maintenance and ongoing development of continuous build/ integration infrastructure
  • Provide Source Control Management/Documentation, create and maintain fully automated CI build processes for multiple environments; write, build and deploy scripts
  • Support CI/CD tools integration, operations, change management, and maintenance. Support full automation of CI/CD testing
  • Support policies, standards, guidelines, governance and related guidance for both CI/CD operations and for work of developers
  • Enable successful release management by moving code from Development and Testing environments to Staging and Production
  • Work closely with software developers, production support, and information security to automate and support infrastructure and tooling in cloud-based platforms
  • Provide guidance and apply agile and DevOps/DevSecOps practices to streamline product delivery and reliable operations of product
  • Continuously identify opportunities to automate and increase efficiency

Qualifications

  • Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience
  • US Citizenship
  • Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI
  • Proven background working in DevOps software development environments with specific experience and knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
  • Software Program Management / Acquisition
  • Agile software development with Scrum or Kanban
  • Agile collaboration tools such as Atlassian Jira, Confluence
  • CI/CD with Jenkins, GitLab, Bitbucket, or MS Azure
  • Cloud - Platform One
  • Cross Domain Solutions
  • C-ATO
  • Multi-Level Security Networks (MLS / MILS)
  • Containerization with Docker or Red Hat Podman
  • Container management with Kubernetes and Helm
  • Security automation

SAIC® is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
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