DevSecOps Engineer
B&A · Ashburn, VA
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Jul 20, 2026
Ashburn, VA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A DevSecOps engineering role supporting a federal government contract, focused on building and maintaining CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, integrating security controls throughout the software delivery lifecycle, and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS. The work involves tools such as GitLab, ArgoCD, Harness, Kubernetes, Terraform, and various monitoring platforms. Suited to a seasoned engineer with 7–10 years of experience and an active Top Secret or CBP BI clearance.
Senior level · 7+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Top Secret clearance · Contract
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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 $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105).
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 clearance requirement states 'Active TS or CBP BI' — this is treated as a Top Secret gate. CBP Background Investigation (BI) is a CBP-specific suitability determination; candidates may need either an active TS or a CBP BI, so the exact clearance level may vary by candidate background.
Terraform is listed under a 'Prefer' qualifier in the Required Skills section ('Prefer Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform'), so it is treated as preferred despite appearing within the required skills block.
Kibana, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana appear in the job summary's ideal-candidate framing rather than in a hard-gated requirements block, so they are treated as preferred.
Jira and Confluence appear only in the job summary's ideal-candidate framing and are treated as preferred.
The OO programming requirement lists Java, C++, C#, and Python as interchangeable examples; Java is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Configuration management (Chef, Puppet, Ansible) is listed as a hard requirement; Chef is used as the primary with Puppet and Ansible as alternatives.
The role is a federal government contract, likely supporting CBP/DHS given the client list; location is inferred as the Northern Virginia/DC metro area based on B&A's stated presence and federal client base.
The role blends significant software/automation development (CI/CD pipeline authoring, custom tooling, IaC) with infrastructure operations, making the SOC classification a genuine judgment call between Software Developers (15-1252) and Systems Administrators (15-1244). The emphasis on building pipelines, custom automation, and IaC code tips the balance toward 15-1252.
Requires a Top 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.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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