DevSecOps Engineer Journeyman
ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company · Fairfax, VA
$95,000–$113,000from the description
Jul 24, 2026
Fairfax, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level role focused on building, securing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines within a federal IT environment. Day-to-day work involves integrating automated security scanning, applying infrastructure-as-code tooling, managing source control workflows, and monitoring pipeline health. The position suits someone with hands-on pipeline and DevOps experience who can operate within strict government compliance and security requirements, including eligibility for a SECRET clearance.
Mid level · 3+ years · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). 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 (10)
The title 'Journeyman' is a mid-level designation used in federal contracting contexts, consistent with the 3–5 years of experience required; seniority is assessed as Mid.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role primarily builds and operates CI/CD pipelines (software delivery tooling, IaC), pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers, but the heavy security-scanning integration and federal security governance work make 15-1212 Information Security Analysts a plausible runner-up.
Location is not specified in the posting; CBSA and state fields are left blank. The role requires U.S. citizenship and a Secret clearance, implying U.S.-based work.
Degree requirement is None: the posting states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent relevant experience,' making the degree non-mandatory.
Jenkins, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions are presented as interchangeable examples of the required CI/CD tooling; Jenkins is listed as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation are presented as interchangeable IaC examples in the required qualifications; Terraform is listed as primary with the others as alternatives.
Nexus and Artifactory are mentioned only in the responsibilities narrative (not under a formal requirements heading), so they are marked preferred.
Docker, Kubernetes, cloud certifications (AWS/Azure), and CompTIA Security+ appear under the explicit 'Preferred Qualifications' section.
SAST, SCA, and DAST are named security scanning types required to be integrated into CI/CD pipelines per the required qualifications; captured as individual must-have skills.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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