Federal DevSecOps Advisor for Secure Delivery

Barrow Wise Consulting; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Barrow Wise Consulting is seeking a seasoned consultant to evaluate and improve federal software delivery practices, with a focus on security integration and alignment to user needs. You will interview IT leadership and stakeholders, review governance artifacts, and develop prioritized roadmaps for improvement.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years supporting federal agencies or defense organizations in application development, DevSecOps, Agile, and CI/CD, plus familiarity with FITARA, FISMA,

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of federal or defense IT delivery experience.
• Experience with application development, DevSecOps, Agile, CI/CD.
• Familiarity with federal governance and compliance frameworks such as FITARA, OMB A-11/A-130, FISMA, TIC 3.0, FedRAMP, Section 508, and Zero Trust.
• Working knowledge of NIST, ITIL, PMI, and GAO best practices.
• Strong analytical, writing, and presentation skills.

Aufgaben

• Evaluate software delivery practices and help improve the way federal solutions are built, tested, and released.
• Assess how security is integrated into application delivery
• Evaluate alignment between delivered solutions and user needs
• Support recommendations for improving development and deployment practices
• Conduct structured interviews with IT leadership, business stakeholders, and operational teams
• Review policies, SOPs, architecture documents, inventories, SLAs, PPM artifacts, dashboards, performance reports, and prior audits
• Perform lightweight technical reviews of monitoring tools, configurations, ITSM systems, and PPM tools as appropriate and approved
• Analyze operational and project metrics, including incident volumes, resolution times, change success rates, project delivery performance, and dashboard usage
• Assess maturity, identify strengths and gaps, and document root causes across people, process, tools, governance, and culture
• Develop findings, recommendations, and a prioritized roadmap for improvement
• Prepare executive briefings, working session materials, and final audit reports
• Support optional implementation planning, KPI development, and coaching for ITIL, data storytelling, and PPM practices
• Collaborate with client teams onsite or remotely as needed, including coordination with federal stakeholders
• Attend meetings in person in the DC Area

Kenntnisse

Application development

DevSecOps

Agile

CI/CD

Software delivery improvement

Written communication

Stakeholder engagement

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Jobbeschreibung

Barrow Wise Consulting is seeking a seasoned consultant to evaluate and improve federal software delivery practices, with a focus on security integration and alignment to user needs. You will interview IT leadership and stakeholders, review governance artifacts, and develop prioritized roadmaps for improvement.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years supporting federal agencies or defense organizations in application development, DevSecOps, Agile, and CI/CD, plus familiarity with FITARA, FISMA,