A-TEK operates at the intersection of mission and innovation by applying our deep domain expertise across the federal markets. Embracing our digital-first strategy, A-TEK provides enhanced capabilities in application development, digital transformation, enterprise IT, and scientific services. Our solutions are designed to modernize, automate, secure, protect, and enhance the operations of our federal clients, ensuring they stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Our work is fueled by a passion to serve our clients' needs and to protect the safety and welfare of Americans. That passion shapes how we nurture our most valuable asset – Our Employees. A-TEK actively cultivates the talent that drives our success and fosters a creative, challenging, and mission-driven work environment for current and future employees.
We are seeking a highly skilled
DevSecOps Engineer Consultant to join our dynamic team, where security, development, and operations converge to create seamless, secure, and scalable systems. In this role, you will integrate security practices into the DevOps pipeline, automating processes to enhance the overall security posture while ensuring the rapid, reliable delivery of software. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of security frameworks, DevOps methodologies, cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines, along with a passion for building secure, efficient systems in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
This is a part-time consulting position initially that has the potential to evolve into a full-time role. The nature of the work will require the ability to work both remotely and as part of a project team based in McLean, VA.
Due to contract requirements, US Citizenship is required for consideration for this position.
Required Skills:
Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline development.
Experience managing CI/CD pipelines in an AWS environment.
Ability to integrate static code analysis tools into CI/CD pipelines.
Engineering support will be required to containerize multiple applications simultaneously per migration wave through the contract period of performance.
Familiarity with JAVA, Python and PHP languages.
Experience creating release documentation (release notes, version description documents, architecture diagrams, etc.) in a US federal contracting environment, preferably within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or one of its subordinate agencies like the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS).
Preferred Skills and Certifications:
- AWS DevOps Professional certification.
- AWS SysOps Administrator Associate certification.
- Experience with the following tools: Jira, Jenkins, GIT, AWS CodeBuild, AWS Code Deploy, Docker, SolarWinds, SonarQube / Fortify / AWS CodeGuru.
- General web application development background (Java/J2EE, JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, Spring, React).
Required Qualifications:
- 6-10 years hands-on experience working with DevOps / DevSecOps tools.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Engineering or a directly related discipline; or in lieu of a degree, a total of at least 10 years of comparable work experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills – must be able to communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing.
- Experience in implementing and executing processes to create and maintain automated CI /CD pipelines for code deployments.
A-TEK, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected Veteran status.