[Hiring] DevSecOps Engineer @Cherokee Federal

Role Description

Highly skilled and motivated DevSecOps professionals who are excited about building secure, scalable infrastructure supporting healthcare innovation and national defense initiatives. We are looking for engineers who are organized, proactive, self-driven, and capable of rapidly solving complex technical problems in highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure environments.
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using GitLab CI/CD.
• Manage and address client security requirements, integrating security best practices into code pipelines.
• Manage AWS cloud infrastructure, including AWS GovCloud environments where applicable.
• Support Infrastructure as Code initiatives using Terraform and Pulumi.
• Configure and maintain Docker-based deployment environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve scalability, monitoring, reliability, and operational performance.
• Support security hardening, compliance efforts, and Authority to Operate (ATO) activities for government systems.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, and deployment-related issues across environments.
• Participate in Agile development and operational planning activities.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, logging, and observability initiatives.
• Active contributor in accreditation and documentation efforts for compliance, cybersecurity, and other government standards and regulatory requirements.
• Navigate and complete complex, multi-step processes to resolve security, compliance, and operational blockers effectively.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering experience.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure management, and deployment automation.
• Experience with or ability to quickly learn Docker, Terraform, and Pulumi.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, infrastructure security, and access management.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in Agile and collaborative engineering environments.
• Must be eligible for security clearance government network access.
• Experience supporting ATO (Authority to Operate) processes.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud or regulated government environments.
• Familiarity with DHA, DoD, or military healthcare systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, or container orchestration technologies.
• Experience supporting healthcare or federal compliance frameworks such as NIST, RMF, or FedRAMP.
• Veterans strongly encouraged to apply.
• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Benefits

• Estimated Starting Salary Range: $125,000 - $140,000
• Pay commensurate with experience.
• Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided.
• Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.

Company Description

Cherokee Nation Integrated Health (CNIH) is a part of Cherokee Federal – the division of tribally owned federal contracting companies owned by Cherokee Nation Businesses. As a trusted partner for more than 60 federal clients, Cherokee Federal LLCs are focused on building a brighter future, solving complex challenges, and serving the government’s mission with compassion and heart.