DevSecOps Engineer

• Design, implement, and improve secure CI/CD patterns in Azure DevOps, including reusable YAML templates, quality gates, artifact controls, and release safeguards
• Support secure release workflows across development, test, integration, staging, and production environments
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, permissions issues, dependency problems, scan failures, and release blockers

• Integrate security and quality checks into build and release workflows, including SAST, SCA, dependency scanning, secrets scanning, code-quality gates, container scanning, and artifact validation
• Support tools such as Nexus, SonarQube, Azure DevOps artifacts, and related code-quality or artifact-management platforms
• Partner with cybersecurity to align CI/CD controls with SSP, RMF, NIST, CMMC, STIG, Zero Trust, audit, and program requirements

• Partner with platform engineering on secure Kubernetes/K3s deployment standards, including namespaces, RBAC, ServiceAccounts, Helm, ingress, TLS, storage, quotas, and workload security
• Create documentation, examples, runbooks, and onboarding materials for secure pipeline and deployment workflows
• Track recurring developer pain points, pipeline health, scan outcomes, release blockers, and control gaps; turn findings into automation, templates, documentation, or improved guardrails

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, software delivery, systems engineering, or a closely related technical role
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, YAML, build/release workflows, repositories, artifacts, permissions, or agent-based builds
• Experience implementing security, quality, or compliance controls in CI/CD workflows
• Experience with secure software delivery practices such as SAST, SCA, dependency scanning, secrets handling, code-quality gates, artifact controls, or container scanning
• Experience troubleshooting CI/CD failures, build issues, deployment problems, permissions issues, or dependency-related errors
• Experience with Kubernetes, K3s, containers, Helm, or similar deployment technologies
• Experience with scripting or automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar languages
• Ability to write clear technical documentation, runbooks, onboarding guides, and troubleshooting procedures
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
• Willing and able to work in regulated, secure, or compliance-bounded environments

• Active U.S. security clearance
• Experience with Azure DevOps Server
• Experience integrating or administering Nexus, SonarQube, or similar artifact and code-quality platforms
• Experience with SBOM generation, SCA, container scanning, artifact signing, provenance, or software supply-chain security
• Experience with policy-as-code, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kubernetes admission controls, or secure workload policies
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code or Configuration-as-Code practices using Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, CloudFormation, or similar tools
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or similar observability platforms
• Experience in defense contracting, government programs, CMMC, NIST 800-171, RMF, STIGs, or other compliance-driven environments

Position Location: Reston, VA (the selected individual will be expected to work onsite in the Reston, VA office)

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Accompanying FSA and HSA options

• 9 Observed Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays

• Military Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

• Profit Sharing
• 401(k) Traditional and Roth Options
• Gym and Fitness Reimbursement

Metron is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer.

It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religious, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.