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IT Specialist (DevSecOps)
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts · Posted today
HybridWashington, DC$102K – $192KApply by May 22, 2026Information Technology ManagementENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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The IT Specialist (DevSecOps) position is in the Office of the Deputy Director, Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program Office. The CMM drives change management and adoption practices to achieve delivery of a modernized, efficient, and secure case management environment. This role leads teams, manages resources, and delivers solutions supporting the judiciary's mission and operational excellence.
What You'll Do
- →The Administrative Office of the U.S.
- →Courts (AO), Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program Office, is seeking an experienced IT Specialist (DevSecOps) to support secure cloud operations, automate security controls, and strengthen delivery pipelines and infrastructure across AWS-based environments.
- →The incumbent is responsible for embedding security into continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes, infrastructure as code, cloud services, containerized environments, monitoring capabilities, and vulnerability management practices.
- →The incumbent must have strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders; manage multiple priorities under demanding circumstances and time constraints; automate and improve security processes; and collaborate effectively across engineering, security, operations, and compliance teams.
- →The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with automated security checks, including static application security testing, dynamic application security testing, software composition analysis, and other security validation capabilities.
- →Developing and maintaining secure infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform or related automation frameworks to support consistent, secure cloud deployments.
- →Configuring, hardening, and managing AWS services and cloud security controls, including identity and access management, network security, encryption, container registries, and Kubernetes environments.
- →Supporting secure container operations through the management and hardening of Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) environments.
- →Implementing and maintaining continuous monitoring, logging, audit, and compliance capabilities using cloud-native and related security tools.
- →Monitoring, assessing, patching, and remediating security vulnerabilities across applications, infrastructure, and cloud services.
- →Guiding secure cloud operations and sustainment by identifying and mitigating technical threat vectors, reducing attack surface, and implementing practical remediation strategies.
- →Advancing DevSecOps maturity through automated and manual application security testing, secure coding practices, hardened deployment standards, and continuous monitoring for cybersecurity events.
- →Supporting federal information security compliance activities, including vulnerability remediation, security documentation, control assessments, compliance monitoring, and related risk management efforts.
Requirements
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT All information is subject to verification.
- ✓Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
- ✓Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO.
- ✓If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation.
- ✓Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/.
- ✓For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
- ✓All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
- ✓New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- ✓All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
- ✓You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor.
- ✓Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
- ✓If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.
- ✓This position does not require education to qualify.
Personality Fit
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