DevSecOps Engineer

Join a team where innovation meets mission. Our AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions save agencies thousands of hours, safeguard national security, and strengthen health and humanitarian missions worldwide. With 1,700+ team members, 1,500+ AI/data experts, and 100+ prime contracts, we deliver at scale and with purpose.

We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for six straight years and named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming home for those looking to grow and contribute to positive change. We encourage all employees to expand beyond their boundaries, dive into important world-changing Federal challenges.

We have an immediate need for a DevSecOps Engineer to support the development, enhancement, and operation of scalable, application-focused CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks for 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

Build, enhance, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting backend, frontend, and data workflows

Implement and contribute to reusable pipeline templates for build, test, validation, and deployment

Support pipeline quality gates, including test coverage, code quality checks, and artifact versioning for promotion across environments

Assist in optimizing pipelines for speed, reliability, and traceability

Infrastructure as Code

Implement and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform as the primary IaC tool

Contribute to and utilize reusable Terraform modules to standardize infrastructure

Support automated provisioning of infrastructure supporting application environments and CI/CD pipelines

Application Delivery & Developer Experience

Apply 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

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

Support implementation of scalable deployment strategies and environment consistency

Assist with versioning, artifact management, and release automation

Embedded Security & Compliance

Integrate security tools (e.g., SAST, SCA, container scanning) into CI/CD pipelines

Support policy-as-code and automated compliance validation

Contribute to aligning pipeline and infrastructure practices with NIST 800-53, STIG, and RMF requirements

Monitoring & Reliability

Support implementation and maintenance of observability for applications, pipelines, and infrastructure

Assist with proactive monitoring and continuous improvement of system reliability