DevSecOps Engineer - Reston

The role

You will deploy, integrate, and operationalize the Kovr AI Platform within enterprise and federal customer environments. This includes building integrations with DevSecOps toolchains and automating evidence collection and continuous monitoring.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform
• Administer and scale containerized workloads
• Implement and maintain security controls and monitoring
• Design observability strategy
• Integrate DevOps tooling into automated compliance and remediation workflows
• Collaborate with engineering and compliance teams
• Support continuous monitoring and audit-readiness activities
• Troubleshoot production issues
• Build and maintain documentation, runbooks, and architecture decision records

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering experience
• Hands-on experience architecting AWS infrastructure using Terraform at scale
• Strong production experience with Kubernetes (EKS or similar), including cluster design, Helm Charts, and GitHub/GitOps workflows
• Direct experience with FedRAMP, CMMC, NIST 800-53/800-171, or DoD SRG compliance environments
• Familiarity with OSCAL or other machine-readable compliance/documentation frameworks
• Experience integrating SAST/DAST or IaC security scanning into a pipeline
• Scripting/automation proficiency (Python, Bash, or similar)
• U.S. Citizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
• Local to Washington, DC metro area

Nice to have

• Existing security or cloud certifications (Security+, AWS Certified Security, CYSA+, CISSP)
• Experience integrating LLM coding agents, MCPs, and automations into DevOps workflows
• Background supporting federal DevSecOps deployments or highly regulated commercial clients

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401K plan with a 4% match
• Company paid short-term disability
• Company paid long-term disability
• Company paid AD&D and life insurance
• Flex time off
• Annual bonuses
• Training stipends
• Certification reimbursements
• Access to over 30,000 free online training courses

Before you apply

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance

About the company

Fortreum is a leader in cloud and cybersecurity services and a FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization. They provide regulatory assessment, advisory services, and advanced cybersecurity solutions.