DevSecOps Engineer Principal

Description

Make a difference for national security by joining a team of dedicated professionals in supporting the Space Development Agency (SDA) in developing and deploying the Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) software development and hosting environment for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). These systems establish software development capabilities to securely and rapidly field mission applications developed by BMC3 ecosystem participants in support of Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) objectives.

SAIC has an immediate need for a BMC3 DevSecOps Engineer who can train, troubleshoot, and educate strategic partners on IL-5 Software development to support Space Operations for the PWSA. The candidate for this position will work primarily with Impact Level 5 (IL5) information and may require travel to - Redstone Arsenal, Grand Forks, ND. Other locations with access to an IL5 ; with the role primarily remote.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Code, test, debug, document and deploy custom applications.
• Understanding of Compiled Software Build Processes.
• Assist Application Development technical teams with App Development in BMC3 platform with effective with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or Configuration as Code (CaC).
• Program scrip logic from customer-defined specifications to build code in the SW Factory.
• Follow BMC3 policy and Understand business, technical, and program requirements to Educate Outside Vendor on Modern SW Development practices.
• Apply analytical, automation, and coding skills in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Prepare Lean and SAFe Scrum methodology documentation.
• Build, use, debug CI/CD pipelines to support Third-Party Application Developers.
• Use Cloud based tool stacks (e.g., VSCode, Gitlab, Docker, K8's, Anchore, Artifactory, CloudTrial, Fortify, Guacamole, Jenkins, Kiali, Mattermost, Neuvector, NEXUS,OWASP, Prometheus, Sonarqube, Syft, Terraform, Velero, and AWS services) for development.
• Educate in best practices for architecture, plan, configure, deploy, maintain, and upgrade COTS/GOTS and custom toolsets to address vulnerabilities and/or implement security controls.
• Design, test, and implement secure operating systems, networks, security monitoring, tuning and management of IT security systems and applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and four (4) years or more experience.
• Security + or higher certification (Possess a DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification).
  Knowledge of DoD Policies and procedures including DoD 8500.01 and DoD 8510.01.
• Well versed in Linux, Concepts and Design.
• Experience with cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability).
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for programming applications and microservices deployed to Space and Ground Systems.
• CI/CD with Jenkins, GitLab, Bitbucket, BigBang Deployment, or Platform One experience.
• Experience in working with Kubernetes or Docker and VM.
• Strong software development skills and demonstrated experience in current languages such as C/C++, Rust, Javascript, and Python.
• Knowledge of how web services work and how to use them (Ex: REST APIs, JSON, etc.).
• SW Integrated Development Environments (IDE).

Clearance:

• Must be U.S. Citizen and have Secret Clearance.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.