DevSecOps Solutions Architect

$178,500 - $241,500/Yr

General Dynamics - Herndon, VA

Full-time - Senior

Herndon, VA

10,001+ employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The DevSecOps Solutions Architect at GDIT plays a crucial role in enhancing national safety and security through technology. This position involves providing expertise in DevSecOps, Agile Development, and Security Engineering, focusing on application architecture, design, and development to solve customer challenges and support their missions. The role is integral to the Intel and Homeland Security Chief Technology Office, reporting directly to CTO Leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design and configure CI/CD pipelines using industry best practices and tools.
• Conduct software and systems engineering and software systems research to develop new capabilities, ensuring cybersecurity is fully integrated.
• Deploy and configure automated testing solutions to ensure high software quality prior to deployment.
• Build and configure automated deployment routines.
• Participate in Agile planning and support Agile development cadence.
• Build solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Create building blocks of reusable capabilities that can adapt to different customer environments.
• Conduct comprehensive technology research to evaluate potential technical and procedural best practices in support of DevSecOps and IaC.
• Build implementations that align with Software Development Life Cycle and ITIL best practices.
• Create and publish strategies, implementation, maintenance, and administration guides for DevSecOps platforms.
• Develop and publish engineering architectural artifacts for reuse across the organization.
• Function as a solutions architect, lead or contributing, within a Business and Proposal Development Process such as Shipley.
• Conduct software and systems engineering and software systems research to develop new capabilities tailored to customer needs.
• Identify solutions based on business and technical criteria, analyze alternatives based on trade space, and implement designs.
• Design and define high-level system architecture for new or existing Information and Operational Technology (OT and IT) systems.
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that conform to customer mission technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Coach and provide subject matter guidance to proposal and program teams for DevSecOps implementations.
• Develop Work Breakdown Structures and Basis of Estimate artifacts for proposed solutions.
• Review and provide constructive feedback to proposal artifacts.

Requirements

• Comprehensive DevSecOps experience, including experience using DevSecOps tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, Jira, Git, and automation tools (e.g. GitHub).
• Experience with software containerization, container security, and scanning.
• Experience with AWS and Azure implementations.
• Familiarity with NIST cybersecurity framework (NIST 800-53).
• Solution and architecture development concepts and processes, 5+ years.
• Proven ability to lead development of technical data packages such as a system description, Interface Control Document (ICD), CONOPS, related appendices and detail artifacts such as an API (Application Programming Interface) SDD (System Description Documents), OV-1s, and systems and enterprise architecture packages.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive level interface.
• Ability to work autonomously and in groups, highly organized, deadline-oriented, continuous-improvement mindset.
• Experience managing the system engineering lifecycle, including trade studies, analysis of alternatives, proofs of concepts, and operational pilots.
• Education: Bachelor of Science or advanced degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent work experience.
• Required Experience: 15+ years of related experience in systems engineering related work and must have at least five years leading technical aspects of systems integration programs.

Benefits

• Salary range of $178,500 - $241,500 based on experience and location.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.