Senior DevSecOps and Infrastructure Engineer at Akira Technologies Inc. – Washington, District of Columbia

Akira Technologies is seeking a Senior DevSecOps and Infrastructure Engineer to play a critical role in designing, maintaining, and securing scalable cloud infrastructure within an Azure-based enterprise environment. This position supports modernization efforts through automation, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes orchestration, and secure CI/CD pipeline implementation.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform/Bicep, and GitHub-based DevSecOps workflows, along with strong scripting capabilities and a proactive approach to infrastructure security and operational efficiency.

While this position is mostly remote, it requires occasional onsite presence in the Washington DC Metro Area. Candidates local to the area are ideal. US Citizenship is likewise required.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable infrastructure within the Azure Cloud Platform.
• Manage Azure resource groups, tagging strategy, and enterprise resource inventory alignment.
• Support networking configurations including:
  • Virtual networks (VNets)
  • Subnets
  • Route tables
  • Private endpoints
  • Network Security Groups (NSGs)
  • Azure Firewall
  • PaaS firewall configurations
• Configure monitoring and logging to support operational visibility and compliance.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using:
  • GitHub Actions
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jenkins (as applicable)
• Implement infrastructure-as-code pipelines using:
  • Azure Bicep
  • Terraform
• Integrate automated testing, security scanning, and compliance validation into pipelines.
• Deploy, manage, and monitor Kubernetes clusters supporting containerized workloads, including:
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Amazon EKS (as applicable)
• Support container lifecycle operations and workload reliability improvements.
• Implement security best practices across cloud infrastructure and DevOps pipelines.
• Support:
  • Secrets management
  • Container security scanning
  • Compliance monitoring
  • Identity and access control enforcement
• Manage access control using:
  • Entra ID
  • Service Principals
  • Security groups
  • Role assignments
• Develop automation to streamline infrastructure deployment and operational maintenance using:
  • PowerShell
  • Python
  • Bash (as applicable)
• Reduce manual workload through repeatable infrastructure automation patterns.
• Monitor industry trends and cloud platform updates.
• Recommend enhancements to DevSecOps tooling, infrastructure security posture, and automation strategy.
• Support modernization initiatives across the engineering ecosystem.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 4–6 years of hands-on experience in DevSecOps engineering, Infrastructure engineering, Cloud platform support (Azure preferred)
• Strong experience with Azure infrastructure services, Kubernetes (AKS preferred), Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform and/or Bicep), and Git-based workflows and version control practices
• Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins
• Experience implementing Azure identity and access controls using Entra ID and RBAC
• Experience configuring Azure networking components and security controls
• Strong scripting experience in PowerShell (Python/Bash preferred as secondary)
• Ability to work onsite/hybrid within the DC Metro Area

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience administering GitHub Enterprise (organization and repository level)
• Familiarity with GitHub CLI and GitHub API
• Experience editing Git history using command-line Git workflows
• Experience with Databricks CLI
• Databricks administrative experience
• Experience supporting enterprise monitoring and compliance frameworks in Azure
• Experience managing container security tooling within CI/CD pipelines

Technical Environment (Representative Stack)

• Azure Portal
• Azure CLI / Azure PowerShell
• Terraform / Azure Bicep
• GitHub Actions
• Kubernetes (AKS)
• Entra ID
• PowerShell automation
• Azure networking & firewall services
• Monitoring and logging services

Salary Range: $135,000 - $160,000

Akira’s pay range for this position considers various factors including skills, years of experience, training, licenses, certifications, alignment with market data, and internal equity in the organization. This pay range estimate is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary, which Akira believes to be done in good faith in compliance with local laws. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

General Description of Benefits

Akira offers its employees multiple options for medical plans (some with Health Savings Account), dental plans, and vision coverage, and a 401(k) plan with employer match. To promote work/life balance, Akira offers paid time off, including vacation and sick time, holidays, paid parental leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave. We also offer short and long-term disability benefits to protect employee income in the event of sickness or injury, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and critical illness insurance. Akira also offers tuition, training, and certification reimbursement for professional development and career advancement.

Akira regularly reviews our total rewards package to ensure our offerings remain competitive and reflect the values and needs expressed by our employees.

About Akira Technologies

Akira strives to meet and exceed the mission and objectives of US federal agencies. As a leading small business cloud modernization and data analytics services provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated solutions and technologies that serve the needs of our customers and citizens. Akira serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, cyber, defense, civilian, and health markets. Every day, our employees deliver transformational outcomes, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

Akira is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.