AWS DevSecOps Engineer

Company Overview

Pantheon Data (a Kenific Holding company) is a private, small business based in the Washington, DC, area. Pantheon Data was founded in 2011, initially providing acquisition and supply chain management services to the US Coast Guard. Our service offerings have grown in the past ten years, including infrastructure resiliency, contact center operations, information technology, software engineering, program management, strategic communications, engineering, and cybersecurity.

We have also grown our customer base to include commercial clients. The company has used this experience to expand our service offerings to other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DoD), and other Federal Civilian Agencies.

We are seeking a mid-level AWS Dev Sec Ops  Engineer with hands‑on experience supporting federal programs, preferably within the DoD environment. The ideal candidate will have strong technical depth in Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), containerized workloads, and modern CI/CD automation, along with practical experience integrating security controls throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

This role will support the design, implementation, and operation of secure cloud‑native platforms that host API, web, and AI/ML applications, including workloads that process Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), other sensitive federal data, and PII/PHI. A successful candidate will be able to demonstrate proficiency in AWS Dev Sec Ops  patterns, container orchestration, and infrastructure as code, and will be comfortable communicating with both highly technical engineering teams and other stakeholders such as project managers, customers, and executive leadership.

• Design, implement, and operate secure AWS cloud environments, including Gov Cloud‑based architectures, that support containerized applications and ML‑enabled services.
• Build, configure, and maintain Amazon EKS clusters, including worker node groups, cluster networking, ingress, autoscaling, and lifecycle management for multiple environments such as development, staging, and production.
• Develop, maintain, and harden CI/CD pipelines that automate build, test, security scanning, and deployment for containerized applications using tools such as Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS Code Pipeline and Code Build.
• Implement Dev Sec Ops  practices by integrating SAST, SCA, container image scanning, and other security tooling into the CI/CD process to enforce secure coding and secure configuration baselines.
• Define and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS Cloud Formation templates for foundational services, EKS clusters, networking, and security controls.
• Support deployment and lifecycle management of ML and data‑centric applications on AWS, including containerized ML inference services on EKS or similar architectures, with appropriate security and observability.
• Utilize AWS security and governance services such as IAM, KMS, Security Hub, Config, Cloud Trail, Guard Duty, and Inspector to enforce and monitor security posture.
• Inform design and implementation decisions by applying knowledge of secure cloud and Dev Sec Ops  architectures, NIST 800‑53 aligned controls, and best practices for handling CUI and other sensitive data in AWS.
• Collaborate with software engineers, data engineers, ML engineers, and system administrators to deliver integrated solutions that combine application development, infrastructure, and security.
• Contribute to the development of reusable patterns, reference architectures, and documentation for Dev Sec Ops  workflows, including environment build‑out, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.
• Ensure security, privacy, and compliance of solutions by following federal cloud security best practices, AWS well‑architected principles, and internal Pantheon Data standards.
• Work within a growing engineering team to support software and systems solutions across customers and projects in both federal and commercial environments.
• Participate in troubleshooting, performance tuning,…