Role: Sr. DevSecOps Engineer
Location : Harrisburg, PA - Hybrid
Work Location: Hybrid with two days onsite (1920 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050).
Duration: Long term Contract
Management may do either an in-person interview in Harrisburg, PA or a virtual Teams interview
Role summary
- Hands-on security automation for AWS delivery. Build secure-by-default CDK constructs and CloudFormation templates, wire them into CI/CD, and enforce compliance checks that map to CJIS and NIST. Azure support is a future consideration, not a core day-one duty.
Scope boundaries
- Does not own enterprise AWS Organizations or SCP operations.
- Designs and builds reference guardrails and enforcement patterns that can be deployed by enterprise teams.
- Focuses on preventive controls and compliance automation, not incident response.
What you will deliver
- Pipeline security templates in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps with SAST, SCA, IaC, container, and secret scanning gates.
- Compliance as code in reference accounts: AWS Config rules and Security Hub standards aligned to CJIS and NIST 800-53, with exceptions workflow documented.
- IaC reference modules using AWS CDK and CloudFormation for IAM least privilege, KMS, Secrets Manager, logging, and network baselines; Terraform equivalents provided where teams require them.
- Evidence exports tying checks to control IDs and producing auditor-ready artifacts.
- Harden CDK/CFT modules and pipeline templates as compliance needs evolve.
- Coach pilot teams to adopt templates.
- Raise gaps to enterprise teams for org-level enforcement.
Day-to-day responsibilities
- Author and maintain AWS CDK constructs and CloudFormation templates; provide Terraform versions as secondary.
- Implement AWS Config conformance, Security Hub standards, and GuardDuty routing in reference accounts.
- Wire scanning in CI/CD for app code, containers, and IaC.
- Create reusable GitHub/Azure DevOps templates with enforcement gates and exception handling.
- Generate posture and evidence reports mapped to CJIS and NIST controls.
Required skills
- 5+ years AWS security automation and DevOps.
- Strong with AWS CDK and CloudFormation; working proficiency in Terraform.
- CI/CD authoring in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.
- Proficient in Python and Bash, with PowerShell for Windows automation.
- Able to read Java and C# to integrate and tune SAST/SCA.
- Practical knowledge of CJIS and NIST 800-53 control families and how to automate checks and evidence.
Nice to have
- EKS/ECS/Lambda hardening patterns.
- OPA/Conftest, Checkov, Trivy, Inspector, CodeQL or equivalent.
- Basic Azure security automation for future phases.
- Decision rights
- Independent on design and build within standards; proposes guardrails and reference patterns; escalates enterprise-wide changes.
Skill / Experience
Required / Preferred
Years
Years of experience
AWS security automation and DevOps experience
Required
5+ Years
Strong experience with AWS CDK, CloudFormation; working proficiency in Terraform
Required
CI/CD authoring using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
Required
Proficiency in Python and Bash, with PowerShell for Windows automation
Required
Ability to read Java and C# for SAST/SCA integration and tuning
Required
Knowledge of CJIS and NIST 800-53 control families with automation of checks/evidence
Required
Experience with EKS/ECS/Lambda hardening patterns
Nice to have
Experience with OPA/Conftest, Checkov, Trivy, Inspector, CodeQL or equivalent tools
Nice to have
Basic Azure security automation knowledge
Nice to have
