DevSecOps Engineer

At S5, we offer a leading-edge compensation package that includes top-tier salaries, up to 25% profit sharing into a qualified retirement account, flexible PTO, and company paid medical, vision and dental premiums for you and your family. You'll join a team of innovative engineers committed to innovation and excellence. We prioritize professional growth and team cohesion through technical trainings, team dinners, retreats, and an annual fully sponsored off-site. Our culture is built to support your career development, personal well-being, and long-term success.

We're seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support the design, deployment, and security of a modern development platform supporting mission-critical applications. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building automated infrastructure, improving software delivery pipelines, and working closely with software, systems, and cybersecurity teams to deliver secure, reliable solutions.

The successful candidate will help drive infrastructure modernization, automate deployment processes, strengthen security throughout the development lifecycle, and support cloud and virtualization technologies in a collaborative engineering environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable on-premises cloud infrastructure
• Build, enhance, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and Docker
• Support AWS and VMware/vSphere resource provisioning
• Monitor infrastructure performance and improve reliability, availability, and security
• Troubleshoot production infrastructure, networking, and deployment issues
• Implement Zero Trust (ZT), STIG, and cybersecurity best practices
• Support patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and CVE mitigation
• Package, test, and deploy SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions
• Create and maintain technical documentation including deployment guides, architecture documentation, and administration guides
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate across development, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams
• Travel approximately 25% in support of customer, vendor, and partner activities

Required Qualifications

• Active Secret Security Clearance
• Experience as a DevSecOps, DevOps, Platform, Systems, or Infrastructure Engineer
• Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud, cloud technologies, virtualization, and/or air-gapped environments
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, container orchestration, and GitLab CI/CD
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Proficiency with Python, Bash, or PowerShell scripting
• Experience administering Linux/Unix systems
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Nagios, or ELK
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and technical leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a technical discipline
• Security+ certification
• Experience with VMware, Zero Trust principles, STIG implementation, cybersecurity compliance, and platform engineering
• Experience deploying and supporting SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS solutions
• Software development experience beyond scripting
• Experience working directly with customers and collaborating across multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Experience mentoring or leading junior engineers

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes significant profit-sharing opportunities, retirement plan, company-paid health, vision, and dental care benefits, flexible PTO, and bonus opportunities.

The base salary range for this position is $135,700-$228,350 annually, based on full-time employment in the San Diego, California area. The final compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, qualifications, education, and market conditions.

S5 Analytics considers several factors when extending job offers, including but not limited to candidates' key skills, relevant work and/or military experience, location, training, education, and certifications.

S5 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.