Senior DevSecOps Engineer

This project relates to the operations and maintenance support (O&M) and any new features supporting activities related to the development, modernization, and enhancement (DME) of a Department of Transportation agency’s cloud-based web applications.

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you must be a self-starter that can perform well independently, interact with clients professionally, and collaborate with diverse internal and external teams. The candidate will be responsible for enhancing the security, efficiency, and reliability of software development and deployment processes. The candidate must demonstrate progressive experience in the full life cycle of the software development environment. We are looking to hire someone who has strong communication, analytical, and time management skills. This positions is also responsible for enhancing the security, efficiency, and reliability of software development and deployment processes.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain secure development and deployment pipelines
• Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics
• Ensures products comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods
• Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower level detailed implementation requirements
• Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development
• Customer liaison for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements
• Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts
• Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-discipline software teams to develop lower level detailed requirements
• Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures
• Report detailed status of activities to Program Manager

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or demonstrated equivalent experience
• 10+ years of hands-on DevSecOps experience
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms and their security best practices
• Experienced in hybrid cloud/on-prem security and compute architecture implementations
• Experience in configuring and securing CI/CD pipelines
• Static and dynamic applications security testing experience
• Experience with design, implementation, and management of securing open source infrastructure with security management tools
• Proficiency with scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, Ruby, Bash)
• Experience with Risk Management Framework and ICD 503 implementation
• Strong expertise in containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Subject matter expertise in AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, KMS, Cloud Formation, and IAM
• Understanding and experience with terrestrial communication networks and protocols preferred
• Understand ethical hacking solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work under tight deadlines in an Agile product development environment
• Strong analysis ability, as well as attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to share ideas both with the business and internal IT teams

Certifications

• CISSP and AWS certifications preferred

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge and experience of software testing concepts and best practices
• Experience with Agile software development process (working with a scrum team)
• Familiarity with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process and technical documentation
• Ability to provide guidance and direction to lower-level technicians, specialists, and managers

Additional Information

• In order to meet the clearance requirements for this opportunity, candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.
• All candidates will be subject to a complete background check to include, but not limited to Criminal History, Education Verification, Professional Certification Verification, Verification of Previous Employment and Credit History.
• Public Trust background investigations can take approximately four to eight weeks and requires fingerprinting.

Other Information

• The salary for this position is $125,000 - $180,000 annually
• For information on SFI's benefits please visit http://www.spatialfront.com/pages/career.html
• This is a full-time W2 position.
• Please no agencies, third parties, or corp-to-corp.
• Spatial Front Inc. is an Equal-opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
• Spatial Front Inc. participates in E-Verify.