DevSecOps Engineer

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We are a 100% employee‑owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County. Headquartered in Huntsville, AL, our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of Defense. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country.

Our corporate mission is summarized by the pride our employee‑owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom.” As a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have committed to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years. Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies

Torch Technologies is seeking a Dev Sec Ops  Engineer to provide software integration and execution support to the United States Space Force (USSF) STARCOM. The position requires an individual possessing a wide range of skills and demonstrated experience in deploying and executing software in an automated environment. In this role you will assess the ability to deploy and execute Modeling and Simulation (M&S) software in containerized and automated environments, potentially including but not limited to on‑premise clouds, Kubernetes environments, or public clouds (AWS, Azure, etc).

Enhanced Focus Areas: This position specifically emphasizes engineering the approach for executing M&S software in a Dev Sec Ops  environment.

As a Dev Sec Ops  Engineer, your duties will include the following (but are not limited to):

• Developing containerization and Dev Sec Ops  pipelines for M&S software.
• Capturing requirements for existing MS&A tools like AFRL’s AFSIM, or SMDC’s EADSIM to execute in a cloud/containerized environment.
• Automating provisioning and configuration of build/test environments for Linux and Windows.
• Testing and benchmarking the execution of software in a Dev Sec Ops  environment.
• Managing the Dev Sec Ops  toolchain (Git Lab, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, artifact repositories, deployment tools, etc).
• Preparing and presenting reports, briefings, and conclusions.
• Briefing and interacting with senior‑level officers (i.e., GO/FLAG) and senior civilians.
• Leading requirements development and documentation for distributed M&S architectures.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or related STEM field (master’s degree highly preferred).
• 5+ years of software engineering, networking engineering, or infrastructure engineering including hardware/software integration.
• Active TS/SCI clearance is required to be considered for this position.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II (Security+ or equivalent).
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated experience in at least one of the following:
  Software engineering, Cloud architecture, Network and IT systems engineering.

Technical Skills Required

• Proficient in Java, C++, Python, Type Script or a closely related language.
• Proficient with shell scripting languages like Bash, AWK, sed, Perl, Python.
• Strong quantitative and analytic abilities to integrate and analyze data.
• IaC (Terraform/Cloud Formation) and config management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, DSC).
• Linux and Windows server hardening & compliance (RMF/STIG).
• Expertise using the Microsoft Office Suite of tools (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, especially when communicating technical information to audiences with varying backgrounds.

Schedule: M‑F; 8‑5

Work Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Travel: 0‑10%

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of

Contract:

Yes

Salary Range – Colorado: $125,000‑$140,000

The salary range information is a general guideline only. Several factors can influence the salary for a position including but not limited to, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, geographic location, business considerations, scope and responsibilities of the position, local or other applicable market conditions, and internal equity. Other factors include the candidate’s qualifications such as relevant prior work experience, specific skills and…