Hybrid Senior DevSecOps Engineer

at MetroStar

• Job title: Senior DevSecOps Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $128,000 - $138,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Cloud, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Reston, United States

About the role

• Cloud Engineer at MetroStar focusing on building and securing cloud-native systems. Managing Kubernetes workloads and CI/CD pipelines in Agile teams with an emphasis on security.

Responsibilities

• Work in product-focused Agile teams, participating in ceremonies and directly supporting developers and government customers.
• Continuously improve product infrastructure and platform capabilities using automation to support developers, data scientists, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Support development teams by using automation to deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot web applications and AI-enabled services, progressing from IL2 to IL4+ secure cloud environments.
• Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support application delivery, experimentation, and software supply chain requirements.
• Automate the provisioning of virtual machines and container platforms using configuration management, enabling consistent and 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 environments by integrating SSO and role-based access controls across platform services.
• Monitor application and infrastructure health, performance, and availability using enterprise observability tools.

Requirements

• An active Secret level clearance or higher
• 4+ years of experience in a DevSecOps cloud role.
• Strong Linux administration and Bash scripting skills; experience with DISA STIGs is desirable.
• Strong experience developing tools with Golang or Python asyncio.
• In-depth experience designing CI/CD pipelines with rigorous security and testing stages.
• Deep understanding and practical experience with the HTTP protocol and web servers.
• Deep understanding of containerization and how containers work.
• Experience working with CNCF landscape technologies.
• Experience deploying Kubernetes workloads with IaC.
• Experience deploying FedRAMP or DoD IL2 equivalent public cloud workloads with IaC.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Parental Leave and dependent care
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee assistance and wellness programs