DevSecOps Engineer

Avint LLC is seeking a sharp, innovative, and mission-driven ON-SITE DevSecOps Engineer to help shape and scale modern infrastructure in a high-impact, enterprise environment. In this hands-on role, you’ll lead the charge in building automated pipelines, deploying containerized applications, and designing cloud-native solutions using tools like GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible. From crafting robust CI/CD processes to driving infrastructure as code and participating in blameless post-mortems, you'll be a key force in enhancing security, agility, and operational excellence across critical systems.

**This role is 100% on-site in San Diego, CA**

Responsibilities:

• Design, write and deliver Infrastructure as Code software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of the network
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert for Cloud Native development
• Build automated DevOps pipelines using tools like GitLab
• Develop jobs for the deployment of various artifacts that constitute an application on a container-based environment such as Docker
• Participate in development of advanced CI / CD processes to support deployments
• Participate in design and architecture discussions and build environments using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and configuration management tools like Ansible
• Work extensively to deploy applications on Kubernetes clusters in our on-premises cloud environment
• Automate repetitive tasks to eliminate toil and drive consistency + repeatability
• Actively participate in incident response and root-cause analysis, support a blameless post-mortems culture

Requirements

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Must hold an active Top Secret clearance and ability to obtain SCI clearance
• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering/technical discipline and 6 to 8+ years of relevant experience
• Experience using DevSecOps tools such as GitLab, GitOps, Bitbucket, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Fortify, Sonarqube, Chef/Ansible, Terraform, Nexus, Jenkins
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration/management tools
• Understanding of AWS cloud services
• Experience working with appropriate scripting languages and operating systems software (e.g., PowerShell, Bash)
• Experience with version control systems, such as Git
• Experience with Agile development and issue tracking systems, such as JIRA
• Experience with UNIX and/or Linux
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science
• Active Top Secret/SCI with Poly clearance
• Security+ 8570 certification
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• AWS or similar Cloud Provider Experience
• Solid understanding of Message Service NATS, Kafka, Redis
• Strong Linux and Networking background
• Software development experience with C++/Java

Benefits

Joining Avint is a win-win proposition! You will feel the personal touch of a small business and receive BIG business benefits. From competitive salaries, full health, and generous PTO and Federal Holidays. Additionally, we encourage every Avint employee to further their professional development. To assist you in achieving your goals, we offer reimbursement for courses, exams, and tuition. Interested in a class, conference, program, or degree? Avint will invest in YOU and your professional development!

Avint is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

The salary range for this position is: $130,355.00 - $221,603.00