Systems Engineering – DevSecOps Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Oversee CI/CD pipelines that facilitate application builds, automated checks, testing, packaging, and deployment.

• Create and manage infrastructure-as-code definitions along with application environment settings.

• Ensure uniform and reproducible configurations across development, testing, staging, and production environments.

• Incorporate automated functional, integration, regression, and sanctioned security checks into delivery pipelines.

• Set up quality gates for pipelines and retain execution results to support release decisions.

• Manage artifact repositories, including versioning, dependencies, and promotion controls.

• Guarantee that promoted artifacts are traceable to source revisions, build records, test results, and approvals.

• Create and maintain deployment scripts, environment validation checks, and rollback automation processes.

• Collaborate with development, testing, cybersecurity, configuration management, and operations teams to coordinate release execution.

• Validate application performance and expected behavior after deployment or rollback.

• Diagnose pipeline failures, build errors, configuration discrepancies, artifact issues, and deployment challenges.

• Implement approved access controls, service accounts, secrets management, and logging for delivery tools and environments.

• Oversee the resolution of issues identified by automated checks and security assessments.

• Maintain version-controlled pipeline definitions, infrastructure code, scripts, and configuration documentation.

• Document build processes, environment dependencies, deployment guidelines, rollback procedures, and troubleshooting instructions.

• Provide technical coordination for DevSecOps tasks, encompassing dependencies, impediments, and delivery priorities.

• Assist in release-readiness evaluations, operational transitions, and knowledge sharing.

• Enhance delivery reliability and efficiency utilizing pipeline metrics, incident findings, and lessons learned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Active Secret clearance or a higher classification.

• At least six years of pertinent professional experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent qualification.

• Experience in developing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

• Proficient in infrastructure as code (IaC) practices.

• Background in implementing or integrating automated testing.

• Experience in configuring and supporting secure application environments.

• Knowledge of artifact management and regulated artifact promotion.

• Experience in developing or maintaining deployment and rollback automation.

• Ability to sustain automated checks and application environment configurations.

• Relevant cloud or DevOps certification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work flexibility.

• Opportunity to contribute to the USMEPCOM ENLIST program.

• Technical lead responsibilities aligned with the Journeyman labor category.