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This role can be performed in Colorado Springs, Maryland, Reston, or Washington DC.\nKey Responsibilities:\nCollaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.\nDesign, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.\nDevelop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and configurations, ensuring security best practices are applied to cloud resources and infrastructure components.\nPerform regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, code, and infrastructure.\nMonitor and analyze system and application logs to detect and respond to security incidents.\nImplement and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, ensuring appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place.\nCollaborate with software engineers to provide guidance on secure coding practices and assist in remediation of security findings.\nParticipate in incident response activities, helping to investigate and mitigate security incidents in a timely manner.\nContribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and documentation.\nBasic Qualifications:\nActive TS/SCI Clearance with CI poly.\nAt least 10 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on integrating security into the software development lifecycle.\nExpert experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Selenium, Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud).\nExpert experience building DevSecOps solutions at scale across IL5 to IL6+ classification domains\nExpert understanding of AWS and familiarity with other cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP) and securing cloud-based applications and services.\nStrong experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.\nStrong experience in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tool integration.\nHands-on experience with security tools for static code analysis, dynamic application security testing (DAST), and vulnerability scanning, using tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud\nKnowledge of security best practices, common vulnerabilities, and exposure to security frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST).\nAt Rapid Strategy, we believe that building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic team is key to driving innovation and success. 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