DevSecOps Engineer

Job Description

Avint LLC is seeking a sharp, innovative, and mission-driven ON-SITE DevSecOps Engineer to help shape and scale modern infrastructure in a high-impact, enterprise environment. In this hands-on role, you’ll lead the charge in building automated pipelines, deploying containerized applications, and designing cloud-native solutions using tools like GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible. From crafting robust CI/CD processes to driving infrastructure as code and participating in blameless post-mortems, you'll be a key force in enhancing security, agility, and operational excellence across critical systems.

**This role is 100% on-site in San Diego, CA**

Responsibilities:

Design, write and deliver Infrastructure as Code software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of the network

Serve as a Subject Matter Expert for Cloud Native development

Build automated DevOps pipelines using tools like GitLab

Develop jobs for the deployment of various artifacts that constitute an application on a container-based environment such as Docker

Participate in development of advanced CI / CD processes to support deployments

Participate in design and architecture discussions and build environments using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and configuration management tools like Ansible

Work extensively to deploy applications on Kubernetes clusters in our on-premises cloud environment

Automate repetitive tasks to eliminate toil and drive consistency + repeatability

Actively participate in incident response and root-cause analysis, support a blameless post-mortems culture

Requirements

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

Must hold an active Top Secret clearance and ability to obtain SCI clearance

Bachelor of Science degree in engineering/technical discipline and 6 to 8+ years of relevant experience

Experience using DevSecOps tools such as GitLab, GitOps, Bitbucket, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Fortify, Sonarqube, Chef/Ansible, Terraform, Nexus, Jenkins

Experience with Docker and container orchestration/management tools

Understanding of AWS cloud services

Experience working with appropriate scripting languages and operating systems software (e.g., PowerShell, Bash)

Experience with version control systems, such as Git

Experience with Agile development and issue tracking systems, such as JIRA

Experience with UNIX and/or Linux

Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science

Active Top Secret/SCI with Poly clearance

Security+ 8570 certification

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

AWS or similar Cloud Provider Experience

Solid understanding of Message Service NATS, Kafka, Redis

Strong Linux and Networking background

Software development experience with C++/Java

Benefits

Joining Avint is a win-win proposition! You will feel the personal touch of a small business and receive BIG business benefits. From competitive salaries, full health, and generous PTO and Federal Holidays. Additionally, we encourage every Avint employee to further their professional development. To assist you in achieving your goals, we offer reimbursement for courses, exams, and tuition. Interested in a class, conference, program, or degree? Avint will invest in YOU and your professional development!

Avint is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

The salary range for this position is: $130,355.00 - $221,603.00

Full-time