DevSecOps Engineer, AWS

Role Overview

• Serve as a Cloud Operations team member responsible for troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Engineer, install, maintain, configure, and optimize server operating systems (Windows and Linux) and hosted applications hosted in AWS cloud environment.
• Perform analysis for collaboration of network / system needs and participate in planning, designing, upgrading and deployment of enterprise datacenter hardware and software using a project-based timeline.
• Apply appropriate security measures to properly safeguard government systems by implementing industry standard best practices and DHS mandated mitigations.
• Support the distribution of security patches using enterprise level tools such as AWS Systems manager Agent (SSM Agent) and Yum server.
• Providing guidance for adhering to best practices for optimal and secure use of cloud technologies.
• Deliver RMF documentation to support accreditation efforts.
• Participate in the design, development, testing, and management of DevSecOps processes and tools.
• Develop and integrate new or enhanced capabilities in the Organization using a DevSecOps approach.
• Provide and manage test automation and performance testing tool chain capabilities to support the validation of applications and the environment.
• Serve as a technical consultant for application teams and provide mentoring support for DevSecOps adoption.
• Configure and customize tools to enable automation.
• Perform container management.
• Ensure compliance of current security policies and remediations.
• Participate in on-call rotation to handle and resolve high severity technical escalations
• Designing and implementing appropriate environments for those applications, engineer suitable release management procedures and provide production support.
• Assisting in migrating products from on-prem infrastructure to AWS.
• Working with other Cloud Solutions Engineers to develop prototypes and enhance or expand fundamental capabilities offered in the PaaS and containerized or serverless workloads.
• Participating in a daily stand-up meeting to report accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks encountered.
• Prepare, participate, present in Change Management process, Technical Review Board, and Change Control Board.
• Contribute to documentation in the Knowledge Base, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), work instructions, and job aids.
• Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions with more junior members of the team.
• Document all work and updates in Service Now, JIRA, Confluence.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain DoD Security Clearance
• Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry On Duty (EOD)
• Active EOD preferred
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent +7 years of applicable experience
• At least one Amazon AWS cloud certification
• Previous Amazon AWS cloud support experience in a production environment including network, security, deployment, and automation
• Previous DevSecOps experience and with DevSecOps tools
• ITIL Foundation certification (not required to start but expected to attain in first six months)
• Experienced with coding and scripting languages such as Python, Bash, JavaScript etc.
• Comfortable in at least one high-level scripting language (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.)
• An understand/knowledge of Cybersecurity RMF Controls Validation Testing
• Work on-call rotation to respond to incident escalations
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in interpersonal and written formats

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Cloud
• Cyber Security
• JavaScript
• Linux
• Python

Benefits

• healthcare
• wellness
• financial
• retirement
• family support
• continuing education
• time off benefits