Senior IT DevSecOps Engineer

Contract Performance Period : March 30, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Job Location : Washington, DC - Washington, DC Office (Metro Access) On-Site presence daily (5 days per week), unless otherwise specified.
Direct Hire : Term: through 31/12/2026, with the possibility of extension
Pay Range : Depending on Experience
Travel Requirements : Washington, DC Office (Metro Access) On-Site presence daily (5 days per week), unless otherwise specified.
Working Remotely : Washington, DC Office (Metro Access) On-Site presence daily (5 days per week), unless otherwise specified.

Project Description :
Seeking Sr. IT DevSecOps Engineer to help build GitLab-based DevSecOps automated pipelines into AWS gov cloud; support and enable application delivery times on CI/CD platform; manage and operate GitLab CI/CD. Period of Performance: 03/30/2026 to December 31, 2026, with the possibility for extension. Place of Performance: Washington, DC Office (Metro Access) On-Site presence daily (5 days per week), unless otherwise specified.

Qualification Requirements :
Certification(s): GitLab certification desired but not required. AWS certification desired but not required. Version Control Systems Proficiency with Git Advanced knowledge of GitLab, including CI/CD pipelines, merge requests, and issue tracking Cloud Platforms Containerization Security Testing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Scripting and Programming Automaton ** U.S. citizenship is a requirement for this position.

Skills Requirements :
Version Control Systems • Proficiency with Git • Advanced knowledge of GitLab, including CI/CD pipelines, merge requests, and issue tracking • Familiarity with branching, promotion, and release strategies (such as SemRel) • Familiarity using internalized registries and repositories (Nexus dependency management, internal container registries, etc.) CI/CD • GitLab CI/CD • GitLab runners (configuration and management) • GitLab components (Or generally developing and utilizing templates for CI/CD jobs in any platform, such as GitHub Actions) Cloud Platforms • Demonstrated proficiency with AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, EBS/EFS, ECS, EKS, SNS, CloudWatch) Containerization • Docker (building, deploying, and managing containers) • Kubernetes (orchestration, deployment strategies, security, troubleshooting) • Container security best practices • Including container hardening strategies, such as maintaining a secure “golden” image • Deploying and managing container-based runners hosted on EKS • GitOps tools and deployment principles (such as ArgoCD/Flux) Security Testing • Static Application Security Testing (SAST) • Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) • Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) • Software Composition Analysis (SCA) • Container scanning tooling (Trivy, Prisma/Twistlock, Neuvector, etc..) Infrastructure as Code (IaC) • Terraform (writing, managing, and optimizing Terraform configurations) • Other IaC tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Ansible) Scripting and Programming • Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) • Basic to intermediate programming skills • Experience working with a Linux-based shell, managing way around a Linux-based system • Ability to work well in a paired programming environment at times

Responsibilities :
Included, but not limited to: Assist building GitLab-based DevSecOps automated pipelines into AWS gov cloud; support and enable application delivery times on CI/CD platform; manage and operate GitLab CI/CD. Automation • Creating and maintaining automated security checks and remediations • Integrating security into automated deployment processes • Incorporating linting tooling into development processes • Incorporating unit & performance testing into deployment processes

Job ID : 1525

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