DevSecOps Engineer

At Credence, we support our clients' mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

We have an immediate need for a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to design and build scalable, application-focused CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks supporting build, test, and deployment workflows in AWS GovCloud. This role supports a variety of modern applications, including backend services, frontend applications, and data pipelines, with a strong emphasis on pipeline engineering, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and cloud-native deployments. The position focuses on enabling reliable and scalable software delivery by building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows, while improving developer experience, release velocity, application quality, and system reliability across multi-stack environments.

Core Responsibilities:

CI/CD & Pipeline Engineering

• Architect, build, and scale CI/CD pipelines supporting backend, frontend, and data workflows
• Design reusable pipeline templates for build, test, validation, and deployment across multi-stack environments
• Implement pipeline quality gates, including test coverage, code quality checks, and building and publishing versioned artifacts for promotion across environments
• Optimize pipelines for speed, reliability, and traceability

Infrastructure as Code

• Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform as the primary IaC tool
• Develop reusable Terraform modules to standardize infrastructure across environments
• Automate provisioning of infrastructure supporting application environments and CI/CD pipelines

Application Delivery & Developer Experience

• Adopt and implement best practices supporting application delivery across backend, frontend, and data applications
• Improve developer workflows by enabling efficient build, test, and deployment processes
• Partner with engineering teams to improve test coverage, reliability, and maintainability of test suites
• Improve overall release confidence, developer experience, and software quality

Cloud-Native Deployment (AWS)

• Build and optimize deployment pipelines for AWS-native services, including Fargate, Lambda, and API-driven architectures
• Implement scalable deployment strategies and environment consistency
• Support versioning, artifact management, and release automation

Embedded Security & Compliance

• Integrate security and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines
• Implement policy-as-code and automated compliance validation

Monitoring & Reliability

• Implement observability for applications, pipelines, and infrastructure
• Support proactive monitoring and continuous improvement of system reliability

At Credence, we support our clients' mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

We have an immediate need for a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to design and build scalable, application-focused CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks supporting build, test, and deployment workflows in AWS GovCloud. This role supports a variety of modern applications, including backend services, frontend applications, and data pipelines, with a strong emphasis on pipeline engineering, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and cloud-native deployments. The position focuses on enabling reliable and scalable software delivery by building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows, while improving developer experience, release velocity, application quality, and system reliability across multi-stack environments.

Core Responsibilities:

CI/CD & Pipeline Engineering

• Architect, build, and scale CI/CD pipelines supporting backend, frontend, and data workflows
• Design reusable pipeline templates for build, test, validation, and deployment across multi-stack environments
• Implement pipeline quality gates, including test coverage, code quality checks, and building and publishing versioned artifacts for promotion across environments
• Optimize pipelines for speed, reliability, and traceability

Infrastructure as Code

• Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform as the primary IaC tool
• Develop reusable Terraform modules to standardize infrastructure across environments
• Automate provisioning of infrastructure supporting application environments and CI/CD pipelines

Application Delivery & Developer Experience

• Adopt and implement best practices supporting application delivery across backend, frontend, and data applications
• Improve developer workflows by enabling efficient build, test, and deployment processes
• Partner with engineering teams to improve test coverage, reliability, and maintainability of test suites
• Improve overall release confidence, developer experience, and software quality

Cloud-Native Deployment (AWS)

• Build and optimize deployment pipelines for AWS-native services, including Fargate, Lambda, and API-driven architectures
• Implement scalable deployment strategies and environment consistency
• Support versioning, artifact management, and release automation

Embedded Security & Compliance

• Integrate security and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines
• Implement policy-as-code and automated compliance validation

Monitoring & Reliability

• Implement observability for applications, pipelines, and infrastructure
• Support proactive monitoring and continuous improvement of system reliability

• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance

• Security+ certification (or ability to obtain within a defined timeframe )
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or Platform Engineering, with a strong focus on CI/CD pipeline development for application delivery
• Hands-on experience with Terraform for provisioning and managing infrastructure
• Experience integrating automated testing (unit, integration, API) and security/quality checks (e.g., SAST, DAST) into CI/CD workflows
• Experience working across multi-stack environments (backend, frontend, data pipelines)
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams in Agile environments
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, or similar)
• Familiarity with AWS cloud-native architectures (Fargate, Lambda, APIs)
• Familiarity with artifact management and versioning practices in CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with federal compliance frameworks (NIST, RMF, FedRAMP)

Please join us, as together we build a better world one mission at a time powered by Technology and its People!