Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Astor & Sanders Corporation (Astor) is an award-winning IT solutions provider headquartered in McLean, VA and is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Engineer. This is a full-time position based onsite in DC area.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Will provide senior-level platform management architecture and support the unification and automation of processes to enable the development of software capability across the entire organization, instrumental in combining code, application maintenance, and application management
• Must create, lead, and implement the tools to deliver an automated, CI/CD pipeline-based DevSecOps system capable of supporting containers, compiled software applications, scripts, and source code in a pre-compiled state
• Must support the implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Everything as Code (EaC), DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipeline automation strategies
• Must recommend, evaluate, and implement methods to optimize and enhance the application within the IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and in a cloud environment
• Must drive the unification and automation of processes to enable the development of software capability across the entire DOL organization, instrumental in combining code, application maintenance, and application management
• Must provide a strong understanding of the development lifecycle goals and the transactions occurring within pipelines, scanning tools, deployments, and all development lifecycle steps
• Must work actively with application development teams to coordinate and optimize the steps that execute within the DevOps ecosystem and bring consistency and best practices in approach, tools, and standards
• Must create and maintain fully automated Continuous Integration (CI) build and Continuous Deployment (CD) processes, which include writing builds and deployment scripts
• Must actively participate and provide inputs in major design decisions working with Architects
• Must design and develop the system to set the standard for future development and craft an architecture that smoothly works with existing infrastructure without compromising security
• Must identify and introduce new opportunities to build platform-based solutions to help users meet their toughest challenges
• Additional duties as assigned

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Software Development role, as well as 5+ years experience implementing DevSecOps practice and tools
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field
• Experience building DevSecOps services in IaaS/PaaS/SaaS in Cloud (AWS, Azure) environments and a good understanding of their security considerations
• Familiarity with containerization and cloud orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD best practices, automated builds and tests, quality gates, software quality, and CI tools, i.e., Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, etc
• Experience with configuration management tools, i.e., Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, others. Experience with branching strategies, gated commits, source-controlled management
• Experience working with Atlassian JIRA or other defect tracking tool experience
• Experience with security coding standard best practices, static and dynamic scanning tools, such as SonarQube, Fortify, Coverity, PCLint
• Experience with Programming and scripting in a UNIX/Windows environment with scripting languages such as Bash, Shell, PowerShell, Perl, Python, Bash, Ruby, Shell scripts

Benefits

Astor & Sanders Corporation (www.astor-sanders.com) offers a unique, stimulating and challenging environment that fosters individual growth and rewards performance. Astor & Sanders Corporation (Astor) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  

Some of our competitive benefits include: 

• Medical and dental coverage  
• 401k plan with employer contribution  
• Paid holiday, vacation, and sick leave  
• Metro-check program  
• Tuition reimbursement