DEVSECOPS ENGINEERS

Job Description

Job Description

QTEC Aerospace is seeking a DEVSECOPS ENGINEER to join our team of professionals in Huntsville, AL. The qualified applicant will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government. The successful candidate will be detail oriented, have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.

Job Summary

QTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals. The successful candidates will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program, engineering, and technical support to Missile Defense programs.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Support
  • Assist in writing and updating Ansible playbooks, Packer images, and Python scripts for Windows and Linux hosts
  • Ensure all code is committed to Git and adheres to basic security guidelines
• Automation Pipeline Assistance
  • Help build CI/CD jobs that provision, harden, and configure systems
  • Add basic automated tests, vulnerability scans, and compliance checks under the guidance of senior engineers
• STIG Baseline Automation
  • Contribute reusable Ansible roles and simple Python utilities that apply DoD STIGs
  • Track compliance drift and raise tickets for remediation
• Configuration Management
  • Maintain inventory files, variable definitions, and secret references (Vault/Azure Key Vault)
  • Verify that deployments remain idempotent
• Tool Evaluation & Documentation
  • Participate in evaluating new tools, containers, or services
  • Draft user guides and knowledge transfer notes for the team
• Python-Centric Development
  • Write clean, well-commented Python scripts for API integration, data parsing, and automation glue logic
  • Participate in code reviews to improve software quality
• Automation:
  • Ansible – develop/playbooks, basic role creation, inventory management
  • Python – scripting for automation, API calls, data processing
  • Bash/PowerShell – simple scripts
• Containers - Build and run Docker/Podman containers; basic familiarity with Kubernetes or OpenShift concepts
• CI/CD - Create and maintain simple pipelines in GitLab CI/CD (or Jenkins/Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions) that include linting, unit tests, and security scans
• Version Control - Git – commit, push, branch, pull-request workflows; adhere to team branching strategy
• IaC Tools - Packer – create OS images; introductory Terraform concepts for resource provisioning
• Monitoring - Add basic Prometheus/Grafana or ELK metrics/alerts to automation jobs
• Secret Management - Store and retrieve secrets using HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, or AWS Secrets Manager via scripts
• Compliance - Run OpenSCAP or InSpec scans; report results and assist with remediation
• Problem Solving - Diagnose simple pipeline or deployment failures; participate in on-call rotation under supervision
• Collaboration - Document work in Confluence/Wiki; provide knowledge transfer to peers

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Programming, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with at least 2 years of experience; or a Master's degree in a related field; or 6 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree
• DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (such as Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, CySA+, CND, etc.)

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must have taken Information Technology or software development courses, and/or formal education/certification courses within the Information Technology, DevSecOps, or Software Development disciplines
• Must possess strong communication abilities, along with excellent writing and presentation skills
• Must be able to work independently/solo on large projects at times, and at other times be in a collaborative team environment with other DevSecOps engineers and other program development and deployment teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, and prepare and brief presentations to the customer as needed.
• Self-motivated and customer-oriented

Security Clearance

Candidates must currently have and be able to maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.

Location

Huntsville, AL

QTEC, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and advancement in employment without regard to any applicable local, state or federally protected class, characteristic or non-merit based factor.