DevSecOps Engineer

Virtualitics
District of Columbia
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with secure cloud infrastructure and DoD compliance, working in a collaborative, mission-driven environment. The role emphasizes technical depth in AI and national security domains, with hybrid work arrangements in key U.S. locations.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with advanced cloud security and DevOps experience in government or defense environments
    — “Deploy and support Virtualitics’ platform within DoD and commercial customer environments.
  • Professionals who have worked with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure in regulated environments
    — “Experience deploying containerized workloads into DoD environments (Platform One, Cloud One, Palantir, FedStart, etc.).

Things to consider

  • Candidates must be prepared to work in hybrid arrangements, with options limited to LA or DC areas
    — “remote flexibility and hybrid options for team members based in the Los Angeles or Washington, DC areas.

How to stand out

  • Highlight hands-on implementation of secure CI/CD pipelines with automated scanning and SBOM generation
    — “Experience designing and implementing secure CI/CD pipelines that scan code, build and sign hardened container images, generate SBOMs, publish to secure registries, and automate deployment into Kubernetes environments.
  • Demonstrate expertise in advanced AWS services and Terraform for infrastructure automation
    — “Advanced AWS experience (EC2, VPC, S3, ECR, EKS, RDS, Route 53/DNS, IAM, SSO, Bedrock, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager).
  • Emphasize understanding of federal compliance frameworks and how they apply to cloud infrastructure
    — “Knowledge of NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, and CMMC 2.0 controls.
  • Showcase ability to work in cross-disciplinary teams with AI engineers and data scientists
    — “Collaborate with Platform Engineers, AI Engineers, Data Scientists, and QA to ensure secure, scalable deployment architectures.
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • deployed and supported platform
  • implemented security controls
  • mitigated vulnerabilities
Typical background
5+ years of experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, or cloud security engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Secure Cloud And Hybrid InfrastructureSecurity ControlsContainer And Dependency VulnerabilitiesAutomation For InfrastructureATO ProcessesInfrastructure And Deployment Issue ResolutionSecure Deployment Architectures

Preferred

Familiarity With Payment LandscapesExperience With Global Card Schemes

Stack & domain

AWSTerraformKubernetesCI/CDContainerDependencyVulnerabilityAutomationMySQLPostgreSQLDevSecOpsCloudSecurityInfrastructure

About the role

Original posting from Virtualitics via Lever

About Virtualitics

Virtualitics is the category leader in AI-native readiness applications for defense, government, and critical infrastructure. Founded on a decade of Caltech research in partnership with NASA/JPL, we are led by scientists, strategists, and servicemembers united by a single mission: to solve the world’s most complex, mission-critical challenges with AI. 

Our Readiness AI solutions deliver operational certainty — giving leaders and operators a clear picture of what’s ready, what’s at risk, and what to do next. By identifying risks early, diagnosing root causes, and recommending prioritized actions with transparent, explainable AI, we help organizations move from data complexity to decision advantage. 

Behind that impact is relentless innovation. Inventors at heart, we hold 15+ U.S. patents and are leading the shift toward agent-driven readiness. But what truly sets us apart is our culture — relentless about results, grounded in transparency, and driven by compassion for the mission and the people it serves.

If you’re motivated by impact, inspired by technical depth, and ready to build AI that performs where it matters most — you’ll find your mission here.

Responsibilities:

Deploy and support Virtualitics’ platform within DoD and commercial customer environments.

Design, build, and maintain secure cloud and hybrid infrastructure.

Implement and enforce security controls across CI/CD, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.

Mitigate container and dependency vulnerabilities using automated scanning and remediation

workflows.

Build and improve automation for infrastructure provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and

compliance.

Support ATO processes and ongoing compliance efforts.

Investigate and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues.

Collaborate with Platform Engineers, AI Engineers, Data Scientists, and QA to ensure secure, scalable

deployment architectures.

Skills & Qualifications:

  • BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, or cloud security engineering.
  • Advanced AWS experience (EC2, VPC, S3, ECR, EKS, RDS, Route 53/DNS, IAM, SSO, Bedrock, CloudWatch,
  • Secrets Manager).
  • Strong experience with Terraform (Infrastructure as Code).
  • Kubernetes expertise including RBAC, network policies, and pod security standards.
  • Experience designing and implementing secure CI/CD pipelines that scan code, build and sign hardened
  • container images, generate SBOMs, publish to secure registries, and automate deployment into
  • Kubernetes environments.
  • Experience with container hardening and secure registries (e.g., Iron Bank, Chainguard).
  • Experience deploying containerized workloads into DoD environments (Platform One, Cloud One, Palantir, FedStart, etc.).
  • Knowledge of NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, and CMMC 2.0 controls.
  • Experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL database administration.

What we offer you

At Virtualitics, you’ll join a high-performance team of scientists, strategists, and servicemembers building AI that operates in the world’s most demanding environments. The problems we solve matter — and so does the opportunity to grow while solving them.

You’ll have meaningful ownership from day one, with the ability to accelerate your career alongside a company scaling rapidly in national security and critical infrastructure.

We offer highly competitive compensation, meaningful equity participation, and fully paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents. Our benefits also include unlimited PTO and flexible work arrangements, with remote flexibility and hybrid options for team members based in the Los Angeles or Washington, DC areas.

Source: Virtualitics careers (Lever)

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