Responsibilities
- Maintain and improve Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and OpenTofu.
- Develop Ansible playbooks and roles for configuration, compliance enforcement, patch management, and application deployment.
- Build and maintain GitHub Actions workflows for automated build, testing, security scanning, and deployment.
- Integrate security controls and Shift-Left security practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Support Docker and Kubernetes application delivery, including Dockerfiles, Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, namespace management, RBAC, cluster monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Implement security gates for SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, secrets detection, and policy-as-code validation.
- Support CIS benchmark, NIST, organizational hardening, compliance, and federal cybersecurity initiatives.
- Create technical documentation, operational runbooks, and configuration records, and participate in reviews and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least five years of experience in DevSecOps, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or related disciplines.
- Experience with Terraform and/or OpenTofu, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Experience integrating security tools and controls into software delivery pipelines, including SAST, secrets management, dependency scanning, and policy-as-code frameworks.
- Experience with Git-based development workflows, pull request reviews, and source code management.
- Ability to communicate effectively, work independently, and manage multiple priorities collaboratively.
- Ability to successfully complete and maintain a government background investigation.
- Preferred experience includes federal or highly regulated environments, AWS, HashiCorp Vault, Python or Bash, Kubernetes security, container hardening, and enterprise-scale DevSecOps.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Flexible paid time off
- Federal holidays off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development support
- Wellness stipends
- Hybrid work arrangement in Washington, DC, with on-site and remote support depending on program needs
About Ardent
For nearly 20 years, Ardent has served this country by delivering award-winning security and defense technology solutions. Our clients' missions range from medical evacuation in overseas theaters to border protection to port security. They trust Ardent to guarantee quality, reliability, and responsiveness. The Ardent Team is the underpinning of our success. Our IT professionals specialize in large-scale situational awareness, geographic visualization, cloud, and information sharing technologies. Ardent inspires its employees to love their jobs. We can help you grow your career by connecting you with our top-notch professionals on challenging projects. We actively mentor and equip our employees to be thought leaders in their fields, and we offer competitive salaries and benefits, including financial rewards for excellence. If you like a fast-paced environment where insights are valued and innovations encouraged, then we want to meet you. Please visit our Career Portal www.ardentmc.com/careers to discover opportunities at Ardent.