DevSecOps & SRE Technical Director
Listed on 2026-07-18
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IT/Tech
SRE/Site Reliability, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Cybersecurity
About the Role
Latitude IT Solutions is seeking a Dev Sec Ops & SRE Technical Director to own the continuous delivery, site reliability, and security automation backbone of a large-scale VA health IT platform. You lead CI/CD pipelines, blue/green and canary deployments, Terraform IaC, policy-as-code guardrails, and the automated compliance controls that enable safe, high-velocity delivery across multiple EKS environments.
What You'll Do- Own and operate CI/CD pipelines and blue/green/canary deployment frameworks across Production, Staging, and Sandbox EKS clusters
- Build and enforce policy-as-code guardrails: automated compliance checks against NIST 800-53, TRM, and VA-specific controls before production deployment
- Manage Terraform IaC for all VAEC infrastructure provisioning; ensure all changes are code-reviewed and version-controlled
- Lead SRE functions: define SLIs, track SLOs against PWS SLA tiers, manage error budgets, and own reliability reviews
- Operate the Istio service mesh: traffic management, mTLS enforcement, and sidecar lifecycle across all EKS name spaces
- Lead SAST, DAST, container scanning, and Fortify remediation — maintaining ATO with zero unmitigated critical CVEs
- Maintain the onboarding pipeline:
IaC-driven runbook bringing new engineers to readiness within contractual time frames - Support Optional Task surge efforts for Dev Sec Ops /SRE as defined in the Performance Work Statement
- 8+ years of Dev Sec Ops or SRE experience in federal cloud environments
- Deep hands-on Kubernetes/EKS at scale with multi-namespace production operations
- Expert-level Terraform/IaC in AWS Gov Cloud
- Blue/green and canary deployment engineering in production federal environments
- Istio service mesh, mTLS, and service-to-service security in Kubernetes
- NIST 800-53, VA RMF, and ATO-supporting tooling (SAST, DAST, Fortify, Nessus)
- Active Dept of Veteran Affairs PIV credentials
- AWS Dev Ops Engineer Professional certification
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Hashi Corp Vault Associate certification
- VA TASPL / VIP Guide 4.0 experience
- MSK/Kafka or VistA integration experience
Applicants selected will be subject to a Security Investigation and May need to Meet Requirements for Access to Protected and/or Classified Information
Applicants need to be a US Citizen to be considered for the position and have physically resided in the United States for a minimum of 3 years due to background investigation requirements.
- Medical, Vision, Dental
- Paid Vacation & Sick Time
- Paid Federal Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with 100% Company Matching
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- Continued Education Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
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