Key Responsibilities:

Secure CI/CD and Release Workflows

Design, implement, and improve secure CI/CD patterns in Azure DevOps, including reusable YAML templates, quality gates, artifact controls, and release safeguards

Support secure release workflows across development, test, integration, staging, and production environments

Troubleshoot pipeline failures, permissions issues, dependency problems, scan failures, and release blockers

Software Supply Chain and Security Controls

Integrate security and quality checks into build and release workflows, including SAST, SCA, dependency scanning, secrets scanning, code-quality gates, container scanning, and artifact validation

Support tools such as Nexus, SonarQube, Azure DevOps artifacts, and related code-quality or artifact-management platforms

Partner with cybersecurity to align CI/CD controls with SSP, RMF, NIST, CMMC, STIG, Zero Trust, audit, and program requirements

Kubernetes Guardrails and Developer Enablement

Partner with platform engineering on secure Kubernetes/K3s deployment standards, including namespaces, RBAC, ServiceAccounts, Helm, ingress, TLS, storage, quotas, and workload security

Create documentation, examples, runbooks, and onboarding materials for secure pipeline and deployment workflows

Track recurring developer pain points, pipeline health, scan outcomes, release blockers, and control gaps; turn findings into automation, templates, documentation, or improved guardrails

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, software delivery, systems engineering, or a closely related technical role

Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, YAML, build/release workflows, repositories, artifacts, permissions, or agent-based builds

Experience implementing security, quality, or compliance controls in CI/CD workflows

Experience with secure software delivery practices such as SAST, SCA, dependency scanning, secrets handling, code-quality gates, artifact controls, or container scanning

Experience troubleshooting CI/CD failures, build issues, deployment problems, permissions issues, or dependency-related errors

Experience with Kubernetes, K3s, containers, Helm, or similar deployment technologies

Experience with scripting or automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar languages

Ability to write clear technical documentation, runbooks, onboarding guides, and troubleshooting procedures

Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Willing and able to work in regulated, secure, or compliance-bounded environments

Preferred Qualifications:

Active U.S. security clearance

Experience with Azure DevOps Server

Experience integrating or administering Nexus, SonarQube, or similar artifact and code-quality platforms

Experience with SBOM generation, SCA, container scanning, artifact signing, provenance, or software supply-chain security

Experience with policy-as-code, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kubernetes admission controls, or secure workload policies

Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code or Configuration-as-Code practices using Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, CloudFormation, or similar tools

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