Pending AWARD: Devsecops Engineer - Junior Level and ; Already hold Secret Level

• 07-oct-2026 to 30-nov-2026 (est)
• pre-contract award
• baltimore, md, usa
• per hour
• hourly
• full time
• medical, dental, vision, paid vacation, paid holidays, 401k matching, and the list goes on!

this candidate and its peers report to the enterprise task lead and leads the creation and maintenance of gitlab ci pipelines for building, validating, securing, and deploying solutions to on-premises and cloud environments. Support project teams with infrastructure and configuration as code to integrate the pipelines into project repositories.

no telework allowed

secret level clearance or higher

what you will do:

• lead the deployment of software and infrastructure solutions in both on-premises and cloud environments
• build automated pipelines for security assessments, testing, and deployment of infrastructure and configuration as code
• support security audits and assessments of deployed infrastructure

• core hours are  monday-friday to ensure overlap with the team, attendance is expected outside of this window as needed to support meetings, deployments, and team activities.

• must be a u.s. Citizen and have an active secret clearance or higher
• bachelor's degree in computer science , electrical engineering, computer engineering, math, information technology, or cybersecurity and 3 years' experience or a master's degree in one of these domainsand 1 year of experience
• strong oral and written communications skills
• expertise developing kubernetes objects and helm charts
• expertise building automated pipelines for building, securing, and deploying solutions with gitlab ci, github actions, or similar
• certification compliant with dod 8570/8140 iat ii (e.g., security+ or similar)
• experience writing terraform for deploying aws govcloud or azure government infrastructure
• experience integrating software with single sign on solutions
• experience with agile software delivery life cycles, with particular emphasis on requirements analysis, design, and testing experience
• experience working in a disconnected network (not connected to the internet)
• mission focused work environment
• hsa contributions
• 401k matching
• holiday and paid time off (pto)
• monthly wan parties & quarterly events
• flexible hours

remote work is not an option. We do offer relocation assistance . Please see our careers page or inquire with your recruiter about the terms and conditions.

the hourly wage range is: $48.08 - $108.17

the salary range for this position is subject not only to the hire's skills, education, expertise, and years of experience, but also to features of the final position offered to the hire: including, but not limited to the location of the position, clearance required for the position, and the contract associated with the position. See our perks & benefits page for a general description of benefits and other potential compensation benefits:

at cipher tech solutions, inc. (cipher tech), we take great pride in supporting some of the most mission critical work in the department of defense and the intelligence community. The majority of our company is comprised of extremely talented software developers who write production tools which directly support one of two missions: digital forensics and malware reverse engineering.

digital forensics is the practice of extracting and processing evidence from computers, phones, tablets, cameras, flash-drives, and just about any other form of digital media. The results of our work are then used to support federal and military law enforcement,…