Mid-Level DevSecOps Engineer with Security Clearance

Mid-Level DevSecOps Engineer
Company: Horizon Global Partners (HgP))
Employment Type: Full-Time
Clearance: Active Public Trust preferred; ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust required.
Position Summary
Horizon Global Partners (HgP) is seeking a Mid-Level DevSecOps Engineer to support a Federal Government customer by enhancing secure software delivery, infrastructure automation, and cloud operations. The successful candidate will work with existing DevSecOps platforms, contributing to Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, and security automation in AWS environments.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and OpenTofu.
• Create and manage Ansible playbooks and roles for configuration management and automation.
• Build and enhance GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.
• Support Docker image creation, hardening, and Kubernetes deployments.
• Integrate SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, secrets detection, and policy-as-code into CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, namespaces, and RBAC.
• Support AWS cloud infrastructure and automated deployments.
• Perform vulnerability remediation, compliance hardening, and container security scanning.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, peer reviews, change management, and documentation.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3–5 years of DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Automation experience.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Git workflows and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of AWS cloud services.
• Experience with SAST, DAST, secrets scanning, and policy-as-code.
• Strong troubleshooting, scripting, and documentation skills.
Required Technical Skills
Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, Git, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, DevSecOps, SAST, DAST, Checkov, tfsec, Semgrep, Gitleaks, OPA/Rego, Trivy, Grype, Python, Bash, Linux.
Preferred Skills
• Federal Government or highly regulated environments
• NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-207, FISMA
• HashiCorp Vault
• Cloud security and compliance
• Container hardening and CIS benchmarks
Preferred Certifications
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• CompTIA Security+
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Why Join Horizon Global Partners?
Join a collaborative engineering team supporting mission-critical Federal Government systems while building secure, automated, cloud-native infrastructure using modern DevSecOps practices.