DevSecOps Engineer (TS/SCI)

Vantor • Herndon, VA

1d • $113,000 - $188,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Vantor is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer with an active clearance to help advance a mission-critical geospatial platform. In this role, you’ll join a full-stack engineering team responsible for sustaining and advancing a large-scale cloud mapping platform used by operational analysts globally. The platform draws on contributions from a vetted community, transforming crowdsourced geospatial updates into validated data that powers secure analytic environments. You’ll play a key role in designing and operating the infrastructure that powers this capability, working across the entire technology stack, from cloud architecture and automation pipelines to platform reliability and security. If you thrive on solving complex engineering challenges and building scalable systems that directly support mission outcomes, this is an opportunity to make a real impact.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Must be willing and able to obtain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
• Security+ Certification or ability to acquire
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field plus 5 years of relevant experience; Or master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience; OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD automation pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI)
• Be willing and able to work onsite in Herndon VA, with a portion of the time worked inside a SCIF

Nice To Haves

• Experience architecting highly available, scalable systems in AWS.
• Background in database administration, particularly PostgreSQL/PostGIS performance tuning.
• Experience leading development efforts or serving in a technical leadership capacity.
• Practical knowledge of PKI, SSL/TLS certificate management, and related security tooling (Keytool, OpenSSL).
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams and drive technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the design and implementation of DevSecOps processes and engineering practices across the geospatial software stack.
• Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD automation pipelines to accelerate secure software delivery.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues spanning infrastructure, networking, automation pipelines, and applications.
• Manage and optimize mapping enclaves and platform deployments supporting multiple mission customers.
• Contribute to defining the technical roadmap for future platform capabilities and integrations.
• Advocate for and strengthen Agile engineering practices, enabling the team to rapidly deliver new capabilities.

Benefits

• Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level