Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Make an Impact in National Defense!

The Digital Modernization Sector is excited to offer a Lead DevSecOps Engineer opportunity in El Segundo, CA, supporting the US Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). This critical role focuses on developing and deploying mission-critical software for space defense, space domain awareness, and data services. The position is primarily tactical, with 80% hands-on engineering and 20% product/team leadership, orchestrating the direction provided by the Chief of Platform Operations.

Work Details:

Remote Work: 90%

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Pacific Time)

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead software development teams in the implementation of DevSecOps practices, fostering collaboration and communication across teams for efficient delivery and operational excellence.
• Leverage Kubernetes technology to deploy, install, upgrade, patch, and maintain resilient, reliable solutions for developing, testing, securing, and shipping software applications to production.
• Embrace a customer-first approach, striving to exceed service level agreements, user specifications, and parameters set by CI/CD pipeline users, administrators, and software development teams. Actively engage in Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog grooming, and performance metric tracking to ensure continuous delivery of high-quality products.
• Manage the full lifecycle of software development and deployment tools, assisting in the reduction of operational toil involved in developing, building, testing, securing, and shipping applications.
• Automate infrastructure, workflows, and testing processes to improve development and operational productivity while maintaining high security standards.
• Use scripting and programming languages to build and test code continuously, deploying applications via automation and configuration management tools. Measure performance using logging tools to ensure application health.
• Ensure the security and configuration of containerized services using Kubernetes, optimizing performance and identifying issues through monitoring and alerting dashboards. Ensure Kubernetes environments are properly patched, configured, and scalable.
• Apply an “everything as code” mentality to configure, deploy, and manage all enterprise tools and services supporting 36 software applications across various classification levels (IL4, IL6, etc.) in test, staging, and production environments.
• Serve as a thought leader, driving the strategy for successful program delivery by defining objectives, aligning resources, and fostering collaboration across teams to ensure impactful outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the customer, understanding their requirements and aligning program objectives to exceed expectations and deliver exceptional results.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires Masters and 15+ years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 13+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree.
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