DevSecOps Engineer Principal

SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect the world. The Principal DevSecOps Engineer will support the design, deployment, operation, and maintenance of secure, scalable cloud products and services while improving the efficiency, security, and automation of development and operational processes.

Responsibilities:

• Support the design, deployment, operation, and maintenance of secure, scalable Cloud products and services within our Cloud-based environment
• You will play a critical role in ensuring the efficiency, security, and automation of our development and operational processes

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field with 9+ years of experience in DevOps/DevSecOps engineering roles. Masters and 7 years of experience
• Candidates must be U.S. Citizens
• Candidates must be able to get a secret clearance.
• Expert-level proficiency in Kubernetes including cluster administration, workload deployment, and security hardening, with experience in EKS and Helm
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services including EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, VPC, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config, with specific experience in AWS GovCloud environments
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, management, and security scanning
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or GitHub Actions with strong Git workflow and GitOps experience
• Deep understanding of FedRAMP and FISMA compliance requirements with hands-on experience implementing NIST 800-171 and 800-53 security controls, supporting authorization processes, and maintaining continuous monitoring programs
• Experience developing and maintaining security compliance documentation including System Security Plans (SSPs), Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), and security assessment artifacts
• Proficiency with security tooling including SIEM platforms (Splunk, AWS Security Hub), vulnerability scanning (Nessus, Tenable.io), SAST/DAST tools (SonarQube, OWASP ZAP), secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager), and cloud security posture management using Orca Security
• Experience integrating security controls directly into CI/CD pipelines including SAST/DAST, software composition analysis (SCA), container image scanning, and secrets detection
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python for automation and tooling development
• Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK Stack
• Familiarity with zero-trust architecture principles and service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd
• Relevant certifications such as CKA, CKS, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Security Specialty, CISSP, or CompTIA Security+ are strongly preferred