DevSecOps Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 21, 2026.
Description
DevSecOps Engineer:
At B&A, we foster and embrace a distinct set of values that we live by and instill in all aspects of our organization: dedication, commitment, partnership, trust, and recognition. We have incorporated these values into successful delivery for our customers since 1988. B&A believes in ensuring its employees feel deeply connected to B&A, recognizing successes and hard work, and providing continuous opportunities to learn and grow. Our people are entrepreneurial thinkers that combine mindset, vision, and experience to drive value - not only to us as an organization, but to the clients we support. We promote a collaborative culture with our clients, and with each other, as one team working towards a common vision. We’d love for you to join our team!
Job Summary:
B&A is looking for an DevSecOps Engineer to join a contract with a federal government client in support of an important mission.
The ideal candidate excels in DevSecOps automation, is proficient in GitLab, Jira/Confluence, GitLab CI pipelines, Kubernetes, Harness, ArgoCD, Docker, Dynatrace/AppDynamics, Elasticsearch/Kibana, Splunk, Prometheus/Grafana and is committed to securing and streamlining software delivery and infrastructure.
Qualified applicants will be subject to a security investigation and must meet minimum qualifications for access to classified information. This is a highly technical position; individuals will be screened by peers in a technical review of skills and experience.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Harness, enabling secure, efficient software delivery.
- Design and manage GitOps pipelines leveraging ArgoCD to ensure consistent, auditable, and declarative infrastructure and application deployments.
- Integrate security best practices into all phases of the DevOps lifecycle, performing automated security testing and compliance checks.
- Collaborate with software developers, data scientists, and system engineers to enforce DevSecOps standards, streamline deployment, and remediate vulnerabilities.
- Ensure the operational resiliency, scalability, and maintainability of cloud-based or hybrid environments supporting modernization goals.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize the performance, security, and health of infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
- Maintain documentation, provide training, and promote best practices among multidisciplinary teams. Design, build and maintain CI/CD, testing, and operations infrastructure.
- Develop custom tools and automation through programming and scripting.
- Pro-actively identify areas to drive automation across platforms.
- Develop innovative strategies, processes, automation, fail-over experience
- Design and setup of new large cloud clusters.
- Provide support to implement Change/Service Requests per application needs.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, primarily using Terraform.
Education and Experience:
- 7-10 years of experience in related field.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required.
Required Skills:
- In-depth knowledge of DevSecOps principles, continuous integration, security automation, and compliance enforcement in federal or secure environments.
- Hands-on expertise in:
- CI/CD automation using GitLab, Jenkins/Harness/ArgoCD Continuous Delivery (CD) and GitOps workflows deploying to Kubernetes.
- Prefer Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform for cloud and hybrid infrastructure provisioning.
- Proficiency with version control (Git), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and integrating security controls into delivery pipelines.
- Experience with monitoring and log aggregating frameworks such as Dynatrace, ElasticSearch
- Proficiency in managing AWS services like EC2, ECS, ECR, EKS, NLB, ALB, RDS, S3, Kafka, Cloud monitoring services, VPC and other network layers.
- Experience in migration of applications from on premises to cloud.
- Knowledge of OO programming and concepts (Java, C++, C#, Python)
- Experience in configuration management technologies such as Chef, Puppet or Ansible.
- Experience with AWS or another cloud PaaS provider.
- Solid understanding of configuration, deployment, management and maintenance of large cloud-hosted systems; including auto-scaling, monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting and disaster recovery.
- Proficiency with source control, continuous integration, and testing pipelines.
- Good understanding of cloud security and best practices.
Security Clearance:
- Active TS or CBP BI
Physical & Work Environment Requirements
Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this position, with or without accommodation.
- Ability to remain stationary for extended periods while working at a computer.
- Frequently operate standard office equipment, including computers and telephones.
- Ability to communicate effectively in person, by telephone, video conference, and email.
- Occasionally move about the office and lift up to 20 pounds.
- Ability to work the assigned schedule with regular and reliable attendance.
- Ability to travel up to 10% as required.
More About B&A:
Notable Clients
B&A has grown to be a company that is trusted by our clients for exceptional service, innovative solutions, and inspired employees. Our service extends through federal, state, and local Government, the private sector, and higher education. Some of our notable clients include Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Senate, U.S. Courts, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Navy, and more.
Benefits and Programs
B&A is proud to offer three robust individual and family medical plans to full time employees, including a Health Savings Account (HSA) option as well as two tiers of dental coverage, vision, life & AD&D, disability, accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance. In addition to these benefits, B&A employees enjoy paid time off, B&A sponsored trainings and certifications, pet insurance benefits, commuter transit benefits and a free subscription to a virtual exercise platform (NEOU). B&A’s 401(k) plan is available to all employees and includes a company matching contribution.
B&A has launched several programs to focus on employee engagement, wellness, and assistance. These include:
- The B&A Cares program: 30/60/90-day wellness check ins, personal development, financial management, and stress management seminars, and more
- A formal mentorship program
- Job shadowing and cross training opportunities
- Brand Ambassador program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access to various support resources to include counseling, legal guidance, financial planning, and more
- Monthly teambuilding events
- B&A Annual Wellness Challenges: #StepWithB&A, #WalkDuringLunchWithB&A, #VolunteeringWithB&A, #ExerciseDuringLunchWithB&A, and more
At B&A, we place significant importance on improving the communities and lives of citizens across the nation through our involvement, technology expertise, and employees. B&A puts an emphasis on charitable efforts in the Northern Virginia area, including Capital Area Food Bank pantry drives, book donations, Hope for Henry Foundation events, and many more. In recognition of all these efforts, B&A has been named a Companies as Responsive Employers (CARE) award recipient by Northern Virginia Family Services and nominated by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award.
EEO
B&A provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. B&A complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy covers conduct occurring at B&A’s offices, and other workplaces (including client sites) and all other locations where B&A is providing services, and to all work-related activities.
B&A participates in e-Verify. We provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee’s I-9 Form to confirm work authorization.