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Credence · 1 day ago

Senior DevSecOps Engineer

McLean, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Credence is a technology-driven company supporting mission-critical needs for defense and health federal organizations. They are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevSecOps Engineer to enhance the security and efficiency of applications hosted on AWS GovCloud, focusing on DevSecOps best practices and cloud automation.

GovTechInformation TechnologySoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

AWS GovCloud Architecture & Management: Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and compliant AWS GovCloud environments for DoD and Civilian agency applications

DevSecOps Pipeline Development: Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, and Terraform to automate deployments and security compliance

Security & Compliance: Ensure adherence to Federal cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, RMF, FedRAMP, Zero Trust). Implement STIGs, security baselines, and automated security scanning (SAST/DAST)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible

Containerization & Orchestration: Deploy and manage Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters in AWS GovCloud, leveraging services like Amazon EKS, ECS, and Fargate

Monitoring & Incident Response: Implement AWS CloudWatch, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Splunk, or ELK for proactive monitoring, logging, and compliance reporting

Automation & Scripting: Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to improve deployment efficiency and security enforcement

Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Work closely with software developers, cybersecurity teams, and cloud engineers to integrate security and automation into the software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Qualification

AWS GovCloudDevSecOps best practicesCI/CD toolsInfrastructure as CodeContainerizationSecurity complianceScriptingKnowledge sharingCollaboration

Required

US citizenship with the ability to obtain successful DoD secret security clearance required

Security+, AWS Certified Security

7+ years of hands-on experience in DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Automation roles

Strong expertise in AWS GovCloud services, security configurations, and compliance frameworks

Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, or similar)

Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible

Proficiency in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Fargate)

Strong understanding of AWS security services (AWS IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub, AWS KMS, AWS WAF, AWS Config, AWS Secrets Manager)

Knowledge of federal cybersecurity frameworks (RMF, NIST 800-171/53, STIGs, ZeroTrust)

Experience implementing automated security testing (SAST, DAST, vulnerability scanning, SBOM management)

Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation and security enforcement

Company

Credence

Credence provides innovative technology, health, engineering, and management solutions to support mission-critical programs for Federal government customers.

Founded in 2005

Vienna, Virginia, USA

1001-5000 employees