About Agile Defense
At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.
Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.
Job Title: DevSecOps Engineer
Location: Ft. Bragg, NC | Hybrid, 2-3 days onsite
Clearance Level: Top Secret w/ SCI eligibility, Must Have Clearance to Start
Job Description
We are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to build, maintain, and improve the development, deployment, and operational infrastructure supporting a modern microservice-based application platform. You will work closely with software engineers, security teams, and platform stakeholders to improve how applications are built, tested, secured, deployed, and operated across multiple environments.
This role is ideal for someone who is comfortable working across development and infrastructure boundaries, automating repeatable processes, troubleshooting complex distributed systems, and integrating security throughout the software delivery lifecycle. The focus is on enabling development teams to deliver software reliably and securely without introducing unnecessary operational complexity.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a related role.
- Strong experience with Linux-based development and operational environments.
- Strong experience with Docker and container-based application development.
- Experience deploying and operating applications using Kubernetes.
- Experience developing and maintaining Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or similar platforms.
- Experience with GitOps deployment practices and tools such as Argo CD.
- Must have an active Top Secret clearance w/ SCI eligibility
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with container, dependency, and vulnerability scanning tools and software supply chain security practices.
- Understanding of networking, TLS, DNS, ingress, service discovery, authentication, authorization, and secrets management in distributed systems.
- Familiarity with observability technologies for logging, metrics, tracing, and application health monitoring.
- Experience working with Git-based development workflows and modern Agile/DevOps engineering practices.
- Strong troubleshooting, automation, communication, and collaboration skills.
Our Core Values
Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.
What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.
- Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
- Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
- Honest - Be Trustworthy. Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
- Humble - Be Grounded. Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
- Hungry - Be Eager. Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
- Hustle - Be Driven. Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities