DevSecOps Engineer

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantagedomain dominance. The companys products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN) empowering warfighters commercial air operators and border protection teams to act faster adapt rapidly and stay ahead of evolving threats.

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors including 8VC Accel and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Washington D.C. San Francisco San Diego Seattle and London. For more information please visit .

Role Overview:

Chaos Industries is hiring a DevSecOps Engineer to embed security into every layer of our software development and infrastructure delivery lifecycle. This is a broad hands-on engineering role; youll own CI/CD pipeline security automate compliance and vulnerability checks harden cloud and on-premise environments and partner with development and operations teams to make secure by default a reality not a checkbox. Youll work across classified and unclassified environments applying the same engineering rigor to security that our developers apply to product - fast repeatable and built to scale.

• Youll sit at the intersection of the Engineering and Cybersecurity divisions; collaborating daily with software engineers cloud architects ISSMs and platform teams to keep the development pipeline moving without compromising the security posture. Youre not a gatekeeper; youre an accelerant who happens to care deeply about what gets through.
• From day one youll own the security toolchain integrated into our CI/CD pipelines lead the shift-left security initiative across active development programs and drive the automation of compliance controls that today require manual effort. Your work directly reduces risk accelerates delivery and makes the whole team faster.

Responsibilities:

• Design implement and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines integrating automated security scanning tools (SAST DAST SCA secrets detection) across development workflows using GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins or equivalent.
• Automate security and compliance controls including STIG/SRG validation vulnerability scanning (ACAS/Nessus) and policy-as-code enforcement (OPA Conftest) within pipeline and infrastructure workflows.
• Collaborate with software engineers to identify triage and remediate application security vulnerabilities; champion secure coding practices threat modeling and developer security training across engineering teams.
• Build and manage container security posture including image hardening runtime protection Kubernetes security configurations (RBAC Pod Security Admission network policies) and registry scanning.
• Design and maintain infrastructure-as-code (Terraform CloudFormation Ansible) with integrated security controls; enforce least-privilege secrets management (Secrets Manager) and configuration compliance.
• Support RMF/ATO activities by automating evidence collection generating compliance reports and maintaining continuous monitoring artifacts for cloud and on-premise systems operating within classified or CUI environments.
• Monitor security tooling telemetry pipeline health dashboards and vulnerability metrics; produce trend reports and actionable remediation backlogs for engineering and security leadership.
• Coordinate with ISSM/ISSO teams and system administrators to ensure DevSecOps practices align with authorization boundary requirements CMMC Level 2/3 controls and DFARS obligations.
• Evaluate and introduce new DevSecOps tooling frameworks and practices; build internal documentation runbooks and playbooks to operationalize security automation across teams.
• Travel up to 15% CONUS to support program site integrations government customer engagements and security architecture reviews.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Cybersecurity or a related technical field. Equivalent experience considered.
• 47 years of experience in DevOps software engineering or cybersecurity with demonstrated hands-on experience integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (Python Bash Go or equivalent) used to build automation security tooling integrations or infrastructure-as-code.
• Hands-on experience with container technologies (Docker Kubernetes) including security hardening image scanning and runtime protection in a production environment.
• Working knowledge of cloud security on AWS GovCloud or Azure Government including IAM network security groups security monitoring services and secrets management.
• Familiarity with SAST DAST and SCA tooling (SonarQube Checkmarx Snyk OWASP ZAP Black Duck or equivalent) and their integration into automated pipelines.
• Active Secret clearance required at time of hire. TS/SCI eligibility preferred.

Preferred Requirements:

• Active TS clearance.
• Experience supporting NIST RMF ATO processes for software systems or cloud environments including automated evidence collection and continuous monitoring workflows.
• Familiarity with CMMC Level 2/3 practices DFARS 252.204-7012 and their application to software development and CI/CD pipeline security controls.
• Experience with GitOps workflows and policy-as-code frameworks (OPA/Gatekeeper Kyverno Conftest) for automated governance enforcement.
• Knowledge of software supply chain security practices: SBOM generation artifact signing (Sigstore/Cosign) and dependency provenance tracking.
• Experience operating in classified or air-gapped environments with disconnected CI/CD toolchains and offline artifact repositories.
• Relevant certifications: Security AWS Security Specialty or equivalent.

Why CHAOS

• Health Benefits: Medical dental and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits: 401k ( 50% company match up to 6% of pay) FSA HSA life insurance and more
• Our Perks: Free daily lunch No meeting Fridays unlimited PTO casual dress code
• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries generous pre-IPO stock option grants relocation assistance and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Team Growth: 250 employees and counting across 5 global offices

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus equity and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations.

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