DevSecOps Engineer SME

Everforth ECS is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer SME to work in the National

Capital Region covering the Pentagon, Falls Church, and Fairfax. Please Note:

This position is contingent upon contract award.

The War Data Platform (WDP) is a key initiative within the U.S. Department of

War’s (DoW) AI-First strategy introduced in early 2026. The WDP focuses on

operational warfighting data and aims to accelerate the deployment of artificial

intelligence (AI) on the battlefield. The WDP extends to Unclassified, Secret,

and Top Secret environments, and supports collaboration between Combatant

Commands, Joint Staff directorates, Senior Executive Service leaders, and

operational analysts.

This role will architect, operate, and optimize advanced DevSecOps pipelines

that deliver WDP Core Integration across NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and JWICS, ensuring

mission alignment and operational resilience.

Architects, operates, and optimizes advanced DevSecOps pipelines supporting WDP

Core Integration enterprise delivery across NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and JWICS for

Department of War missions, Combatant Command elements, Joint Staff analysts,

and Senior Executive Service leadership.

• Designs core pipeline architectures, cross-domain artifact flow patterns, and

security tool integrations using GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Harbor,

Kubernetes, Terraform, and container orchestration platforms.

• Leads continuous development of pipeline architecture, authors detailed

process documentation, and coordinates extensively with software engineering,

cybersecurity, and platform infrastructure teams to maintain mission alignment

and operational resilience.

• Acts as the primary escalation point for complex pipeline failures, zero-day

vulnerability triage, and classification boundary issues affecting multi-network

delivery.

• Maintains expert-level mastery of continuous integration tooling, static and

dynamic security scanning platforms, software composition analysis systems,

secret management frameworks, and compliance automation capabilities used across

the WDP Core Integration ecosystem.

• Authors technical standards including pipeline YAML and domain-specific DSL,

policy-as-code modules, artifact signing procedures, and automated authorization

workflows governing software factory operations.

• Pilots advanced security-as-code techniques such as policy-driven guardrails,

automated risk scoring, and cross-domain validation prototypes within controlled

lab environments prior to production adoption.

• Integrates scanning, software bill of materials generation, compliance

validation, and automated security gates using Anchore, Trivy, OpenSCAP, and

Sysdig to maintain vulnerability reduction and configuration discipline.

• Monitors pipeline performance indicators—including success rates, deployment

frequency, restoration times, defect recurrence, and integration stability—to

identify reliability risks and accelerate delivery velocity.

• Produces technical assessments, architecture updates, optimization

recommendations, and leadership reports that strengthen automation coverage,

operational readiness, and mission execution across the WDP Core Integration

enterprise.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• • Current Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a
• Top Secret (TS) security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information
• (SCI).
• • IAT III‑level security certifications (CompTIA CASP+ CE, ISC² CISSP or
• Associate, GIAC GCED, GIAC GCIH, or Cisco CCNP Security).
• • Minimum 12 years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining
• enterprise‑scale DevSecOps pipelines across multi‑domain and classified
• environments.
• • Proven expertise in integrating CI/CD tools such as GitLab, Jenkins,
• SonarQube, Nexus, Harbor, Kubernetes, and Terraform with security‑as‑code
• frameworks.
• • Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional teams, author process
• documentation, and provide escalation for complex pipeline failures and
• vulnerability triage.
• • Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making capabilities, with a proven ability
• to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the
• most appropriate solution.
• • Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the
• ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of
• stakeholders (from peers to end‑users to executive management).