[Hiring] Lead DevSecOps Appian Engineer @Koniag Government Services, LLC

Role Description

Tuknik Government Services, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Appian Engineer with a Top Secret security clearance to support TGS in supporting our government customer in the DC Metro area. This position is for a Future New Business Opportunity.

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Design and operate the DevSecOps pipeline across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Implement artifact-specific controls for Appian packages, scripts, conventional code, containers, database changes, and documentation.
• Configure GitLab branching, merge controls, runners, approvals, pipeline definitions, and protected release workflows.
• Integrate Nexus, SonarQube, approved security scanners, SBOM generation, test tools, and evidence repositories into release gates.
• Automate package inspection, configuration validation, environment promotion, deployment verification, rollback, and forward recovery.
• Maintain build-once/promote-controlled-artifact practices and traceability from approved backlog item through production release.
• Coordinate separate IL-5 and IL-6 pipeline configurations, credentials, repositories, test data, approvals, and evidence streams.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and application deployment issues with Appian, configuration, test, security, database, and platform teams.
• Publish pipeline health, deployment frequency, failure rate, recovery, test, and security metrics for Government review.
• Coach development teams on secure coding, package design, automated testing, and release discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field; additional relevant experience may substitute for education.
• Seven or more years of software engineering or DevSecOps experience, including leadership of CI/CD implementation for enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, artifact repositories, code-quality tools, security scanning, automated testing, and controlled deployment.
• Experience packaging, deploying, and troubleshooting Appian applications or comparable low-code platforms.
• U.S. citizenship and the active security clearance or eligibility required for the assigned work by the start of performance, with ongoing eligibility thereafter.
• Ability to communicate clearly with Government, technical, and business stakeholders and to maintain accurate work records in approved systems.
• Ability to protect Controlled Unclassified Information and classified information, when assigned, and comply with required access, training, and handling procedures.

Requirements

• Current Appian developer certification and GitLab, cloud, security, or DevSecOps certification.
• Experience operating CI/CD inside Army DSOP, cArmy, SIPRNet, DLA PIEE, or another DoD enclave.
• Experience integrating Appian-native testing with Selenium, FitNesse, API testing, and Locust performance testing.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Commuter benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Work Environment and Travel

Work may occur remotely when authorized, at Government facilities, or in controlled office and data-center environments. Work involving classified information or SIPRNet will be performed at a Government-approved secure location using authorized systems. The role generally supports Government business hours, with occasional release, incident-response, maintenance-window, or approved travel requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.