Azure DevSecOps Engineer (Secret) (4594)

SMX is seeking an Azure DevSecOps Engineer supporting the design and implementation of secure, scalable multi-cloud infrastructure, applications, and services in support of enterprise cloud migration and mission-critical systems for the United States Air Force. Responsible for cloud design, development, engineering, integration, and architecture. Will help onboard new Microsoft Azure cloud accounts and applications, conduct security patching, build code pipelines, and support deployment activities, primarily with Azure, but familiarity with multi-cloud solutions (Azure, Google, and Oracle), and Commercial Cloud Enterprise (C2E) classified cloud migration and deployments is important. May develop solutions from scratch using tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, Packer, and related products. Will contribute to the overall strategic vision and integrate a broad range of engineering solutions in support of client requirements for Air Force cloud projects. Helps formulate and define system scope and objectives; develops or modifies processes to solve complex problems for cloud systems, business, and electronic interfaces to achieve desired results through the use of innovative technologies. Able to apply engineering and design methods, theories, and research techniques in the investigation and solution of complex and advanced cloud requirements, hardware/software interfaces, and applications, and solutions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Design, architect, and optimize secure cloud solutions in Azure

Navigate client-facing engagements and work in tandem with other vendors

Contribute to technical discussions both internally and with customer or vendor teams

Focus on cloud-native services and optimizing the customer landscape through adoption of these services

Define and engineer solution capabilities that satisfy customer business drivers / requirements and meet service delivery objectives

Lead and/or support cloud migration strategies and establish environments (Dev, QA, Prod, etc.) across classified and unclassified networks

Implement automation for provisioning, configuration, security, and monitoring using DevOps best practices

Integrate cloud services with analytics tools

Support infrastructure security design, patching, and compliance documentation to support governance and ATO processes

Develop and apply engineering methods and solutions for cloud environments

Required Skills & Experience

Must have 8 years' experience in industry with a Bachelors degree (or Associate degree +2 years direct Azure DevSecOps relevant experience, or 4 years direct Azure DevSecOps relevant experience)

Active Security Clearance Required: Secret

Must have experience in the development of tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity by automating builds, testing, monitoring, and pushing releases across environments

Must have experience with integration of Software with IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) Architecture, IBM WebSphere, and Red Hat OpenShift on Azure

Ability to host applications on commercial cloud providers with a focus on Azure environments

Experience with containerization and container orchestration platforms and tools including Docker or Kubernetes

Ability to work with application development teams across the software development lifecycle

Expertise in cloud, including native services for compute, storage, networking, security, and automation

Desired Skills & Experience

Prior experience supporting United States Air Force cloud programs

Experience automating infrastructure provisioning with tools including CloudFormation or Terraform

Experience automating CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins or GitLab

Experience with Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Maven, Gradle, NPM

Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Linux Shell Script

Knowledge of creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks

Knowledge of triaging and resolving issues related to both open source and commercial tools in public cloud environments

Cloud certification(s)

Application Deadline: January 26, 2026

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