DevSecOps Engineer - Secret Clearance Required

Company: Maximus
Location: Colorado Springs
Posted on: July 18, 2025

Job Description:

General information Job Posting Title DevSecOps Engineer Date Thursday, June 5, 2025 City Colorado Springs State CO Country United States Working time Full-time Description & Requirements Maximus is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to provide expertise to a federal client in support of their mission critical systems in defense of our Homeland. As a key member of our team, the DevSecOps Engineer will play a pivotal role in integrating security practices into the software development lifecycle and ensuring the reliability and security of mission-critical systems. This is an on-site position that requires a Secret Clearance. Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS087, T3, Band 6 Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Innovate, and develop cutting edge solutions through automation – IaC (Infrastructure as code), DevSecOps tools (CICD, Code quality, security, and monitoring). - Ensure the infrastructure, services, and applications developed meets all standards including security, monitoring, performance, and SLAs. - Demonstrable experience releasing production code and developing PaaS/SaaS - Collaborate with development and operations teams to design, implement, and maintain secure and automated infrastructure. - Implement security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including code scanning, vulnerability assessment, and threat modeling. - Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment of applications. - Develop and maintain containerization and micro-services. - Integrate security controls, such as automated vulnerability scanning, static and dynamic analysis, and security testing, into the CI/CD process. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with security standards and regulatory requirements. - Automate and orchestrate security processes, including incident response and threat detection, using technologies like Splunk, Chef Automate, and others. - Stay updated with emerging DevSecOps trends, tools, and practices, and provide recommendations for implementing new technologies. - Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers in DevSecOps practices and techniques. Job-Specific Minimum Requirements: - 8 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or related field. - Active Secret clearance. - Due to federal requirements, all candidates must be US Citizens without Dual Citizenship to another country. - This is an on-site position at a government facility. - Requires presence on-site five days per week in Colorado Springs, CO. - Candidates must reside within a commutable distance. - Participation in a rotational on-call schedule for emergency page-outs is required. - Additional tasks to be assigned as needed. - Experience in any or all the following: - Docker Enterprise, Splunk, Chef, Chef Automate, Chef (Ruby), Puppet, Ansible, Kubernetes, Openshift - Hands-on working experience in Terraform (IaC), Jenkins groovy scripts, and Python. techjobs clearance APPCASTDTO veteransPage Minimum Requirements TCS087, T3, Band 6 EEO Statement Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. Pay Transparency Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances. Minimum Salary $ 90,000.00 Maximum Salary $ 165,000.00

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