Research and Development DevSecOps Engineer

Job overview

The Research and Development DevSecOps Engineer role is remote within the United States. Compensation is not specified. Rackner builds mission-critical systems for U.S. government customers across software engineering, AI/ML, DevSecOps, cloud platforms, and application modernization. The engineer develops mission-focused software and AI-enabled engineering workflows while building security controls for government environments. The role helps move research prototypes toward operational use with software and delivery processes that are secure, tested, traceable, and subject to human review.

What you'll do

• Build backend services, APIs, data workflows, and AI-enabled applications
• develop model-agnostic coding agents and LLM workflows with human approval and auditability
• enforce architecture, cybersecurity, testing, and deployment standards through automated policies and CI/CD
• maintain technical documentation and software bills of materials
• support application modernization
• integrate code into quality, security, accessibility, and compliance testing
• build hardened AI development environments
• develop Platform One-compatible workflows
• connect telemetry and feedback to agents that prepare reviewed pull requests
• automate vulnerability and configuration-risk detection
• collaborate with software, platform, cybersecurity, and mission teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

devsecops engineer

software development

artificial intelligence

python

generative ai

ci/cd

cloud security

cybersecurity

remote us

rackner

government mission software

u.s. citizenship required

security clearance eligibility

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Technical certification support
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 6%
• medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
• PTO and holidays
• home-office support
• wellness reimbursement.

Why this role

U.S. citizenship required; candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance; active Secret clearance preferred; Python experience requested.

About the employer

Rackner is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.