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What You’ll Do:
As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you will manage the cloud security implementation for multiple cloud environments to include AWS, Azure, and classified platforms. You will also be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure software development practices and tools for Slingshot’s software development lifecycle, then educating/mentoring others in the organization. You’ll also help manage and mitigate infrastructure costs and maintain vendor relationships.
Position Responsibilities:
- Executes all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s core values, mission, and purpose
- Work within Engineering teams to interweave security with the scalability, performance, reliability, and functional requirements to virtualized/cloud computing solutions
- Leverage industry best practices and experience to ensure that security is baked into deliverables from the start and that each product and program fully embrace a DevSecOps and “shift-left on security” mentality
- Develop automated build and test pipeline strategies including aspects of security and compliance to ensure viability of cloud deployment solutions
- Secure and manage cloud-native resource on providers like AWS and Azure through infrastructure-as-code and compliance-as-code
- Administer and support developer and user access to cloud resources
- Leverage observability tools to monitor security metrics for applications virtualized resources
- Participate in Agile software development and deployment processes
- Provide ongoing support for the services and applications that are critical to our business needs
- Communicate methods, findings, and hypotheses with stakeholders
- Perform other duties as assigned (to be less than 10% of the responsibilities listed above)
Pre-Requisites
- Must have an active TS/SCI clearance or be eligible and willing to obtain one
Minimum Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience in a DevSecOps or similar role
- Experience with container security practices within Kubernetes and Helm
- Experience with security configuration of AWS Cloud Native Technologies
- Deep working knowledge of version control (Git) and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions)
- Experience with infrastructure as code frameworks including Terraform
- Good understanding of networking, routing, firewalls, VPN, SSL
- Knowledge of programming/scripting languages (Python, Bash, JavaScript) used in DevSecOps life cycles
- Keen attention to detail and industry best practices pertaining to privacy, security, and compliance
- Experience with security compliance audits/certifications such as SOC 2 Type 2, FedRAMP, CMMC 2.0, ISO 27001
- Skill and comfort working in a rapidly moving startup environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users
Preferred Skills
- Degree in computer science or related field
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Experience with asynchronous processing and/or data streaming technologies, such as AWS Kinesis, Kafka, or ZeroMQ, KNative
- Experience with securing data platforms, microservices, distributed systems and deploying into classified cloud environments
- Early-stage data-centric startup experience
*These skills are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. You don’t have to meet every qualification listed- if your skills are transferable and you meet the minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply.
Location: Remote
Classification: Full time Exempt
Salary Range: $155,000-$190,000
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion are key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for creating a safer, more connected world. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employee’s points of view are key to our success, and we embrace individuality.
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What We Do
Slingshot Aerospace builds world-class space simulation and analytics solutions. We are driven by our vision of accelerating space sustainability to create a safer, more connected world.
Space is increasingly complex due to the exponential growth of global launch activity, the proliferation of new data sources, and the ever-growing body of new satellites and debris. Organizations are making mission-critical decisions in this high-risk environment and they need the right information at the right time. Slingshot Aerospace empowers government and commercial space organizations to better design, manage, and safeguard their assets, as well as mitigate risks, to ensure safe and reliable operations for all space-faring users.
We are achieving this by bringing the space domain into the digital environment and fusing together data from different sources to provide a full, dynamic orbital picture. In doing so, Slingshot Aerospace customers can make decisions at the speed of relevance and achieve clarity in complex environments.
