DevSecOps Engineer

Overview

LMI is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented DevSecOps Engineer to join a high-performing team supporting a government healthcare client. This role will contribute to deploying and maintaining secure, scalable cloud-based solutions, ensuring seamless system integration and compliance with federal security standards. This position may be remote.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors—helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

Responsibilities

• Develop, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure optimal software releases in a secure, efficient, and reliable manner.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate DevOps practices with security, fostering a culture where security practices are embedded in all processes.
• Support cloud infrastructure initiatives using AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda, S3, Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), RDS, and Cognito.
• Implement and monitor cloud security best practices, including Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Security Groups.
• Contribute to vulnerability mitigation efforts, incident response handling, and compliance audits.
• Manage and monitor infrastructure provisioning in a cloud-native environment, ensuring high system availability and scalability.
• Implement system logging, monitoring, and alerting to ensure application health and performance.
• Continuously evaluate system performance and recommend optimizations for scalability and security.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field OR equivalent relevant experience in DevOps/DevSecOps.
• At least 3 years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or cloud engineering roles.
• Experience with AWS services such as EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch, and API Gateway.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or Pulumi.
• Basic understanding of CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Foundational understanding of security principles and compliance standards.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work as part of a collaborative team.

Desired:

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks specific to federal agencies (e.g., FedRAMP).
• Exposure to Agile methodologies, including working with Scrum teams and understanding agile principles.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and alerting tools like DataDog, Splunk, or CloudWatch Logs Insights.
• Experience in implementing DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability scanning, secure coding, and compliance automation.
• Previous experience working with healthcare-related applications or data pipelines in a government context.

Target salary range: $101,000- $170,000

Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

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Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for a U.S. Government security clearance. Only US Citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, LMI will only consider applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances, due to the nature of the work.