[Remote] DevSecOps Engineer/Solution Architect

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SES Corporation is focused on providing IT services for the Department of Veteran Affairs' home loan product-line technology. The DevSecOps Engineer/Solution Architect will define architectural direction, make critical decisions, and ensure implementations meet specified criteria while working in an AWS environment and managing CI/CD pipelines. Responsibilities • Architecture & Technical Leadership Define the end-to-end DevSecOps and cloud architecture approach for CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and deployment patterns • Make and document architectural decisions (standards, patterns, tool selection, tradeoffs) aligned to program requirements • Establish architectural guardrails and acceptance criteria to ensure implementations meet security and operational expectations • Produce and maintain architecture artifacts (logical/physical diagrams, reference architectures, standards, decision records) • CI/CD Platform Engineering (Jenkins + Multi-Environment Delivery) Architect, configure, and maintain Jenkins servers supporting multiple CI/CD pipelines across Dev/Test/Stage/Prod environments • Design scalable pipeline patterns (shared libraries, templates, standard stages, approvals, and promotion strategies) • Implement strategies for high availability, performance, access control, and plugin governance for Jenkins • Drive pipeline reliability through standardized build/deploy processes, error handling, and repeatable automation • GitHub & GitOps Enablement Integrate pipelines with GitHub (branching strategies, PR workflows, hooks/webhooks, checks, release tagging). Establish and support GitOps workflows (declarative configuration, environment promotion, and drift management) • Promote consistent repository and workflow standards across engineering teams • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation Design and implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, or comparable tools to enable repeatable and secure provisioning • Build automation for environment creation, configuration management, and compliance alignment • Ensure IaC follows best practices: modularity, versioning, secure secrets handling, and policy enforcement • Cloud Engineering & Deployment Strategy (AWS) Architect and oversee AWS environment usage, ensuring alignment to cloud best practices and program constraints • Define secure deployment patterns and connectivity requirements across AWS accounts/environments • Collaborate with security and operations to ensure logging/monitoring, identity/access, and encryption requirements are satisfied • Integration with AWS Native CI/CD (Plus) Where applicable, incorporate AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodeDeploy into delivery workflows or migration plans • Evaluate and recommend when Jenkins vs. AWS native CI/CD services is the best fit, and define integration approaches • Stakeholder Collaboration & Delivery Assurance Partner with application teams, cloud engineers, security, and SRE/operations to ensure delivery solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements • Provide technical oversight and mentorship to DevSecOps engineers and platform teams • Participate in planning, backlog refinement, and technical reviews to ensure architectural alignment Skills • 8+ years of experience • Bachelor's degree • Extensive hands-on experience designing and operating solutions in an AWS environment • Strong expertise managing Jenkins servers supporting multiple CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments (Dev/Test/Stage/Prod) • Proficiency with GitHub and integrating CI/CD workflows with repo policies and pull request governance • Demonstrated ability to define architectural direction and make key design decisions that guide delivery teams • Deep understanding of CI/CD concepts: pipeline-as-code, artifact management, promotion strategies, approvals, rollback, and release orchestration • Ability to design secure delivery workflows (least privilege, auditing, repeatability, controlled deployments) • Experience producing architectural documentation and standards (diagrams, reference patterns, ADRs, governance) • Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills across build, deploy, infrastructure, and configuration issues • Proficiency with Terraform and/or Ansible (or similar tools) for infrastructure provisioning and configuration automation • Experience implementing modular IaC patterns, reusable automation components, and policy-as-code approaches • Experience with AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodeDeploy (implementation, integration, or migration) • Familiarity with AWS-native deployment strategies and integrations (e.g., blue/green, canary patterns where applicable) • Hands-on experience implementing GitOps patterns (declarative environments, sync/reconciliation workflows, drift detection) • Familiarity with platform reliability practices (monitoring/alerting strategies, scaling approaches, HA considerations) Benefits • Medical • Dental • Vision • AD&D • STD • LTD • Company paid Life Insurance • 401k with employer contribution • Paid Time Off • Pet Insurance Company Overview • Systems Engineering Solutions (SES) Corporation is a Small Business. It was founded in 2003, and is headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.sescorporation.com/. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job