540
DevSecOps Engineer
Arlington, VA
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About the role
- The ideal candidate enjoys solving pipeline issues, automating repeatable processes, and improving how software moves from development into production.
- 540 is a forward-thinking company that the government turns to in order to #getshitdone.
Responsibilities
- Build, operate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
- Automate software builds, testing, security validation, artifact creation, and deployments
- Support delivery and platform automation primarily in AWS, with additional support for Azure environments
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code to create secure, consistent, and repeatable environments
- Implement automated quality and security gates to prevent vulnerable or noncompliant code from being deployed
- Maintain source-code repositories, branching strategies, artifact management, versioning, and release processes
- Support rolling, blue-green, and canary deployment strategies
- Document pipeline configurations and operational procedures while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
Nice to have
- Working knowledge of Azure
- Experience supporting DoW, federal, Advana, or other enterprise data environments
- Familiarity with software supply-chain security, secrets management, or policy-as-code
- Currently holds, or is willing to obtain within 30 days of employment, an approved certification such as Cloud+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+, or SSCP
Skills
- 4+ years of experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or a related field
- Hands-on experience supporting AWS environments
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
- Experience integrating automated security and code-quality tools into CI/CD workflows
- Knowledge of Git-based source control, branching strategies, and release management
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and artifact-management tools such as Artifactory, Nexus, or GitLab Package Registry
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or a similar language
- Understanding of secure software-development practices and the software development lifecycle
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills
Compensation
- Annual social events (540 Week, hackathon, charity golf tournament, etc.)
Benefits
- Flexible PTO + all Federal holidays off
- Health, dental and vision insurance plans
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Company-sponsored life insurance, short- and long-term disability
- HQ office perks (parking / metro reimbursement, nitro coffee & lunches)
- Monitor pipeline health and performance, configure alerts, and troubleshoot build, integration, and deployment issues
Visa & Work Authorization
- Citizenship & Clearance Requirement: Per client requirements, candidates must be U
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