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DevSecOps Engineer

Peraton
Peraton Salary
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/18/2026

Responsibilities

The Defense group supports the Department of Defense (DoD) mission to keep our homeland and its citizens safe. We provide solutions to improve the Nation's defense by providing software, systems engineering, IT, training and logistics and fleet management solutions.

 

We are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support the Peraton Team in San Diego, CA. 

 

Peraton provides engineering services including architecture, software development, cybersecurity engineering, test & integration planning, integration, fielding, quality assurance, documentation, and sustainment support of various Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC PAC) software applications and initiatives including the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEOC4I) Storefront (STFNT)/AA. This effort includes systems engineering, software development, and sustainment of these systems to allow their users to access, manipulate, and display relevant data for the users’ mission. Peraton currently provides support in the areas of system administration, cybersecurity, operations and maintenance, and the analysis, assessment, and transition of emerging technologies to support DoD other government agency applications.

 

What you’ll do:

 

The DevSecOps Engineer will be responsible for the following but not limited to:

  • Design and implement innovative technologies for automating, integrating, and delivering containerized web applications and services for the Department of Defense (DoD)
  • Day-to-day efforts include working with highly talented professionals and subject matter experts to design, implement, and sustain mission-critical software systems that provide US Navy warfighters with the tools and resources for successfully planning and executing missions
  • Use containers (e.g., Docker, Rancher) and orchestration configurations (e.g., Helm, OpenShift) to deploy software using microservice architecture to support Navy DevSecOps initiatives
  • Develop security hardened container images to comply with operational DoD compliance
  • Create automated Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline daily software development operations

Qualifications

What you will need: 

 

Note: Must live in the San Diego metro area.

  • Education & Certification:
    • BS in STEM (or equivalent) with 2 years of experience;  or HS Diploma with 6 years of relevant experience
    • CompTIA Security Certified (or able to obtain within 30 days)
  • Citizenship & Clearance:
    • Candidate must be a US citizen
    • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance at the Secret level
  • Experience: Demonstrated 2 years of DevSecOps experience with
    • Containerization (i.e., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Rancher)
    • Container orchestration tools (i.e., Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm)
    • Infrastructure-as-Code (i.e., Ansible, Vagrant, Terraform, CloudFormation)
    • CI/CD automation tools (i.e., GitLab, Jenkins, AWS Code Build, Azure Pipelines)
    • Linux operating systems (i.e., RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
    • Automation and Scripting (i.e., Bash, Python, PowerShell, etc.)
    • Cyber security practices (i.e., Active Directory, HBSS, etc.)
    • Working in headless RHEL environments

 

Desired qualifications:

  • Security Clearance: Currently holds an active Secret clearance
  • Tools:
    • Data pipeline tools (i.e., Apache NiFi, Kafka, Databricks, MinIO)
    • Cyber security tools (i.e., OpenSCAP, Snyk, JFrog Xray, Anchore)
    • Secret management tools such as HashiCorp Vault
  • Experience:
    • Cloud computing infrastructure or development (i.e., AWS, Microsoft Azure)
    • Full-stack software development (i.e., Java, .NET, JavaScript, SQL)
    • Utilizing Atlassian suite or equivalent (i.e., JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket)
    • Test automation frameworks (i.e., Selenium, Cypress)
    • Configurating OIDC and OAuth applications

 

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

Salary : $80,000 - $128,000

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