Senior Secure DevOps Engineer at Amentum
Olympia, WA
$116,000–$144,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Olympia, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level engineering role focused on building and maintaining secure software delivery pipelines and cloud infrastructure. Day-to-day work involves designing CI/CD workflows with security integrated throughout, automating infrastructure via code, managing cloud environments (Azure or GCCH), monitoring for threats and vulnerabilities, and guiding development and operations teams on secure practices. Suits an experienced DevOps engineer with a strong security background.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,450 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,050–1,850
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is a genuine hybrid of DevSecOps engineering (building/shipping CI/CD pipelines, IaC) and security analysis (threat modeling, vulnerability management). 15-1252 was chosen because the primary day-to-day work is building and shipping software infrastructure; 15-1212 is a credible runner-up given the heavy security focus.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting. Amentum is headquartered in Chantilly, VA (Washington DC metro area); the CBSA reflects that assumption. The role may be on-site or hybrid — remote is not offered.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent practical experience', so no formal degree is hard-gated.
Python, Bash, and Go are listed under Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (a secondary section), not under Minimum Qualifications, so they are treated as preferred. Docker and Kubernetes appear in the same secondary section.
Git and OWASP Top 10 also appear only in the Knowledge/Skills/Abilities section and are treated as preferred.
Azure Key Vault, Zero Trust Architecture, compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR), and certifications (CKA, CISSP, Azure DevOps Engineer) appear under Preferred Qualifications.
GCCH/GCCHP (Government Community Cloud High) is listed alongside Azure as an acceptable cloud platform; Azure is used as the primary skill name with GCP noted as an alternative — GCCHP is a deployment tier of Azure/Microsoft cloud rather than a separate platform.
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