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  • Zaden Tech
  • Chantilly, VA
  • Full-Time
  • <72 Hours
  • $138,000–$183,000 / year
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Senior DevSecOps / IaC Engineer.

DevOps & Engineering Full-Time

Senior DevSecOps / IaC Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a senior engineer who builds automated infrastructure code for test environments supporting a federal defense health program.
  • The Person:The person will build and maintain Terraform, Packer and Ansible code in GitLab CI, build a self-service environment catalog with guardrails, bake STIG hardening and evidence collection into every build, and mentor engineers while reviewing their code.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 8 or more years in DevOps, DevSecOps or infrastructure engineering with hands-on experience in Terraform, Ansible and GitLab CI, and experience building in a DoD or federal authorized environment.

About the role

Build the environment-as-code pipelines that stand up DoD test environments from a catalog request.

You'll support a new Defense Health Agency program. This position is contingent upon contract award, and the start date will align with the program start.

What you'll do:

  • Build and maintain Terraform, Packer and Ansible code in GitLab CI
  • Build the self-service environment catalog and its guardrails
  • Bake STIG hardening and evidence collection into every build
  • Mentor engineers and review their code

Must have:

  • 8 or more years in DevOps, DevSecOps or infrastructure engineering
  • Hands-on Terraform, Ansible and GitLab CI
  • Experience building in a DoD or federal authorized environment
  • U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and keep the background investigation DHA designates for this position
  • DoD 8140 qualification for your work role before privileged access, or the ability to earn it within six months

Nice to have:

  • vSphere automation (PowerCLI, the Terraform vSphere provider)
  • AWS GovCloud experience
  • An active Secret clearance or higher

Location: Chantilly, Virginia (Washington, D.C. area) is preferred, on site at the test center. Remote from Huntsville, Alabama, or from anywhere in the continental U.S. also works, through government-approved virtual desktop access, with trips to Chantilly when the work needs them.

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship is required for the investigation this role needs. Zaden's FSO verifies investigation status.

Pay range: $138,000 to $183,000 per year. Your location and experience set where you land in the range.

Questions about this role? Email [email protected].

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Published November 3, 2026
Location Chantilly, VA
Category DevOps & Engineering  
Job Type Full-Time