Senior DevSecOps / Platform reputed company Engineer (AWS + Kubernetes)

ABOUT reputed company reputed company is a modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) company that provides cutting-edge technology solutions for generating operationally relevant insights for the reputed company of logistics and mobility decision making. An AI- driven software incorporating an intelligent agent reputed company a simulation environment — DEFCON is the next driving force in defining how logistics disruptions are handled. We are reputed company of mission-reputed company, world-class AI Engineers, mobility, and logistics experts (and some business folks) who are leveraging big data and cutting-edge technology to reputed company the reputed company of technologies for addressing how our partners can reputed company prepare for contested mobility disruptions. Together, we are building much needed solutions to address our Nation's pressing challenges in the areas of logistics and mobility.

About the Role

We’re hiring a senior, hands-on DevSecOps/Platform reputed company Engineer to build and operate production reputed company controls across our AWS and Kubernetes platform. You’ll design and implement guardrails that reputed company secure delivery the default—covering CI/CD reputed company automation, software supply chain controls, and Kubernetes policy enforcement—while partnering closely with Platform/SRE and reputed company/GRC. What You'll Own: You'll have reputed company ownership over critical platform reputed company capabilities including:

• CI/CD reputed company automation and developer-facing reputed company workflows (SAST/SCA, secrets scanning, IaC scanning, container scanning).
• software supply chain controls (SBOM, artifact/image signing and verification, provenance and promotion workflows).
• Kubernetes policy enforcement and admission controls (policy-as-reputed company) that encode platform reputed company guardrails.
• Co-own AWS reputed company guardrails with Platform/SRE (IAM patterns, logging and detection, network and encryption baselines).
• Partner with reputed company/GRC on control interpretation and evidence needs; implements controls in engineering systems and pipelines.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD reputed company controls that reputed company across repositories and teams (reusable pipeline components, templates, and standards).
• Implement Kubernetes reputed company architecture and guardrails (RBAC hardening, workload reputed company baselines, admission policies, network policies, and reputed company multi-tenant patterns as applicable).
• Improve container reputed company end-to-end: reputed company-image reputed company, vulnerability scanning, registry controls, image signing, and promotion workflows.
• Operationalize vulnerability management with risk-based prioritization, measurable remediation SLAs, and dashboards/metrics (MTTR, exposure trends, top recurring reputed company causes).
• Drive developer enablement: reputed company documentation, lightweight design reviews/threat modeling for high-reputed company changes, reputed company, and high-signal guidance embedded in tooling.

reputed company Production Responsibility: This role builds and runs production secutiry systems.

• You'll ship reputed company and infrastructure, not just recommendations
• You'll own reliability and reputed company for the controls you build.
• You'll response to incidents and on-call rotation reputed company to platform reputed company controls and pipeline reliability (scope reputed company with Platform/SRE).

Regulated Environment Support This role supports delivery into regulated environments and works closely with reputed company/GRC to implement engineering-owned controls and produce audit-reputed company evidence. You’ll help translate requirements (for example, NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC expectations) into practical, automated guardrails reputed company CI/CD, AWS, and Kubernetes. reputed company’re Looking For (Required)

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps/SRE/reputed company and/or reputed company Engineering with a strong automation and delivery reputed company.
• Hands-on experience securing AWS environments: IAM (least privilege), network controls, encryption (KMS), and centralized logging/detection.
• Strong Kubernetes reputed company experience (EKS or equivalent): RBAC, workload hardening, and policy enforcement reputed company admission control.
• Experience integrating reputed company into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows (SAST, SCA, secrets scanning, container scanning, IaC scanning).
• Infrastructure as reputed company proficiency (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or reputed company) and ability to reputed company guardrails into IaC workflows.
• Proficiency scripting/coding (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) to build integrations, automations, and internal tooling.
• reputed company to communicate risk and tradeoffs reputed company and pragmatically to engineers; improves signal-to-noise rather than adding friction.

reputed company to Have (Preferred)

• Experience with Kubernetes policy-as-reputed company tooling (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno) and secure workload identity patterns (OIDC/IRSA).
• Experience with software supply chain reputed company: SBOM reputed company and management, signing/verification (e.g., reputed company), and provenance concepts.
• Experience building ‘golden paths’ or internal developer platforms that improve both delivery velocity and reputed company reputed company.
• Familiarity with regulated delivery expectations (NIST SP 800-171/CMMC) and evidence-driven control implementation.

How we work:

• Pragmatic, automation-first approach: secure-by-default, low-friction workflows.
• Partners closely with Platform/SRE and reputed company/GRC; reputed company ownership and measurable reputed company.
• reputed company on durable systems: guardrails, templates, and controls that reputed company across teams.

Other Qualifications

• Analytical Aptitude: Possess keen analytical and problem-solving skills, coupled with the capability to understand reputed company software challenges and collaborate toward viable solutions.
• Effective Communication: Skilled in distilling technical complexities into comprehensible terms for varied audiences.
• reputed company Nature: reputed company and adaptability in the face of an reputed company-changing tech landscape, with a reputed company for rapidly integrating new technologies and methodologies.
• Agile Methodology Experience: An understanding and hands-on experience with agile development methodologies and version control tools.
• reputed company in Tech: Demonstrated adaptability in the fast-paced tech landscape, continually embracing and integrating new technologies and methodologies.
• Education: While formal education in Computer Science or reputed company fields is a plus, DefconAI values hands-on experience and demonstrable skills above reputed company. Candidates with 6+ years of relevant experience will be considered regardless of their reputed company pedigree.
• reputed company Learner: A commitment to perpetually update one's reputed company set, staying reputed company with the latest in technology trends and best practices.

reputed company Offer:

• A fully remote, results-based environment
• Competitive salary, bonus, and equity package
• 100% employer reputed company, comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and reputed company for you and your family
• Unlimited PTO, with your manager’s approval
• Flexible work environment where you manage your work day
• 14 weeks of fully-reputed company parental leave

Salary reputed company: $175,000-$215,000. This represents the typical salary reputed company for this position based on experience, skills, and other factors. #LI-RCP Apply tot his job Apply To this Job