Sr. DevSecOps Engineer I (6406)

MetroStar Systems is dedicated to building exceptional teams and delivering secure technology services. As a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer I, you will support secure platforms in a federal environment, collaborating with developers and stakeholders to enhance application capabilities and infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Work in an agile environment as part of a small, integrated design and development team, participating in agile ceremonies and directly supporting government customers
• Continuously improve client infrastructure and platform capabilities to support developers, data scientists, and AI-enabled workflows
• Support development teams in deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting web applications and AI-enabled services in a secure environment progressing from IL2 to IL4+
• Design, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support application delivery, experimentation, and secure software supply chains
• Serve as a subject matter expert in containerization and DevSecOps, providing guidance on secure deployment patterns, platform services, and automation best practices
• Automate provisioning of virtual machines and container platforms, enabling consistent, repeatable environments for development, testing, and deployment
• Enable secure access to cloud services and internal capabilities via custom APIs, including token-based access controls and service-to-service authentication
• Support secure experimentation environments, including notebooks and web-based IDEs (e.g., VS Code), while enforcing security and access controls
• Implement and maintain secure package management, artifact repositories, and controlled dependency update processes
• Support secure data transfer and access to segmented, secured environments, integrating SSO and role-based access controls across platform services
• Monitor application and infrastructure health, performance, and availability using enterprise observability tools

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (required)
• Active Secret security clearance (required)
• 4+ years of experience in DevSecOps or DevOps roles supporting production systems
• Strong experience developing and supporting server-side web applications and backend services
• Experience integrating applications with custom APIs to dynamically consume data, services, and AI-enabled capabilities
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating containerized applications in secure or regulated environments
• Experience with Kubernetes-based deployment patterns, including scaling, resilience, and secure configuration
• Proficiency with CI/CD and automation tools such as GitLab CI, including pipeline optimization and security scanning
• Experience managing, storing, and updating artifacts using secure artifact repositories
• Experience deploying and operating services in AWS, including secure networking, IAM, and access controls
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms such as Datadog or Elastic Cloud