DevSecOps/Cloud Systems Engineer - Clearance Required

LMI is a digital solutions provider supporting government agencies with technology, innovation, and mission-ready solutions. The DevSecOps/Cloud Systems Engineer will design, build, and operate secure cloud infrastructure and CI/CD environments supporting a U.S. Army enterprise program. The role is responsible for AWS infrastructure, DevSecOps automation, ERP testing platform deployments, security controls, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and optimize robust, secure CI/CD pipelines within GitLab, enforcing DevSecOps principles through automated vulnerability scanning and compliance gates
• Standardize deployment templates and pipeline workflows to improve development velocity across the team
• Lead the deployment, configuration, and scaling of ERP testing platforms, including Tricentis Tosca, qTest, NeoLoad, LiveCompare, and others
• Manage and troubleshoot complex hybrid deployments, ensuring seamless interoperability between containerized microservices on EKS and monolithic applications running on EC2
• Manage and scale AWS infrastructure, optimizing workloads running on EKS, EC2, S3, and RDS
• Implement and enforce strict cloud security controls, including advanced IAM policies, VPC security, and least-privilege access across environments
• Establish comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems across EKS and EC2 nodes to ensure maximum uptime of critical testing infrastructure
• Serve as a key technical resource for troubleshooting environment-related failures and performance bottlenecks

Requirements:

• This position requires an active Secret security clearance
• Experience: At least 3 to 5 years of dedicated experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or Cloud/Systems Engineering, with a proven track record of managing production environments
• Infrastructure & Containers: Strong, hands-on experience with AWS services, with deep operational knowledge of EKS (Kubernetes deployments, service networking) and EC2 instance management
• CI/CD Expertise: Proven experience building, securing, and maintaining complex pipelines using GitLab CI/CD
• Scripting & Automation: Strong proficiency in Python or Bash to automate system configurations, database backups, or API-driven tool integrations
• Security Mindset: Practical experience integrating security tools (SAST/DAST, container scanning, secret detection) directly into CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborative Leadership: Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, mentor junior team members, and interface effectively with testing and QA engineering leads
• Active Secret security clearance
• Direct experience installing, configuring, or upgrading EPR software testing tools
• Solid experience managing cloud environments using Terraform
• Familiarity with AWS RDS configuration, tuning, and migrations supporting enterprise test repositories