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We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for six straight years and named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming home for those looking to grow and contribute to positive change. We encourage all employees to expand beyond their boundaries, dive into important world-changing Federal challenges.
We have an immediate need for a DevSecOps Engineer to support the development, enhancement, and operation of scalable, application-focused CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks for build, test, and deployment workflows in AWS GovCloud. This role supports a variety of modern applications, including backend services, frontend applications, and data pipelines, with a strong emphasis on pipeline engineering, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and cloud-native deployments.
The position focuses on enabling reliable and scalable software delivery by building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows, while improving developer experience, release velocity, application quality, and system reliability across multi-stack environments.
Core Responsibilities:
CI/CD & Pipeline Engineering
- Build, enhance, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting backend, frontend, and data workflows
- Implement and contribute to reusable pipeline templates for build, test, validation, and deployment
- Support pipeline quality gates, including test coverage, code quality checks, and artifact versioning for promotion across environments
- Assist in optimizing pipelines for speed, reliability, and traceability
Infrastructure as Code
- Implement and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform as the primary IaC tool
- Contribute to and utilize reusable Terraform modules to standardize infrastructure
- Support automated provisioning of infrastructure supporting application environments and CI/CD pipelines
Application Delivery & Developer Experience
- Apply best practices supporting application delivery across backend, frontend, and data applications
- Improve developer workflows by enabling efficient build, test, and deployment processes
- Partner with engineering teams to improve test coverage, reliability, and maintainability
- Improve overall release confidence, developer experience, and software quality
Cloud-Native Deployment (AWS)
- Build and optimize deployment pipelines for AWS-native services, including Fargate, Lambda, and API-driven architectures
- Support implementation of scalable deployment strategies and environment consistency
- Assist with versioning, artifact management, and release automation
Embedded Security & Compliance
- Integrate security tools (e.g., SAST, SCA, container scanning) into CI/CD pipelines
- Support policy-as-code and automated compliance validation
- Contribute to aligning pipeline and infrastructure practices with NIST 800-53, STIG, and RMF requirements
Monitoring & Reliability
- Support implementation and maintenance of observability for applications, pipelines, and infrastructure
- Assist with proactive monitoring and continuous improvement of system reliability
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
- Security+ certification (or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire)
- 3-6 years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or Platform Engineering, with a strong focus on CI/CD pipeline development for application delivery
- Hands-on experience with Terraform for provisioning and managing infrastructure
- Experience integrating automated testing (unit, integration, API) and security/quality checks (e.g., SAST, DAST) into CI/CD workflows
- Experience working across multi-stack environments (backend, frontend, data pipelines)
- Experience collaborating with engineering teams in Agile environments
- Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, or similar)
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, or similar)
- Working knowledge of AWS cloud-native architectures (e.g., Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway)
- Familiarity with logging, monitoring, and observability practices in cloud environments
- Familiarity with artifact management and versioning practices in CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with implementing least-privilege access controls for CI/CD pipelines and cloud resources
- Familiarity with federal compliance frameworks (NIST, RMF, FedRAMP)
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Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Free Food & Snacks
- Wellness Resources
- Stock Option Plan
Skills Required
- U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance
- Security+ certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
- 3-6 years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or Platform Engineering
- Hands-on experience with Terraform for provisioning
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline)
- Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash or similar)
- Familiarity with AWS cloud-native architectures
Credence Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Credence and has not been reviewed or approved by Credence.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive or better than average across many roles, with multiple examples describing excellent pay and competitive salaries. Additional cash elements such as bonuses appear alongside base pay.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, supported by HSAs/FSAs and a TRICARE supplement. Employer-paid life and disability coverage further strengthen the protection package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes flexible PTO and a broad holiday schedule aligned to federal holidays. Additional leave types such as military and bereavement leave are available.
Credence Insights
What We Do
Credence provides innovative technology, health, international development, engineering, and management solutions to support mission-critical programs for Federal government customers. We are one of the nation’s largest privately held government contractors. Our ability to perform exceptionally to implement new solutions, efficiencies, and savings across 220 U.S. Government programs is due to our obsession with exceeding customer expectations and our emphasis on employee wellbeing—best exemplified by our corporate philosophy: “One Measure of Success. Yours.” WHY WORK WITH CREDENCE? We are consistently rated as a Top Workplace and are proud to be one of the fastest growing privately held firms in the U.S. over the last decade. Credence treats each customer, teaming partner, and employee as a trusted partner whom we serve. We ensure successful outcomes by focusing on the measure of success that we consider to be most important—Yours. WHY WORK FOR CREDENCE? We are a diverse, enthusiastic team of professionals who are dedicated to providing exceptional service to our customers. Our culture is focused on employee empowerment, recognition, and reward, and each person is encouraged to take initiative and strive to reach their greatest potential. HOW CREDENCE GIVES BACK: We believe in giving back to the communities in which we live and work through corporate charitable events, support for employee volunteering, and a 100% corporate match for employee charitable giving.
