Lead DevSecOps Appian Engineer

Tuknik Government Services, LLC a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Appian Engineer with a Top Secret security clearance to support TGS in supporting our government customer in the DC Metro area. This position is for a Future New Business Opportunity.   

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.

Tuknik Government Services, LLC Koniag Government Services (KGS) is seeking qualified candidates for this role supporting our U.S. Army customer on a large-scale Army contracting systems modernization and automation program. Leads the automated delivery path for Appian packages, conventional code, database changes, interfaces, security evidence, and test results. The role builds a repeatable promotion process that preserves artifact integrity and gives the Government direct visibility into release quality and approvals. This is a contingent recruiting profile; the opening, employing subsidiary, compensation, work location, and staffing remain subject to final contract authorization.

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Design and operate the DevSecOps pipeline across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Implement artifact-specific controls for Appian packages, scripts, conventional code, containers, database changes, and documentation.
• Configure GitLab branching, merge controls, runners, approvals, pipeline definitions, and protected release workflows.
• Integrate Nexus, SonarQube, approved security scanners, SBOM generation, test tools, and evidence repositories into release gates.
• Automate package inspection, configuration validation, environment promotion, deployment verification, rollback, and forward recovery.
• Maintain build-once/promote-controlled-artifact practices and traceability from approved backlog item through production release.
• Coordinate separate IL-5 and IL-6 pipeline configurations, credentials, repositories, test data, approvals, and evidence streams.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and application deployment issues with Appian, configuration, test, security, database, and platform teams.
• Publish pipeline health, deployment frequency, failure rate, recovery, test, and security metrics for Government review.
• Coach development teams on secure coding, package design, automated testing, and release discipline.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field; additional relevant experience may substitute for education.
• Seven or more years of software engineering or DevSecOps experience, including leadership of CI/CD implementation for enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, artifact repositories, code-quality tools, security scanning, automated testing, and controlled deployment.
• Experience packaging, deploying, and troubleshooting Appian applications or comparable low-code platforms.
• U.S. citizenship and the active security clearance or eligibility required for the assigned work by the start of performance, with ongoing eligibility thereafter.
• Ability to communicate clearly with Government, technical, and business stakeholders and to maintain accurate work records in approved systems.
• Ability to protect Controlled Unclassified Information and classified information, when assigned, and comply with required access, training, and handling procedures.

Education and Experience Desired:

• Current Appian developer certification and GitLab, cloud, security, or DevSecOps certification.
• Experience operating CI/CD inside Army DSOP, cArmy, SIPRNet, DLA PIEE, or another DoD enclave.
• Experience integrating Appian-native testing with Selenium, FitNesse, API testing, and Locust performance testing.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• GitLab CI/CD and release automation
• Appian deployment and package governance
• Security scanning, SBOM, and evidence automation
• Artifact integrity and configuration control
• Technical leadership and troubleshooting

Work Environment and Travel:

Work may occur remotely when authorized, at Government facilities, or in controlled office and data-center environments. Work involving classified information or SIPRNet will be performed at a Government-approved secure location using authorized systems. The role generally supports Government business hours, with occasional release, incident-response, maintenance-window, or approved travel requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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The company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification), national origin or ancestry, age, disability, citizenship, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment, promotion, wages, benefits, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

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Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions. KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery. We ensure long-term success with a continuous improvement approach while balancing the collective interests of our customers, employees, and native communities. For more information, please visit www.koniag-gs.com.

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