DevSecOps Tech Lead: Enterprise Platform Modernization

Collins Aerospace; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with match

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is seeking a DevSecOps Development Lead to drive enterprise modernization, standardize delivery platforms, and enable secure, export‑controlled engineering environments. Hybrid role at a Collins major facility with senior technical leadership across CI/CD and cloud automation.

You will guide migrations from legacy tools to GitLab, Artifactory, Grafana, and Coverity while ensuring regulatory compliance and cross‑functional collaboration in a US‑based, hybrid setting.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Git and Git-based workflows.
• CI/CD pipeline design and support (GitLab strongly preferred).
• AWS or other cloud experience.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving ability.
• Solid understanding of SDLC and DevSecOps principles.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple technical teams
• Experience participating in agile ceremonies and backlog refinement.
• Secure software delivery practices.
• Identity and access management fundamentals.
• Authentication, authorization, and service account concepts.
• Ability to support aerospace and regulatory compliance requirements (including ITAR).

Responsibilities

• Lead DevSecOps strategy and modernization across toolchains, pipelines, security controls, and development teams.
• Ensure consistent architecture, policy alignment, and adoption of modern DevSecOps practices.
• Serve as technical authority for retiring legacy platforms (ADO, SVN, Jenkins, Bitbucket).
• Guide migrations to the enterprise-standard DevOps Platform (GitLab, Artifactory, Grafana, Coverity).
• Drive re‑architecture, governance alignment, and cross‑team migration planning to reduce fragmentation, improve security, and lower long‑term maintenance risk.
• Provide expertise in secure software architecture and export‑controlled Type D environment design.
• Ensure compliance, technical alignment, and unified DevSecOps toolchain deployment.
• U.S.-based technical leadership is required for regulatory and export‑controlled data handling.
• Build and maintain secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.
• Support GitLab runners, build environments, and platform reliability.
• Develop Infrastructure‑as‑Code solutions and support cloud‑native environments (AWS).
• Troubleshoot complex deployment, integration, and automation issues.
• Mentor administrators and developers on DevSecOps practices, pipeline design, and automation.
• Partner with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to improve delivery efficiency and security.

Skills

Git workflows

CI/CD design

AWS or cloud

Scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell)

Troubleshooting

DevSecOps

SDLC

Agile ceremonies

Security delivery

IAM fundamentals

Auth and service accounts

ITAR compliance

Education

University Degree + 10 years experience

Advanced Degree + 7 years experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Artifactory/JFrog

Keycloak

Job description

Collins Aerospace is seeking a DevSecOps Development Lead to drive enterprise modernization, standardize delivery platforms, and enable secure, export‑controlled engineering environments. Hybrid role at a Collins major facility with senior technical leadership across CI/CD and cloud automation.

You will guide migrations from legacy tools to GitLab, Artifactory, Grafana, and Coverity while ensuring regulatory compliance and cross‑functional collaboration in a US‑based, hybrid setting.