DevSecOps Engineer
Listed on 2026-02-01
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing, Systems Engineer
Dev Sec Ops Engineer
Location: ONSITE - Oak Ridge, TN
Salary: $105-115k/year
Position Summary
The US Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE OSTI) is seeking a Dev Sec Ops Engineer Evangelist to join our Technology team in preserving and disseminating DOE's scientific and technical information via web applications. This role will be responsible for implementing Dev Sec Ops best practices across the enterprise in support of OSTI's transition to a modernized web application platform powered by containerized applications, providing technical guidance to development teams, and improving agility and delivery speed while driving cultural change towards a Dev Sec Ops mindset.
The position will primarily develop and implement a strategy to migrate OSTI's current application development process and applications to a more Dev Sec Ops -styled deployment process by formalizing policies, procedures, and practices using Dev Sec Ops tooling to deliver OSTI's web applications.
US Citizenship is required.
Position-Specific Duties
- Maintain documentation/notes on software builds and installs and develop documented processes and procedures for migrating Java and Python applications to containerized Dev Sec Ops deployment processes
- Define and implement development best practices and standards within the organization and to transition current organizational applications to these standards
- Automate systems administration tasks utilizing open-source configuration management tools as part of a deployment pipeline
- Identify automation opportunities to improve Dev Sec Ops operations, make recommendations to management, and lead the implementation of improvements, such as pipelines, container development, etc.
- Review architecture and offer recommendations for improvements, lead implementation efforts on containerized infrastructure
- Embrace continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes. Train and document for junior-level staff on these processes
- CI/CD technologies - Git Lab. Containerization tool:
Red Hat Open Shift - Configuration Management - Helm, Kustomize, etc.
- Work with team to adopt and optimize a hybrid-cloud software-defined infrastructure and infrastructure as code paradigm
- Identify and document IT best practices that will improve the systems deployment function
Education, Training, Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical subjects or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 1-3 years of experience managing Dev Sec Ops systems (including Jenkins, Gitlab, etc.)
- 1-3 years of experience managing container infrastructure using Red Hat Open Shift/Kubernetes/Docker
- 1-3 years utilizing configuration management and automation tools such as Git Lab Ultimate and Ansible, Puppet or other CI/CD pipeline tools
- Fluency in at least one scripting language such as Bash, Python, Go or equivalent
- Experience in migrating Java and Python applications to containerized environments
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Working knowledge of multiple operating systems and containerization solutions
- Experience with RHEL 8
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, traffic analysis, common protocols, and network diagnostics
- Previous experience working in a government, scientific, or other highly technical environment
- Background of contributing to open-source projects or avocational endeavors such as hacker/maker spaces is desirable
- Technical documentation skills, including the ability to prepare advanced documentation web pages
- Excellent interpersonal skills suitable for user support and ability to work well with peer system administrators
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to balance complex research and security requirements
Physical Abilities
- Ability to sit for long periods
- Ability to view computer monitor for long periods
Citizenship
Ability to provide proof of US Citizenship on your first day of employment to obtain a DOE HSPD-12 Badge in accordance with the terms of the contract. Department of Energy OSTI's policy direction requires all employees employed on this contract to be citizens of the United States.
EEO Statement
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
About Key LogicSupporting critical missions at the intersection of data and science, Key Logic provides mission management, systems analysis, data analytics, digital transformation, and cybersecurity to customers in the energy, federal civilian, and defense sectors, with a 20+ year portfolio of successes supporting DOE, DOC, EPA, DOD, DHS, FBI, and other federal agencies challenged with complex missions. We help our customers solve the world's most challenging problems with unsurpassed anticipatory service.
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