What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud DevSecOps Pipeline Engineer/Admin position at NS2 Mission?
Help build secure, automated Cloud Pipelines supporting critical Navy mission systems. NS2 Mission is looking to bring on a Cloud DevSecOps Pipeline Engineer / Administrator to help build and run secure, automated software delivery pipelines for an AWS-hosted Navy Collaborative Development Environment (CDE). In this role, you will own and evolve a modern DevSecOps toolchain built around Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Artifactory/JFrog, enabling development teams to deliver quickly while maintaining strict DoD/Navy and NIST SP 800-171 compliance. This role will be supporting our team in Chantilly, VA.
What You’ll Do
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins integrated with Bitbucket, Jira, SonarQube, and Artifactory/JFrog.
- Automate build, test, code quality/security scanning, artifact management, and deployment into AWS environments.
- Administer and tune the DevSecOps toolchain, including:
- Jira projects and workflows
- Bitbucket repositories and permissions
- Jenkins pipelines, agents, and plugins
- SonarQube quality gates
- Artifactory repositories
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration as code using tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible for AWS resources.
- Integrate and enforce security and compliance controls aligned with NIST SP 800-171 and RMF requirements directly within pipelines and platform configurations.
- Collaborate with developers, security engineers, and government stakeholders to onboard projects, improve workflows, and resolve build/deployment issues.
- Support RMF/ATO efforts by contributing technical input and documentation for DevSecOps platforms and pipelines.
Required Qualifications
- 8 years of IT experience, including 3–5 years in cloud DevOps/DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline engineering.
- AWS certification such as SysOps Administrator, Developer, Solutions Architect, or DevOps Engineer.
- Hands-on experience building and operating Jenkins pipelines, including multibranch pipelines, shared libraries, agents, and plugins.
- Strong experience with Jira and Bitbucket (or similar Git platforms) supporting workflows, branching strategies, pull requests, and permissions.
- Experience integrating and administering SonarQube for code quality/security analysis and quality gates.
- Strong experience with Artifactory/JFrog as an enterprise artifact repository supporting Maven, NPM, PyPI, Docker, and related technologies.
- Solid AWS experience, including services such as EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail within enterprise or mission environments.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as CloudFormation and/or terraform and configuration management tools such as Ansible or AWS Systems Manager.
- Good understanding of cloud security practices including OS hardening, network segmentation, vulnerability management, and log management.
- Familiarity with NIST, DoD, or Navy cybersecurity frameworks including NIST SP 800-171, NIST 800-53, and RMF.
- Scripting experience using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to automate pipeline and platform tasks.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP, CISM, or Security .
- Experience supporting RMF/ATO efforts within DoD or IC accredited cloud environments.
- Experience with containers and Kubernetes technologies such as Docker and Amazon EKS.
- Experience integrating container scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience scaling and hardening Jenkins, SonarQube, and Artifactory within multi-team environments.
Position Clearance Requirement:
TS/SCI with CI Poly
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship.
We win with inclusion
NS2 Mission’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At NS2 Mission, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.
NS2 Mission is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with NS2 Mission and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: NS2Mission.Careers@sapns2.com.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.