Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy, and manage Azure Cloud architecture within DoD guidelines
- Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments
- Ensure compliance with DoD security requirements and best practices
- Lead cross-functional teams in defining secure infrastructure requirements
- Develop and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines
- Implement deployment strategies aligned with DoD security protocols
- Automate build, test, and deployment processes using Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Ensure code security through pipeline integration
- Implement and maintain security controls per DoD requirements
- Conduct security assessments and vulnerability remediation
- Collaborate with security teams on RMF documentation
- Ensure continuous compliance with DoD security standards
- Monitor system performance and security
- Implement logging and monitoring solutions Lead incident response and problem resolution
- Ensure resilience and high availability for mission-critical systems
Required Qualifications:
- Eligible for Secret clearance
- Current Security+ certification (or must obtain within 30 days)
- One of the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with 5+ years of DevOps experience
- 8+ years of relevant DevOps/Cloud engineering experience
- Experience with Azure DevOps implementing DevSecOps pipelines in commercial and classified environments.
- Experience with the container ecosystem - Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, etc.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation
- Experience with Azure Commercial Cloud and Azure Government Cloud
- Strong scripting skills in Python or other languages
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience implementing DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
- Strong understanding of the Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Knowledge of DoD security documentation requirements
- Experience with security scanning tools (Nessus, SonarQube, Aqua Security, or similar) and remediation
- Database administration (SQL, NoSQL, Vector, etc.)
- Elasticsearch/OpenSearch administration
- Version control
- Linux administration
- Experience in data engineering tools and technologies like Databricks, Spark, Hadoop, and data warehousing solutions
- Familiarity with machine learning concepts and tools
- Experience with data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau
- Relevant cloud security certifications (e.g., Azure Security Engineer Associate)
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