DevSecOpsEngineer - Polygraph Clearance Required

Overview

Join our cutting-edge generative AI (GenAI) platform, LIGER™ , created by its technology studio, LMI Forge . LIGER™ harnesses the power of advanced technology, data analytics, and the latest in machine learning and natural language processing to provide secure, private, and trustworthy GenAI solutions for government.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

Responsibilities

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services-from inception and design, deployment, operation, and refinement using an agile methodology
• Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews
• Embrace the DevSecOps culture with a commitment to automate what can be automated
• Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation; evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
• Practice sustainable incident response and actively participate in retrospectives

Qualifications

Required:

• Minimum of a polygraph level security clearance required
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• 5+ years' experience as a DevSecOps Engineer
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience programming in Python. Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of drive
• Understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems
• Demonstrated experience building continuous, automated build and deploy pipelines
• Demonstrated experience in conditional procedure of build and deploy pipeline based on security scans of source and artifact
• Capable of working with software development team and platform infrastructure team to provide meaningful guidance to both for code development and deployment
• In-depth knowledge of version control of release artifacts to facilitate upgrade rollout and rollback
• Strong understanding of containerization of web applications
• Understanding and familiarity with container orchestration engines such as K8s (EKS, AKS, GKE, Kops, OpenShift)
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD
• Experience with bash shell scripting

Desired:

• Agile, Lean, DevOps, Cloud, Security+ or other professional certification
• Familiarity with Intelligence Community IT standards and federal security standards strongly desired
• Knowledge of the Army software development process and its technologies
• Hands-on experience using agile software development methodologies
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well on a cross-functional agile team
• Experience working in a consultant/client environment

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