Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer (Journeyman) to support the MODES III program supporting Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP). In this role, the selected candidate will implement, maintain, and secure CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment tooling to support the program application and platform delivery in AWS GovCloud, ensuring DevSecOps practices are embedded in development lifecycles. This position is remote and requires an active Secret clearance.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Implement, maintain, and secure CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment tooling to support MODES III application and platform delivery in AWS GovCloud, ensuring DevSecOps practices are embedded in development lifecycles.
- Build and operate CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CodeBuild/CodePipeline), integrating automated unit/integration tests, static/dynamic security scans (SAST/DAST), and artifact promotion gates to enforce secure, repeatable releases,.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates (Terraform/CloudFormation) and automated environment provisioning for dev/test/pre prod/prod, enabling consistent, auditable cloud environments aligned with DoD CC SRG requirements.
- Containerize applications and manage orchestration support (Docker, EKS/ECS); automate application deployments, health checks, rollbacks, and canary/cutover strategies as part of release workflows.
- Integrate security into pipelines: automate hardening (STIG/SRG), vulnerability scanning (ACAS/NESSUS/SCAP), secrets management, and coordinate remediation workflows with CCM and security teams to support RMF/ATO artifact capture.
- Implement observability and telemetry: configure centralized logging, metrics, and alerting (CloudWatch, Splunk, ELK) and ensure pipeline/test results and service health feed MODES III dashboards for near real time monitoring.
- Support backup/DR automation and validation: implement automated snapshot, backup, and recovery orchestration for cloud resources; participate in COOP/DR exercises and validate recovery playbooks.
- Collaborate with developers, QA, DBAs, and cloud architects to codify deployment patterns, optimize pipelines, and reduce lead time for changes; mentor junior engineers on secure automation best practices.
- Familiar with: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton, CodePipeline, XLRelease, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS)/OpenShift, Helm, Trivy, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Tenable/ACAS, Splunk, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Artifactory/Quay/Nexus, Python/Bash/PowerShell
Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Active Secret clearance required.
- Experience / Education: 5 years relevant experience with BS/BA degree or 3 years with MS/MA or 1 year with PhD or 9 years w/o a degree ot 7 years