Everforth ECS is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to work in a hybrid remote/onsite capacity, with minimum of 3 business days onsite at our Fairfax, VA corporate office and/or our Ashburn, VA customer site.
Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
This role will architect, operate, and optimize DevSecOps pipelines that deliver Everforth ECS products across NIPRNet pipelines, ensuring mission alignment and operational resilience.
Job Responsibilities:
- Architects, operates, and optimizes advanced DevSecOps pipelines supporting integration enterprise delivery across NIPRNet for Department of Homeland Security missions, and Senior Executive Service leadership.
- Designs core pipeline architectures, cross-domain artifact flow patterns, and security tool integrations using GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Harbor, Kubernetes, Terraform, and container orchestration platforms.
- Leads continuous development of pipeline architecture, authors detailed process documentation, and coordinates extensively with software engineering, cybersecurity, and platform infrastructure teams to maintain mission alignment and operational resilience.
- Acts as the primary escalation point for complex pipeline failures, zero-day vulnerability triage, and classification boundary issues affecting multi-network delivery.
- Maintains expert-level mastery of continuous integration tooling, static and dynamic security scanning platforms, software composition analysis systems, and compliance automation capabilities used across the CBP Outrider integration ecosystem.
- Authors technical standards including pipeline YAML and domain-specific DSL, policy-as-code modules, artifact signing procedures, and automated authorization workflows governing software factory operations.
- Pilots advanced security-as-code techniques such as policy-driven guardrails, automated risk scoring, and cross-domain validation prototypes within controlled lab environments prior to production adoption.
- Integrates scanning, software bill of materials generation, compliance validation, and automated security gates using Anchore, Trivy, OpenSCAP, and Sysdig to maintain vulnerability reduction and configuration discipline.
- Monitors pipeline performance indicators—including success rates, deployment frequency, restoration times, defect recurrence, and integration stability—to identify reliability risks and accelerate delivery velocity.
- Produces technical assessments, architecture updates, optimization recommendations, and leadership reports that strengthen automation coverage, operational readiness, and mission execution across the CBP Outrider integration enterprise.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Salary Range: $125,000-150,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or Information Technology.
- US Citizen; Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust determination.
- IAT III‑level security certifications (CompTIA CASP+ CE, ISC² CISSP or Associate, GIAC GCED, GIAC GCIH, or Cisco CCNP Security).
- Minimum 5 years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise‑scale DevSecOps pipelines across multi‑domain and classified environments.
- Proven expertise in integrating CI/CD tools such as GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Harbor, Kubernetes, and Terraform with security‑as‑code frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional teams, author process documentation, and provide escalation for complex pipeline failures and vulnerability triage.
- Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate solution.
- Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of stakeholders (from peers to end‑users to executive management).
Skills Required
- Minimum of 3 business days onsite at Fairfax, VA and/or Ashburn, VA
- US Citizen; must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust determination
- Minimum 5 years experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-scale DevSecOps pipelines across multi-domain and classified environments
- Proven expertise integrating CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Harbor, Kubernetes, Terraform) with security-as-code frameworks
- Experience with container orchestration platforms and pipeline YAML/DSL and policy-as-code modules
- Experience integrating scanning, SBOM generation, compliance validation, and security gates using Anchore, Trivy, OpenSCAP, and Sysdig
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or Information Technology
- IAT III-level security certifications (CompTIA CASP+ CE, ISC² CISSP or Associate, GIAC GCED, GIAC GCIH, or Cisco CCNP Security)
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, author process documentation, and provide escalation for complex pipeline failures and vulnerability triage
- Strong interpersonal and written/oral communication skills
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
