Maximus is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to provide expertise to a federal client in support of their mission critical systems in defense of our Homeland. As a key member of our team, the DevSecOps Engineer will play a pivotal role in integrating security practices into the software development lifecycle and ensuring the reliability and security of mission-critical systems.

Specific Responsibilities: 

• Innovate, and develop cutting edge solutions through automation – IaC (Infrastructure as code), DevSecOps tools (CICD, Code quality, security, and monitoring).
• Ensure the infrastructure, services, and applications developed meets all standards including security, monitoring, performance, and SLAs.
• Demonstrable experience releasing production code and developing PaaS/SaaS
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to design, implement, and maintain secure and automated infrastructure.
• Implement security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including code scanning, vulnerability assessment, and threat modeling.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment of applications.
• Develop and maintain containerization and micro-services.
• Integrate security controls, such as automated vulnerability scanning, static and dynamic analysis, and security testing, into the CI/CD process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Automate and orchestrate security processes, including incident response and threat detection, using technologies like Splunk, Chef Automate, and others.
• Stay updated with emerging DevSecOps trends, tools, and practices, and provide recommendations for implementing new technologies.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers in DevSecOps practices and techniques. 

Basic Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or related field.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Due to federal requirements, all candidates must be US Citizens without Dual Citizenship to another country. 
• This is an on-site position at a government facility.
• Requires presence on-site five days per week in Annapolis Junction, MD.
• Candidates must reside within a commutable distance.
• Participation in a rotational on-call schedule for emergency page-outs is required.
• Experience in any or all the following:
  • Docker Enterprise, Splunk, Chef, Chef Automate, Chef (Ruby), Puppet, Ansible, Kubernetes, Openshift
  • Hands-on working experience in Terraform (IaC), Jenkins groovy scripts, and Python.