DevSecOps Security Engineer
SAIC
DevSecOps Security Engineer
SAIC
Technology integrator delivering defense IT solutions
SAIC is a trusted leader in delivering advanced command and control capabilities across the Department of the Air Force. Working alongside operators, engineers, Capability Providers, and government stakeholders, SAIC helps accelerate the delivery of secure, interoperable capabilities that enhance mission effectiveness.
SAIC is seeking a DevSecOps Security Engineer to design, implement, and operate security capabilities within software delivery pipelines supporting the development, integration, testing, and deployment of mission applications. This engineer will work with Cloud, DevSecOps, Software, Integration, Test, and Cyber teams to help Capability Providers identify vulnerabilities earlier, remediate findings, and deliver secure software more efficiently.
The successful candidate will build automated security checks, generate evidence supporting the Risk Management Framework (RMF), guide developers through secure software delivery processes, and develop the program’s Secure Coding Guide. This position will also help establish the foundation for a certified CI/CD pipeline, automated compliance, and future continuous authorization capabilities.
Job Duties Include
Design, build, and maintain security capabilities within DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines.
Integrate automated SAST, DAST, container scanning, Software Composition Analysis (SCA), and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation.
Implement security gates that identify vulnerabilities and prevent unacceptable software artifacts from progressing through the delivery pipeline.
Automate the collection, organization, and delivery of security evidence supporting RMF, ATO, Continuous Monitoring, and future continuous authorization objectives.
Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the program’s Secure Coding Guide, including required practices, prohibited practices, secure design patterns, and software security expectations.
Translate Secure Coding Guide requirements into pipeline controls, automated checks, developer workflows, and application onboarding criteria.
Support Capability Providers with application onboarding, security tool use, secure coding practices, and vulnerability remediation.
Review and help resolve CWE, CVE, STIG, dependency, container, and application security findings.
Validate software artifacts through integrity checks, image signing, provenance tracking, SBOM review, and other software supply chain security practices.
Document security controls, pipeline processes, evidence outputs, technical decisions, and developer guidance.
Assist with ISSO functions including Continuous Monitoring (ConMon), vulnerability management, security control assessments, remediation tracking, and maintenance of cybersecurity evidence supporting RMF and ATO activities.
Identify opportunities to reduce manual security activities, improve developer feedback, and accelerate secure capability delivery.
Partner with Cloud and DevSecOps engineers to implement secure-by-default pipelines, infrastructure, and platform services.
Support security implementation across classified, multi-classification, containerized, and cloud-based development environments.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree and nine (9) years or more related experience; OR Master’s degree and seven (7) years or more of related experience; OR PhD and four (4) years or more of related experience. Relevant experience may substitute for education.
TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship.
DoD 8140-aligned cybersecurity certification, such as Security+, CASP+, CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent.
Five (5) to ten (10) years of cybersecurity, application security, DevSecOps, software engineering, or related experience.
Hands-on experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD, application security, security automation, or secure software delivery.
Experience with security tools such as Fortify, OWASP ZAP, Grype, Trivy, SonarQube, or comparable products.
Experience analyzing and supporting remediation of CWE, CVE, STIG, dependency, container, or application security findings.
Experience with Git-based workflows, CI/CD platforms, and automated pipeline controls.
Experience scripting with PowerShell, Python, Bash, or a similar language.
Desired Qualifications and Experience
Experience with GitLab CI/CD, Gitea, container registries, artifact repositories, or pipeline runners.
Experience automating RMF, ATO, Continuous Monitoring, or compliance evidence.
Experience developing secure coding standards, secure software development guidance, or application security requirements.
Experience with SBOMs, SCA, image signing, artifact provenance, and software supply chain security.
Familiarity with Kubernetes, RKE2, containers, and cloud-native security.
Experience supporting classified cloud, multi-classification, MLS/MILS, or Cross Domain Solution environments.
Familiarity with Zero Trust, policy as code, continuous authorization, or certified CI/CD pipeline concepts.
Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, command and control, or other mission systems.
SAIC is a technology integrator that supports the U.S. government with engineering and IT services for defense, space, and intelligence missions. Its offerings include integrating complex systems, software, data analytics, cybersecurity, and digital engineering to help national security programs run smoothly. The company operates by combining technical expertise with large-scale government contracts, delivering end-to-end solutions from planning and development to deployment and support. Unlike many firms that focus on a single product, SAIC differentiates itself through a long history of government work, its origins as an employee-owned company, and its growth through strategic acquisitions to broaden capabilities in digital engineering, mission IT, and related services. SAIC’s goal is to enable national defense and intelligence operations by providing the technology and services needed to design, build, and maintain critical systems at scale.
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