DevSecOps Engineer

Location Huntsville, AL, US

Date Posted 2026-08-10

Category Software

Subcategory DevSecOps

Schedule Full-Time

Shift Day Job

Travel No

Minimum Clearance Required Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None

Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Precision Fires DevOps Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, AL.

We are seeking a technically versatile and automation-focused DevOps Engineer to support the Precision Fires program. In this role, you will design, deploy, operate, and maintain secure development infrastructure and cloud-based services that enable software teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities efficiently and reliably. You will work within an Agile development environment to improve continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure automation, developer tooling, and operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

• DevOps Engineering & Automation Design, implement, operate, and continuously improve secure DevOps and DevSecOps solutions supporting the complete software development lifecycle.
• Cloud Infrastructure Deploy and maintain secure products, services, and development environments in cloud-based platforms, with a focus on reliability, scalability, repeatability, and efficient resource utilization.
• CI/CD Pipeline Development Create, maintain, and enhance automated build, integration, test, deployment, and release pipelines across multiple development environments.
• Azure DevOps Administration Use Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO) to support source control, build and release pipelines, work tracking, artifact management, documentation, and development-team collaboration.
• Infrastructure as Code Develop and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and related configuration-management or provisioning tools.
• AI Enablement Evaluate and integrate artificial intelligence tools and capabilities that improve software development, automation, troubleshooting, documentation, testing, and operational efficiency while complying with program security requirements.
• Release & Environment Management Support the controlled movement of software and configuration changes through Development, Test, Staging, and Production environments.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration Work closely with software developers, systems engineers, test teams, cybersecurity personnel, production support, and program leadership to deliver secure and dependable development capabilities.
• Standards & Governance Help define, document, and implement DevOps policies, technical standards, operating procedures, governance, and development best practices.
• Continuous Improvement Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve system performance, strengthen security, increase pipeline reliability, and shorten software delivery timelines.
• Technical Documentation Create and maintain architecture documentation, operating procedures, configuration guidance, troubleshooting instructions, and other technical artifacts.

Education Requirements

• Must possess a Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years of relevant experience. Six (6) years of additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Must possess an active Interim Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Secret clearance to be considered. U.S. citizenship is required.

• DevOps Lifecycle Experience Experience supporting software development, integration, testing, deployment, or operations across the software development lifecycle.
• Cloud Experience Hands-on experience deploying or supporting infrastructure, applications, or development services in a cloud environment.
• CI/CD Experience Experience creating, maintaining, or troubleshooting automated build, test, integration, or deployment pipelines.
• Azure DevOps Experience using Microsoft Azure DevOps for source control, pipelines, artifacts, work tracking, or related development activities.
• Infrastructure as Code Experience using Terraform or a similar Infrastructure as Code technology.
• Automation & Scripting Proficiency with Python and at least one additional scripting language, such as Bash or PowerShell.
• Troubleshooting Ability to analyze and resolve technical issues involving pipelines, operating systems, development tools, networks, permissions, dependencies, or deployment environments.
• Communication Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders and clearly document technical designs, procedures, and decisions.

• Experience supporting Army programs or working within the Army Acquisition Life Cycle.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or Red Hat OpenShift.
• Experience implementing automated software testing, security scanning, code-quality analysis, artifact management, or software supply-chain controls.
• Experience with observability technologies, including centralized logging, metrics, dashboards, alerting, and performance monitoring.
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, or AI-assisted software engineering tools.
• Understanding of cybersecurity controls, secure configuration practices, identity and access management, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience supporting embedded software, mission systems, or other complex system-of-systems environments.