DevSecOps Engineer

Overview

Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.

 

At Markon, we don't just offer jobs – we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.

 

Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.

 

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Description

Markon is seeking an DevSecOps Engineer to support an Intelligence Customer. The Engineer will be a part of a cybersecurity compliance team procuring, building, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining a secure, robust, and privacy-oriented internet environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist customer with site surveys for infrastructure changes needed to install and upgrade accredited internet systems.
• Survey sites for resource and infrastructure changes needed to install security approved and accredited internet systems.
• Serving as an IT Specialist performing Information Security (INFOSEC) and Security System Management duties such as and not limited to vulnerability scanning and A&A documentation.
• Solid Windows and Linux administration and engineering with experience implementing complex security-based DC GPOs and Linux-based zero-trust architecture services.
• Hands-on experience with developing and implementing cloud-based Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) and Infrastructure as Code for automated pipelines using tools like Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, Git, etc.
• Develop innovative solutions and coordinate those solutions between members of the technical and operational staff at a government sites and end-users in the field.
• Setup, configure and maintain various EC2 environments to support development, test, integration, and operational systems.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement automated test tools and strategies.
• Work with Sponsor to procure, receive, and stage system equipment.
• Develop, test, and deploy remote access system components providing audit and remote management capabilities.
• Develop and refine IDS signatures to reduce false positives and establish effective review of IDS alerts and elevate to Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT).
• Coordinate shipping system components.
• Provide remote installation and troubleshooting support.
• For support, routine travel within the WMA on an as-needed basis.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with FS Polygraph level clearance is required.
• BS in a related discipline and 8+ years of experience or MS and 6+ years; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Ability to work in a team environment and independently identify and resolve challenges.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently and on a team.
• Outstanding attention to detail, prioritization, and multitasking.
• Strong personal network with components capable of providing remote facilitation.
• Self-starter with robust problem-solving skills.
• Experience with automated deployment technologies such as CloudFormation, Ansible, Terraform, and Git.
• Experience with Snort IDS, Zeek, and Cisco IOS.

Salary Range

USD $170,000.00 - USD $195,000.00 /Yr.The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.