Senior DevSecOps Engineer @ Cumberland County, PA - Hybrid

Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Cumberland County, PA Hybrid

7 months contract

This is a Hybrid Position - NO REMOTE Position available.

We are currently hiring candidates who are authorized to work on our W2.

Candidate with previous state/govt client experience is preferred.

Commonwealth of PA/OA (PSDC) requires the services of a TAS1 A4 SC3 to act as a Senior DevSecOps Engineer.

Work Location: Hybrid with two days onsite (1920 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050). Schedule can be discussed during interview.

Work hours: 8AM to 5PM (hourlong lunch)

Start date can be ID'd upon after compliant PATCH and PSDC-related clearance has been processed and approved.

This req is available to candidates nationwide, but candidate must be ready to relocate for this hybrid position (60% remote vs. 40% onsite). Candidate must go onsite on their first day to pick up commonwealth-issued equipment, badging, etc.. Role contingent on compliant PATCH and passing PSDC/CJIS background checks.

PSDC (Public Safety Delivery Center) requires the services of a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to act as consultant with the PSDC Solutions Management group.

Role summary

Hands-on security automation for AWS delivery. Build secure-by-default CDK constructs and CloudFormation templates, wire them into CI/CD, and enforce compliance checks that map to CJIS and NIST. Azure support is a future consideration, not a core day-one duty.

Scope boundaries

• Does not own enterprise AWS Organizations or SCP operations.
• Designs and builds reference guardrails and enforcement patterns that can be deployed by enterprise teams.
• Focuses on preventive controls and compliance automation, not incident response.

What you will deliver

First 90 days

• Pipeline security templates in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps with SAST, SCA, IaC, container, and secret scanning gates.
• Compliance as code in reference accounts: AWS Config rules and Security Hub standards aligned to CJIS and NIST 800-53, with exceptions workflow documented.
• IaC reference modules using AWS CDK and CloudFormation for IAM least privilege, KMS, Secrets Manager, logging, and network baselines; Terraform equivalents provided where teams require them.
• Evidence exports tying checks to control IDs and producing auditor-ready artifacts.

Ongoing

• Harden CDK/CFT modules and pipeline templates as compliance needs evolve.
• Coach pilot teams to adopt templates.
• Raise gaps to enterprise teams for org-level enforcement.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Author and maintain AWS CDK constructs and CloudFormation templates; provide Terraform versions as secondary.
• Implement AWS Config conformance, Security Hub standards, and GuardDuty routing in reference accounts.
• Wire scanning in CI/CD for app code, containers, and IaC.
• Create reusable GitHub/Azure DevOps templates with enforcement gates and exception handling.
• Generate posture and evidence reports mapped to CJIS and NIST controls.

Required skills

• 5 years AWS security automation and DevOps.
• Strong with AWS CDK and CloudFormation; working proficiency in Terraform.
• CI/CD authoring in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.
• Proficient in Python and Bash, with PowerShell for Windows automation.
• Able to read Java and C# to integrate and tune SAST/SCA.
• Practical knowledge of CJIS and NIST 800-53 control families and how to automate checks and evidence.

Nice to have

• EKS/ECS/Lambda hardening patterns.
• OPA/Conftest, Checkov, Trivy, Inspector, CodeQL or equivalent.
• Basic Azure security automation for future phases.

Decision rights

• Independent on design and build within standards; proposes guardrails and reference patterns; escalates enterprise-wide changes.

Skill	Required Exp	Candidate exp
5 years AWS security automation and DevOps	5
Strong with AWS CDK and CloudFormation; working proficiency in Terraform	Required
CI/CD authoring in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps	Required
Proficient in Python and Bash, with PowerShell for Windows automation	Required
Able to read Java and C# to integrate and tune SAST/SCA	Required
Practical knowledge of CJIS and NIST 800-53 control families and how to automate checks and evidence	Required
EKS/ECS/Lambda hardening patterns	Nice to have
OPA/Conftest, Checkov, Trivy, Inspector, CodeQL or equivalent	Nice to have
Basic Azure security automation for future phases	Nice to have

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