Senior DevSecOps / IaC Engineer

About Zaden Technologies

Zaden Technologies is a defense technology company based in Huntsville, Alabama. We build AI, DevSecOps and digital engineering products and put them to work for DoD customers.

Build the environment-as-code pipelines that stand up DoD test environments from a catalog request.

You'll support a new Defense Health Agency program. This position is contingent upon contract award, and the start date will align with the program start.

What you'll do:

• Build and maintain Terraform, Packer and Ansible code in GitLab CI
• Build the self-service environment catalog and its guardrails
• Bake STIG hardening and evidence collection into every build
• Mentor engineers and review their code

Must have:

• 8 or more years in DevOps, DevSecOps or infrastructure engineering
• Hands-on Terraform, Ansible and GitLab CI
• Experience building in a DoD or federal authorized environment
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and keep the background investigation DHA designates for this position
• DoD 8140 qualification for your work role before privileged access, or the ability to earn it within six months

Nice to have:

• vSphere automation (PowerCLI, the Terraform vSphere provider)
• AWS GovCloud experience
• An active Secret clearance or higher

Location: Chantilly, Virginia (Washington, D.C. area) is preferred, on site at the test center. Remote from Huntsville, Alabama, or from anywhere in the continental U.S. also works, through government-approved virtual desktop access, with trips to Chantilly when the work needs them.

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship is required for the investigation this role needs. Zaden's FSO verifies investigation status.

Pay range: $138,000 to $183,000 per year. Your location and experience set where you land in the range.

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Zaden Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other status the law protects.