DevSecOps Engineer
SAIC · North Charleston, SC
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Jul 21, 2026
North Charleston, SC
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on building and operating an internal developer platform for both networked and air-gapped environments, covering CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes cluster management, and automation. The work involves GitLab workflows, Ansible, Helm, RKE2/Rancher, and a range of security tooling including SAST, secret detection, and SBOM-driven artifact handling. It suits engineers with solid Kubernetes and pipeline experience who hold an active Secret clearance.
Mid level · 5+ years · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · 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 $166,860 (middle half $131,418–$198,246).
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 (8)
The role is posted for three locations: San Diego, CA; Charleston, SC; and Panama City, FL. The CBSA is set to San Diego as the first-listed location; the role may actually be filled at any of the three sites.
Clearance: the JD hard-gates on an active Secret clearance and additionally requires the ability to obtain TS/SCI. The clearance requirement field reflects the active Secret gate; the TS/SCI upgrade is an additional condition noted here.
Degree: a Bachelor's degree is listed as the baseline, but 4 years of additional experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a degree, so no hard degree gate is set.
Total experience: the JD states 5 years with a degree, or 4 years in lieu of a degree. The higher figure (5) is used as the overall years minimum.
Seniority: the title carries no level modifier and the requirements (5 years, individual-contributor platform engineering) support a Mid-to-Senior boundary. Given the relatively modest stated experience floor and IC scope, Mid is the more conservative and appropriate band.
The platform stack (GitLab, Ansible, Python, RKE2, vSphere, Rancher, Cilium, Harbor, Semgrep, Trivy, etc.) is described in the role overview narrative rather than a formal Required Skills section, so those tools are marked preferred. Only the four skills explicitly listed under 'Required Skills' are marked as hard gates.
Desired Skills (Keepalived/VyOS/Palo Alto load balancer experience, RHEL/WSUS patching, documentation habits) are listed under 'Desired Skills' and are marked preferred accordingly.
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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