DevSecOps Engineer

MKS2 Technologies•Colorado Springs, CO

20h•$130,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

The DevSecOps Engineer SME plays a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining modern development tools and infrastructure. This position focuses on continuous integration, delivery, and deployment (CI/CD), container orchestration, and security. The SME will build and test end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines, ensuring systems remain secure and resilient against threats. This role provides subject matter expertise across software engineering, DevOps, platform and infrastructure management, automated testing, architecture, security engineering, and network engineering. The SME may support infrastructure, platform, and application systems in both on‑premises and air‑gapped environments, addressing complex challenges related to systems integration, compatibility, and secure operations.

Requirements

Experience applying Agile methodologies to the system development life cycle
Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure‑as‑Code / Configuration‑as‑Code and IaC automation
Experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift Container Platform
DoD 8570 certification or ability to obtain within 6 months
Experience managing, testing, securing, and releasing software using automated tools
Experience building automated CI/CD pipelines
Experience supporting infrastructure, platform, and application systems on cloud‑hosted Kubernetes platforms
Proficiency with: Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD & GitLab Runners, GitOps / ArgoCD, Helm, Kubectl
Virtualization experience
Experience automating DevOps processes (Ansible, Python, Chef, PowerShell)
Experience detecting vulnerabilities in source code and internal applications
Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years of experience OR Master’s degree with 7+ years of experience

Responsibilities

Automate and deploy DevSecOps systems
Create and update Terraform scripts to support DevSecOps environments
Use GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD) to create, manage, and deploy Helm charts to Kubernetes clusters
Work with Platform One services, including Party Bus and Big Bang
Troubleshoot Kubernetes technologies (pods, services, custom resources)
Oversee, automate, and streamline container and security operations in virtualized environments
Integrate security practices throughout the software lifecycle to minimize vulnerabilities
Automate processes using Terraform, Ansible, Python, Chef, and PowerShell
Work with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker/Podman, Kubernetes/OpenShift)
Detect and address security threats and vulnerabilities in enterprise‑level environments