Role : Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Location : Mechanicsburg,PA
Duration : 8+ month (extendable)
Work Location : Hybrid with two days onsite (1920 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg,PA 17050). Schedule can be discussed during interview.
Job Description : Role summary
- Hands-on security automation for AWS delivery. Build secure-by-defaultCDK constructs and CloudFormation templates, wire them into CI / CD, andenforce compliance checks that map to CJIS and NIST. Azure support is afuture 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 thatcan be deployed by enterprise teams.
- Focuses on preventive controls and compliance automation, not incidentresponse.
- What you will deliver
- First 90 days
- Pipeline security templates in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps withSAST, SCA, IaC, container, and secret scanning gates.
- Compliance as code in reference accounts : AWS Config rules and SecurityHub standards aligned to CJIS and NIST 800-53, with exceptionsworkflow documented.
- IaC reference modules using AWS CDK and CloudFormation for IAMleast 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-readyartifacts.
- Ongoing
- Harden CDK / CFT modules and pipeline templates as compliance needsevolve.
- 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 CloudFormationtemplates; provide Terraform versions as secondary.Implement AWS Config conformance, Security Hub standards, andGuardDuty routing in reference accounts.Wire scanning in CI / CD for app code, containers, and IaC.Create reusable GitHub / Azure DevOps templates with enforcement gatesand exception handling.Generate posture and evidence reports mapped to CJIS and NIST controls.RidkillRequired 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 Windowsautomation.Able to read Java and C# to integrate and tune SAST / SCA.Practical knowledge of CJIS and NIST 800-53 control families and how toautomate 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 andreference patterns; escalates enterprise-wide changes.Required / Desired Skills :
5+ years AWS security automationand DevOpsStrong with AWS CDK andCloudFormation; workingproficiency in TerraformCI / CD authoring in GitHub Actionsand Azure DevOpsProficient in Python and Bash,with PowerShell for WindowsautomationAble to read Java and C# tointegrate and tune SAST / SCAPractical knowledge of CJIS andNIST 800-53 control families andhow to automate checks andevidenceEKS / ECS / Lambda hardeningpatternsOPA / Conftest, Checkov, Trivy,Inspector, CodeQL or equiBasic Azure security automationfor future phases