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DevSecOps Engineer with Security Clearance

Cornerstone Defense
Fairfax, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/23/2026
DevSecOps Engineer Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Polygraph Location: Tysons, VA As a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer, you'll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions. What you'll do:

  • Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
  • Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and configurations, ensuring security best practices are applied to cloud resources and infrastructure components.
  • Perform regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, code, and infrastructure.
  • Monitor and analyze system and application logs to detect and respond to security incidents.
  • Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, ensuring appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place.
  • Collaborate with software engineers to provide guidance on secure coding practices and assist in remediation of security findings.
  • Participate in incident response activities, helping to investigate and mitigate security incidents in a timely manner.
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and documentation. What you'll need to succeed:
  • 7 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on integrating security into the software development lifecycle.
  • Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Selenium, Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud).
  • Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and securing cloud-based applications and services.
  • Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tool integration.
  • Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI poly. DevSecOps Engineer Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Polygraph Location: Tysons, VA As a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer, you'll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions. What you'll do:
  • Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
  • Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and configurations, ensuring security best practices are applied to cloud resources and infrastructure components.
  • Perform regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, code, and infrastructure.
  • Monitor and analyze system and application logs to detect and respond to security incidents.
  • Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, ensuring appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place.
  • Collaborate with software engineers to provide guidance on secure coding practices and assist in remediation of security findings.
  • Participate in incident response activities, helping to investigate and mitigate security incidents in a timely manner.
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and documentation. What you'll need to succeed:
  • 7 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on integrating security into the software development lifecycle.
  • Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Selenium, Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud).
  • Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and securing cloud-based applications and services.
  • Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tool integration.
  • Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI poly.

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