Senior DevSecOps Engineer Lead

$170,000 - $215,000/Yr

Modern Technology Solutions - El Segundo, CA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - El Segundo, CA

11-50 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior DevSecOps Engineer Lead at Modern Technology Solutions Inc. (MTSI) is responsible for providing Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) to the United States Space Force (USSF). This role focuses on developing and managing a DevSecOps software development environment to support rapid agile development aimed at protecting and responding to ground and space-based threats. The position requires strong problem-solving skills, effective communication, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Developing activities to adhere to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Ensuring development and software continuous integration continuous delivery (CI/CD) uses security best practices throughout the process
• Ensuring capabilities that are deployed are tested and meet security requirements
• Working with cloud deployment activities to ensure configurations meet NIST, STIG, JSIG and other DoD required security standards
• Recommending and implementing automation routines for various repeated tasks
• Defining, creating, reviewing, and maintaining configuration for application deployments, pipelines, services, etc. including the associated required compliance measures
• Identifying and implementing needed alterations/configurations for various NIST, JSIG, and DISA requirements for elevated classification environments
• Leading a DevSecOps team, collaborating with others to continuously deliver products and value for the organization and its customers
• Championing Agile development processes and adoption of modern DevSecOps workflows and practices while providing technical guidance to team members and co-workers on best practices
• Identifying and mitigating technological or process related risks impacting development
• Setting up and managing the development environment, configuring, and maintaining various cloud-based services, and managing/maintaining/enhancing CI/CD pipelines
• Innovating and recommending improvements for software and/or data delivery and conveyance
• Recommending prioritized fixes to the customer to implement quickly and efficiently for production incidents to support user-base in complex environments

Requirements

• At least 15 years of relevant experience performing engineering activities
• At least 3 years of Special Access Program (SAP) experience in the last 6 years
• At least 3 years' experience in container-based technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD systems and writing pipelines with tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins, or related technology
• Demonstrated experience implementing Infrastructure as Code with technologies like Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or related technology
• Expertise in DevOps technologies, concepts, and agile methodologies
• Understanding of Modern programming languages (C++, Python, Java, etc.)
• Knowledge in Multi-Level Security environments that have an ATO and/or C-ATO
• Experience with Mattermost, Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, and Outlook
• Proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of analysts, developers, data scientists, operators, and subject-matter experts
• Possess strong analytic skills and be capable of operating in a multi-tasking environment
• Must have strong verbal and written communications skills with ability to provide briefings to program office staff about ongoing efforts

Nice-to-haves

• Relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience in Space Systems Command
• Experience with SSC or SpoC Cyber Operations Branch program offices
• Familiarity with security procedures while working in a SCIF/SAPF environment
• Experience with DoD Acquisition Lifecycle experience and/or Rapid Acquisition / Rapid Delivery experience

Benefits

• Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
• Flexible schedules
• 6% 401k match with immediate vesting
• Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
• Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
• Up to $10,000 in annual tuition reimbursement
• Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
• Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan