We have an outstanding Contract to Hire position for a Full-Stack Developer/DevSecOps Engineer Senior to join a leading Company. This position is fully remote.
Pay Rate: $45 - $52
**US Citizenship is required.**
**Candidate must possess an Active Top Secret Security Clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI.**
We are seeking a Full-Stack Developer / DevSecOps Engineer Senior to join our team in delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native applications that support critical national toolsets and large-scale user bases. This role combines hands-on software engineering with DevSecOps principles to embed security, automation, and resilience throughout the development lifecycle. The ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative, Agile/Scrum environment, bringing expertise in modern full-stack development, containerized microservices, GitOps-driven CI/CD, and secure-by-design practices. You will contribute to building and sustaining high-performance systems in classified environments, leveraging tools aligned with the Enterprise DevSecOps Reference Design (including CNCF Kubernetes, hardened containers from Iron Bank, and zero-trust architectures).
Whether your strength lies in crafting clean, testable code across frontend and backend, optimizing deployment pipelines, or integrating security controls (shift-left security, vulnerability scanning, SBOMs), you will drive innovation while ensuring compliance with rigorous standards (e.g., RMF, continuous ATO reciprocity, STIGs). Candidates must excel at independent problem-solving, critical thinking, and clear communication-both oral and written-while collaborating across development, security, operations, and mission stakeholder teams.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, maintain, and enhance full-stack web applications and microservices to support national-scale toolsets with high availability and large user bases.
- Implement and manage secure CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automated deployments in cloud-native Kubernetes environments.
- Deploy and harden new systems, networks, and containerized workloads with embedded security practices.
- Conduct data processing, post-processing, reduction, and analysis to support mission outcomes.
- Apply Scrum/Agile framework principles in daily work, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, ceremonies, and continuous improvement.
- Produce well-documented analysis reports, technical briefings, and artifacts for stakeholders.
- Troubleshoot defects, collaborate closely with users/end-users to resolve issues, and deploy timely, secure fixes.
- Contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle in a highly collaborative, cross-functional Scrum team.
- Assist senior engineers with complex assignments while mentoring juniors on best practices.
- Ensure code is efficient, testable, maintainable, and adheres to secure coding standards (e.g., OWASP, hardening guidelines).
Basic Hiring Criteria:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 0-5 years of professional experience in software development, DevSecOps, or related engineering roles.
- Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI access (TS/SCI).
- Must be a U.S. Citizen per government contractual requirements.
Desired Qualifications:
- Strong backend development experience with languages such as Golang (preferred for cloud-native/DevSecOps tools), Node.js, C++, Python, or similar.
- Proficiency in frontend technologies: React, TypeScript, JavaScript for building responsive, user-facing web applications.
- Expertise in CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo CD for GitOps, Argo Workflows for complex pipelines).
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD certification a plus), including deployment, scaling, and management in DoD environments.
- Knowledge of cloud security and multi-cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, Azure DoD IL, GCP), including zero-trust models and compliance.
- Container and runtime security practices (e.g., vulnerability scanning, policy enforcement with Kyverno/OPA, hardened images from Iron Bank).
- Scripting and automation: Python, Bash, IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Database experience: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB); familiarity with observability backends (e.g., Prometheus, Loki).
- API design and implementation: RESTful APIs, GraphQL, gRPC, where applicable.
- Version control and collaboration: Git (GitLab/Repo One preferred).
- Observability tools: Grafana (dashboards/visualization), Jaeger or Tempo (distributed tracing), Prometheus (metrics), EFK/PLG stacks (logging).
- Solid Linux experience (system administration, troubleshooting, container hosts).
- Deep understanding of microservices architecture, service meshes (e.g., Istio for zero-trust/mTLS), and modular, loosely coupled designs.
- Proven ability to produce clean, efficient, testable code that meets technical and secure coding requirements.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams, contributing end-to-end from requirements to deployment in high-stakes, classified settings.
- Fundamental knowledge of operating systems, networking, and programming paradigms to support platform-level troubleshooting and innovation.
Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.