What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevSecOps Engineer position at MAG Aerospace?
Position Summary
MAG is recruiting for a DevSecOps Engineer who will enable rapid, secure delivery of tactical capabilities through world-class automation. You'll build the infrastructure and pipelines that allow a small team to deliver like a large organization while maintaining security in contested environments.
US Citizens Only
Former US Defense Contractor / US Gov / US Military Experience Only
This is a Hybrid Position - Remote mainly - but as well on call to come into a MAG office when requested.
We are seeking candidates who live in proximity to our corporate HQ in Fairfax, VA primarily but will entertain persons living near our satellite offices in:Aberdeen, MD - Titusville, FL - Newport News, VA - Carthage NC
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Duties include, but not limited to:
Primary Responsibilities
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for multi-architecture deployments
- Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for hybrid cloud/edge environments
- Implement container orchestration for resource-constrained platforms
- Create automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, security, performance)
- Build observability solutions (metrics, logging, tracing, profiling)
- Develop GitOps workflows for configuration management
- Optimize build processes for embedded and edge platforms
Secondary Responsibilities
- Implement security scanning in CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning)
- Automate compliance validation (STIG, RMF controls)
- Design and implement secrets management solutions
- Create security monitoring and incident response automation
- Support security documentation and authorization packages
Requirements
Primary Experience / Qualifications:
- 5 years DevOps/DevSecOps experience
- Expert-level knowledge of CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
- Experience with artifact repositories (e.g., JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus, Azure Artifacts, to include Azure Container Registry) for managing diverse package types
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
- Extensive experience with containerization (Docker, Podman) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi)
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure required, AWS/GCP beneficial)
- Understanding of security scanning tools and practices
- Experience with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
- Knowledge of Git workflows and version control best practices
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with embedded system CI/CD and cross-compilation
- Knowledge of military software development processes
- Familiarity with RMF and security authorization processes
- Experience with air-gapped and classified environments
- Understanding of supply chain security and SBOM
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKS)
- Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testingFamiliarity with Policy-as-Code (PaC) tools like Open Policy Agent (OPA) for automating governance and security checks
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in CS, EE, or related field;
- Master's preferred
Clearance:
- Must be eligible for Secret security clearance
- Must be a US citizen
Special Note
What Makes You Successful Here
- You automate everything that can be automated
- You treat infrastructure as code, not clickops
- You build security into pipelines, not bolt it on after
- You can work across cloud, on-prem, and edge environments
- You measure success by how little manual work the team does
Why Join MAG:
- Work on meaningful problems that directly impact national security
- Small, elite team where your contributions matter immediately
- Access to cutting-edge hardware and technologies
- Rapid prototyping environment - see your ideas deployed in weeks
- Direct interaction with end users and field deployments
- Professional development and conference attendance support
- Flexible work arrangements with occasional field exercises
- Opportunity to shape the future of tactical edge computing