Senior DevOps CI​/CD Engineer AWS; DevSecOps Champion

DEVOPS ENGINEER PRINCIPAL

GDIT is looking for a Engineer - AWS (Dev Sec Ops Champion ) a senior technical role supporting DOJ Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) / National Coordination Center (NCC).This role leads secure CI/CD andDev Sec Ops practices  for AWS-based solutions, designing and governing pipelines and automation that embed security, compliance, and risk management into the delivery lifecycle for mission-critical systems.

• Define and enforce secure CI/CD andDev Sec Ops standards , patterns, and guardrails for AWS-hosted applications, in alignment with GDIT Cyber Security Policy, Cyber Security Handbook, and Cloud/Security standards.

• Design, build, andmaintainCI/CD pipelines (e.g., AWSCodePipeline/Code Build, Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops) with integrated security scanning, compliance checks, approvals, and testing.

• Lead infrastructure-as-code(IaC) implementations (Cloud Formation, Terraform) with embedded security and configuration baselines, supporting secure provisioning of AWS environments.

• Automate secure environment provisioning, configuration, and deployments across development, test, and production AWS accounts, in line with cyber and IT risk management requirements.

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting (Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, centralized logging) to support secure, observable, and auditable delivery pipelines.

• Integrate identity and access management, encryption, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance controls into CI/CD workflows as part ofDev Sec Ops practices .

• Ensure CI/CD pipelines and AWS solutions comply with applicable contractual and regulatory requirements (e.g., NIST 800-53/171, CMMC, FedRAMP, ISO 27001) and internal cyber standards.

• Collaborate with application development, cloud platform, cyber security, IT risk, and operations teams to ensure architectures are “Dev Sec Ops -ready” and align with secure development standards.

• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and documentation for project teams adopting
  
  Dev Sec Opsand  secure CI/CD practices; develop reusable secure pipeline templates and patterns.

• Support proposals, technical reviews, and risk assessments where secure CI/CD, cloud security, andDev Sec Ops capabilities  are required, including input to labor category mapping and staffing.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Cyber Security, or related field; or equivalent experience.

• Typically8+ years of relevant IT experience, with significant experience in Dev Ops/Dev Sec Opsand  CI/CD for production systems.

• Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, VPC, Cloud Watch/Cloud Trail) insecurity-sensitiveor regulated environments.

• Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using one or more modern platforms (AWSCodePipeline/Code Build, Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops).

• Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code(e.g.Cloud Formation, Terraform) and secure configuration management and automation.

• Demonstrated experience promoting signed builds into an air-gapped, classified, or otherwise network-isolated target environment, including artifact transfer procedures and post-deployment verification.

• Experience with containers and orchestration (e.g.Docker, ECS, EKS, Kubernetes) including security aspects (image scanning, runtime security, least privilege).

• Demonstrated experience integrating security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks into CI/CD workflows (Dev Sec Ops ).

• Experience working under formal security and risk frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53/171, CMMC, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, customer-specificcyber requirements).

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work across cyber, risk, engineering, and program management teams.

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer
  - Professional, AWS Certified Security
  - Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect).

• Security/Dev Sec Ops certifications .

• Experience supporting or implementing secure cloud architectures.

• Experience in enterprise
  
  Dev Sec Opsor  security transformation initiatives, or in a cloud/cyber center of excellence.

• Experience with multi-account AWS Organizations, landing zones, and centralized security/governance services.

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