DevSecOps / Platform Security Engineer Kubernetes, Supply-Chain Security

Title: DevSecOps / Platform Security Engineer — Kubernetes, Supply-Chain Security, Accreditation (Contract) Category: DevOps Engineering / Kubernetes / Security Description: We're building a multi-agent AI orchestration platform for defense and mission-critical operations, currently working toward a higher security accreditation level on a hardened government-focused deployment platform. We need an experienced DevSecOps engineer for a contract engagement to harden the platform and move our accreditation evidence pipeline forward. This is an interim, contract-only engagement. We're running a separate process to fill a permanent role, and this project is scoped independently of that. What you'll do: Contribute to our secure release pipeline: automated builds, hardened base images, artifact signing, provenance tracking, and software bill of materials generation feeding a weekly release cycle Harden platform authentication, pod security, and secrets handling Work with container image scanning and software supply chain security tooling Help turn scan results and provenance data into accreditation evidence Work with Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps-based delivery, and infrastructure as code What we're looking for: 5+ years in DevSecOps, platform, or infrastructure engineering Strong production Python experience (API frameworks, CLIs) Deep Kubernetes experience: image hardening, pod security, Helm and GitOps workflows Hands-on CI/CD and software supply chain security tooling experience Nice to have: federal risk management framework or accreditation experience; familiarity with AI agent platforms or agent tool-calling protocols Engagement details: Remote, contract — no security clearance required U.S. work authorization required