AFMS3 Sr. DevSecOps Engineer

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to drive infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipeline engineering across our cloud environments. This role owns the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Terraform-managed infrastructure and the automated build/test/deploy pipelines that ship it, working closely with development and platform teams to increase deployment velocity, reliability, and security. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who can independently design and deliver infrastructure and pipeline solutions with minimal oversight.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

• Design, build, and maintain modular, reusable Terraform code for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure across dev, staging, and production environments.

• Implement and enforce Terraform state management, workspace strategy, and module versioning to support multiple teams safely.

• Establish and follow IaC best practices: code review standards, automated plan/apply workflows, drift detection, and policy-as-code guardrails.

• Identify and remediate technical debt in existing infrastructure code to improve maintainability, security, and cost efficiency.

• Collaborate with architecture and security teams to ensure infrastructure design aligns with security baselines and compliance requirements.

CI/CD Pipeline Engineering

• Design, build, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines that automate build, test, security scanning, and deployment of applications and infrastructure changes.

• Standardize pipeline patterns across teams/repositories to reduce duplication and increase deployment reliability and speed.

• Implement deployment safety mechanisms: automated testing gates, canary/blue-green deployments, rollback automation, and release approvals.

• Partner with development teams to identify and remove build/deploy friction, shortening lead time from commit to production.

• Monitor pipeline health and performance, proactively resolving bottlenecks and failures.

General Engineering & Operations

• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response for infrastructure and deployment-related issues; contribute to blameless postmortems and follow-through on action items.

• Document infrastructure designs, pipeline architectures, and operational runbooks for team use.

• Mentor junior engineers on Terraform and CI/CD best practices as opportunities arise.

• Stay current with evolving Terraform, cloud provider, and CI/CD ecosystem capabilities, and bring recommendations back to the team.

Required Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance (or higher) required at time of hire.

• 5+ years of DevOps/infrastructure engineering experience.

• Deep, hands-on production experience with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code across multi-environment cloud deployments.

• Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, CodePipeline, or similar).

• Strong working knowledge of core cloud services (networking, IAM, load balancing, monitoring/logging).

• Experience with version control workflows (Git) and code review practices for infrastructure and pipeline code.

• Solid scripting/automation ability (Bash, Python, or similar) to support pipeline and infrastructure tooling.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to document and explain technical decisions clearly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with policy-as-code tools (Sentinel, OPA/Conftest) and Terraform automation platforms (Terraform Cloud/Enterprise).

• Experience with containerized workloads (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes) as pipeline deployment targets.

• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch) for infrastructure and pipeline monitoring.

• Relevant certifications (HashiCorp Terraform Associate, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or equivalent).

• Prior experience supporting federal, DoD, including familiarity with STIGs/CIS benchmarks and RMF processes.

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• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

• Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

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