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QTEC Aerospace is seeking a DEVSECOPS ENGINEER to join our team of professionals in Huntsville, AL. The qualified applicant will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government. The successful candidate will be detail oriented, have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.Job SummaryQTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals.The successful candidates will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program, engineering, and technical support to Missile Defense programs.Job Duties/ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities will include, but may not be limited to the following:- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Support - Assist in writing and updating Ansible playbooks, Packer images, and Python scripts for Windows and Linux hosts - Ensure all code is committed to Git and adheres to basic security guidelines- Automation Pipeline Assistance - Help build CI/CD jobs that provision, harden, and configure systems - Add basic automated tests, vulnerability scans, and compliance checks under the guidance of senior engineers- STIG Baseline Automation - Contribute reusable Ansible roles and simple Python utilities that apply DoD STIGs - Track compliance drift and raise tickets for remediation- Configuration Management - Maintain inventory files, variable definitions, and secret references (Vault/Azure Key Vault) - Verify that deployments remain idempotent- Tool Evaluation and Documentation - Participate in evaluating new tools, containers, or services - Draft user guides and knowledge transfer notes for the team- Python-Centric Development - Write clean, well-commented Python scripts for API integration, data parsing, and automation glue logic - Participate in code reviews to improve software quality- Automation: - Ansible - develop/playbooks, basic role creation, inventory management - Python - scripting for automation, API calls, data processing - Bash/PowerShell - simple scripts- Containers - Build and run Docker/Podman containers; basic familiarity with Kubernetes or OpenShift concepts- CI/CD - Create and maintain simple pipelines in GitLab CI/CD (or Jenkins/Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions) that include linting, unit tests, and security scans- Version Control - Git - commit, push, branch, pull-request workflows; adhere to team branching strategy- IaC Tools - Packer - create OS images; introductory Terraform concepts for resource provisioning- Monitoring - Add basic Prometheus/Grafana or ELK metrics/alerts to automation jobs- Secret Management - Store and retrieve secrets using HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, or AWS Secrets Manager via scripts- Compliance - Run OpenSCAP or InSpec scans; report results and assist with remediation- Problem Solving - Diagnose simple pipeline or deployment failures; participate in on-call rotation under supervision- Collaboration - Document work in Confluence/Wiki; provide knowledge transfer to peersMinimum Education and Experience- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Programming, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with at least 2 years of experience; or a Master's degree in a related field; or 6 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree- DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (such as Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, CySA+, CND, etc.)Required Knowledge, Skills and AbilitiesMust have taken Information Technology or software development courses, and/or formal education/certification courses within the Information Technology, DevSecOps, or Software Development disciplinesMust possess strong communication abilities, along with excellent writing and presentation skills []{style=