DevSecOps Solutions Architect

$178,500 - $241,500/Yr

General Dynamics - Herndon, VA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Herndon, VA

10,001+ employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The DevSecOps Solutions Architect at GDIT is responsible for transforming technology into opportunities by providing subject matter expertise in DevSecOps, Agile Development, and Security Engineering. This role focuses on application architecture, design, and development to solve customer problems and enable their missions. The architect will design and configure CI/CD pipelines, conduct software engineering research, and ensure cybersecurity integration, all while leading technical aspects of systems integration programs.

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, leading or contributing within a Business and Proposal Development Process.
• 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.
• Coach and provide subject matter guidance to proposal and program teams for DevSecOps implementations.

Requirements

• 15+ years of related experience in systems engineering and technical aspects of systems integration programs.
• Bachelor of Science or advanced degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent work experience.
• 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).
• Proven ability to lead development of technical data packages such as system descriptions, Interface Control Documents (ICD), and related artifacts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive level interface.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience managing the system engineering lifecycle, including trade studies, analysis of alternatives, proofs of concepts, and operational pilots.

Benefits

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options.
• Vision plan.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Flexible work weeks and various paid time off plans including vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability benefits.
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.