Principal DevSecOps Engineer - Hybrid

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Only considering candidates located in the Washington D.C. Metro Area. Candidates will need to be available to be onsite at customer location, potentially 1-2 days a week.

Company overview:

Let’s be real, AI isn’t magic;
Legion was built to move beyond AI hype—delivering secure, reliable systems that work alongside the people tackling the world’s most critical challenges.

Born from a Department of Defense partnership and trusted by leaders across government and enterprise, Legion embeds intelligence inside complex systems, unlocking data, accelerating human workflows, and strengthening mission-critical systems. We don’t replace workflows—we optimize them, ensuring quality, efficiency, and reliability inside the platforms our partners already use.

With world-class collaborators like Nvidia, HPE, and Oracle, we’re building intelligent infrastructure that enhances human capability and drives impact at the edge and across a range of enterprises.

We’re looking for bold thinkers and doers to join us in shaping the future of AI that’s secure, grounded, and built to work.

Job Description:

This position requires at least a US Department of Defense or Intelligence SECRET clearance.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Principal Dev Sec Ops  Engineer with extensive experience in highly customized Kubernetes, deployment automation (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools), deployments to Microsoft Azure Cloud, and US Federal Government Risk Management Frameworks to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the deployments of our product to government customer environments and ensuring our security posture meets requirements while maintaining the high availability, performance, and security of our services.

You will work closely with other Federal Dev Sec Ops  Engineers and the Yurts Platform Engineering Team to improve product deployment efficiency and configurability.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the deployment of the Yurts product in US government compute environments using Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes/Docker, and related technologies.
• Architect, implement, and maintain an installer for installing our software in an on-prem environment, reusing as many components as possible between that and the cloud version.
• Implement, manage, and maintain Kubernetes clusters across different environments.
• Develop automation scripts for provisioning, monitoring, backing up, patching, and deploying services.
• Preparing packages required for Authorization to Operate (ATO), Certification to Field (CTF), and other security requirements presented by US Government Risk Management Frameworks (RMF).
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery capabilities for mission-critical applications.
• Collaborate with product Dev Ops Engineers to establish best practices and company-wide guidelines.
• Work closely with the software engineering team to integrate their project deliverables into customer production cloud and/or on-prem environments.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues and work with customers, partners, and internal development teams to identify root causes and resolve them.
• Implement robust monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure optimal performance and uptime.
• Stay current with new technologies and recommend innovative solutions that increase value and improve efficiency.
• Enforce compliance with security best practices and policies.
• Participate in the creation of the company's strategic IT roadmap.
• This position may require travel, depending on your location.

Qualifications:

• An active US Department of Defense or Intelligence SECRET clearance, with a…