Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Senior DevSecOps Engineer
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$ 104650 - 189175
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Job Description
The Multi Domain Solutions Division at Leidos is looking for an experienced Senior DevSecOps Engineer to support a fastpaced program with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. This role is critical in establishing robust security practices throughout the software development lifecycle and ensuring compliance with stringent security standards. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in DevSecOps strong leadership abilities and a commitment to fostering a culture of security within the organization. This position offers an exciting opportunity to shape the security landscape of an Air Force program ensuring the secure development of software in a dynamic and innovative environment.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and implementation of security practices within the DevOps pipeline for DoD applications ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements.
- Evaluate and select security tools integrating them into CI/CD workflows to enhance application security.
- Conduct advanced vulnerability assessments threat modeling and penetration testing to proactively identify and mitigate security risks.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to develop and promote secure coding practices incident response plans and security training.
- Mentor and guide junior and midlevel engineers fostering knowledge sharing and professional growth within the team.
- Drive the automation of security testing and compliance processes utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and security automation tools.
- Stay abreast of industry trends emerging threats and best practices in DevSecOps and cybersecurity to continually improve security posture.
- Assessing designing developing testing and implementing Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) solutions into a complex environment.
Basic Qualifications:
- US Citizen and at least a Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain a SCI prior to the start date.
- 8 years of experience and a Bachelors or advanced degree in Computer Science or similar field. Additional Experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Strong understanding of software development paradigms and supporting technologies (e.g. change management & version control CI/CD Agile planning tools such as Jira or Gitlab)
- Strong experience configuring CI/CD pipelines supporting software development activities in a DevSecOps environment
- Strong experience administering complex environments with Linux and Windows operating systems network administration and networking protocols/functions (e.g. HTTP HTTPS SSL/TLS SMTP DNS)
- Extensive experience integrating security tooling into a hybrid cloud environment with a nuanced understanding of the capabilities and drawbacks of each component
- Extensive experience provisioning and managing resources within hybrid IaaS/Cloud infrastructures (e.g. Azure AWS Google Cloud Platform etc.
- Extensive experience with container technologies such as Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes
- Experience with automated provisioning and configuration tools like Terraform CloudFormation Chef Puppet Ansible or similar technologies
- Experience integrating cloud services into solutions especially Azure cloud services
- Excellent problem solving and analysis skills including the ability to logically create structure and order from unstructured inputs.
- Selfstarter that is able to work independently while possessing the communication skills to work effectively with software development teams and customers.
- Excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center programs.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or similar certification.
- Advanced certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certified DevSecOps Engineer (CDE) or similar.
- Extensive experience with security tools and practices relevant to DevSecOps (e.g. SAST DAST IAST).
- Experience deploying configuring and managing DevSecOps toolchains for an enterprise
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure Google Cloud) and their security frameworks.
- Strong understanding of container security and orchestration tools (e.g. Kubernetes).
- Experience delivering software solutions into highsecurity or airgapped environments in defense or other highly regulated industries such as finance or healthcare
- Experience with compliance standards (e.g. OWASP NIST) and DoD security regulations.
- Proven ability to drive change and influence security culture across an organization.
Original Posting Date:
While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $104650.00 $189175.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
