DevSecOps Engineer - Expert

Qualifications:

• Clearance: Must be a US Citizen holding an active TS/SCI security clearance with an active Full-Scope Polygraph.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Professional Experience: 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including deep expertise in CI/CD concepts, methodologies, and enterprise automated pipeline construction.
• Core Technical Skills Required for Expert Level: (Advanced competencies expected for a 10+ year Expert practitioner)
• Enterprise Container Orchestration & Security: Deep experience managing enterprise Kubernetes clusters, authoring NetworkPolicies, implementing Service Meshes (e.g., Istio, Linkerd), and enforcing runtime security (e.g., Falco).
• Policy-as-Code & Guardrails: Experience implementing Policy-as-Code architectures using tools like Open Policy Agent (OPA/Gatekeeper) or Kyverno to automate compliance enforcement before runtime.
• Secrets Management Architecture: Hands-on design and implementation of automated secret lifecycle solutions (e.g., HashiCorp Vault) integrating dynamically into pipelines and runtime platforms.
• Distributed Observability: Proven capability building centralized telemetry stacks leveraging OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/OpenSearch.
• Desired Qualifications:
• Programming & Scripting: High proficiency in languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or C/C++.
• Containerization: Comprehensive experience with containerized software engineering practices and runtimes (Docker, Podman, OCI specs).
• Agile Engineering: Proven experience working within and leading Agile/Scrum software development teams.
• Multi-Cloud Expertise: Architecture experience across major cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Security Tooling Ecosystem: Hands-on experience integrating modern security scanners (e.g., SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy, OWASP ZAP, Fortify).
• Industry Certifications:
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) / Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or GIAC DevSecOps Automation (GCSA)