DevSecOps Lead

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative DevSecOps Lead to join our team in the greater DMV area supporting the Army National Guard.

Responsibilities

• Architect implement and optimize enterprise DevSecOps pipelines CI/CD workflows IaC containerization and cloudnative deployment practices.
• Establish securityfirst engineering standards (shiftleft testing automated compliance checks vulnerability scanning secure baselines) and integrate them into pipelines.
• Drive platform reliability: observability monitoring incident response readiness performance optimization and release reliability across production environments.
• Lead crossfunctional coordination with engineering cybersecurity platform operations and governance to align delivery practices with organizational objectives.
• Direct tooling adoption workflow automation and environment modernization to improve deployment velocity stability and security posture.
• Oversee release governance risk assessments remediation planning and audit/evidence collection for compliance requirements.
• Mentor teams on DevSecOps best practices enforce quality gates and institutionalize continuous improvement.
• Produce executive briefings roadmaps and decisiongrade recommendations for DevSecOps strategy and modernization.

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Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance.

• Candidate must meet ONE of the following:

  • Masters degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science Software Engineering Cybersecurity Data Science or a related field; OR
  • Relevant DoD/military training (examples: SANS SEC545; SANS LDR512; Joint Cyber Analysis Course (JCAC)); OR
  • Relevant professional certification or equivalent experience (examples: CISSP CompTIA CASP AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional CISM GIAC GWEB).

• Required experience and skills:

  • Engineering/delivery experience with at least 3 years leading DevSecOps platform engineering or secure delivery at enterprise scale.
  • Handson expertise with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps) IaC (Terraform CloudFormation) container orchestration (Kubernetes) and pipeline security integrations (SAST/SCA/DAST).
  • Proven ability to implement automated compliance/controls-as-code integrate vulnerability scanning into pipelines and produce RMF/ATO evidence for deployed services.
  • Strong skills in observability/monitoring incident response integration performance tuning and release risk management.
  • Experience producing executive roadmaps ROMs/COAs and technical briefings that inform senior leadership decisions.

• Desired:

  • Prior DoD/ARNG enterprise DevSecOps or modernization program experience.
  • Experience with policyascode policy enforcement tooling secret management and secure supplychain controls.
  • Preferred certifications: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional CISSP CISM CompTIA CASP or GIAC GWEB.

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Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.