Infrastructure Lead – Senior Principal DevOps Engineer

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior DevSecOps Lead to define and drive automation, security, and performance across our CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure. You will guide agile teams, implement scalable deployment and monitoring solutions, and collaborate with development and security stakeholders to ensure robust software delivery.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive DevSecOps tool experience (Ansible, Jenkins, Jira, Terraform, Git), plus a deep understanding of AWS security and container

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of software development experience; 12+ years may substitute.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance at time of application.
• Willing to obtain Security+ certification within 60 days.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Extensive experience with DevSecOps tools (Ansible, Jenkins, Jira, Terraform, Git).
• Experience leading teams and working in Agile environments.
• Familiarity with API/Container Security and AWS architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and evolution of processes and infrastructure to enable rapid capability maturation.
• Drive integration of development pipelines with automation, TDD, and CI/CD frameworks.
• Define build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.
• Ensure SCM, code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for CI/CD.
• Lead Agile development to automate deployment, monitoring, and infra management.
• Oversee delivery environments supporting CI/CD tools in an Agile setup.
• Create scripts/templates to automate provisioning and management tasks.
• Collaborate with development teams to automate CI/CD systems.
• Coordinate with vendors and IT staff for problem resolution.
• Lead monitoring and support for all installed systems and infrastructure.
• Develop custom scripts to improve efficiency and reduce manual tasks.
• Design information and operational support systems.
• Install, configure, test, and maintain OS, apps, and system tools.
• Oversee security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• Evaluate application performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions.

Skills

DevSecOps

Leadership

Agile methodologies

Communication

AWS Cloud

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Ansible

Jenkins

Jira

Terraform

Git / Version Control

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and evolution of processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Lead the integration of development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks.
• Define and implement the build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.
• Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Lead the Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework.
• Lead the building and configuration of delivery environments supporting CI/CD tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
• Lead the creations of scripts and/or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
• Work closely with development teams to create an automated continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.
• Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.
• Lead the monitoring and support for all installed systems and infrastructure.
• Lead the development of custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks.
• Lead the design of information and operational support systems.
• Lead the installation, configuration, testing and maintenance of the operating systems, application software and system management tools.
• Oversee the company’s security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• Lead the evaluation of application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers.

Requirements

• United States Citizenship required
• Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at time of application
• Must have the willingness to submit and successfully pass a polygraph
• Willing and able to obtain Security+ certification within 60 days
• Bachelor’s degree with 8 + years of software development experience; 6 years with a Master's; 4 years with a Ph.D.; 12+ years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Comprehensive technical expertise in a variety of DevSecOps toolkits, including Ansible, Jenkins, Jira, Terraform, Git/Version Control Software, or comparable technologies
• Ability to express technical information clearly at different organizational levels
• Familiarity with API Security, Container Security, and AWS Cloud architecture, security, and management
• Experience successfully leading teams
• Experience with Agile processes and procedures

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in leading DevSecOps practices, including automation of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure management, and security strategies. Proficient in utilizing a variety of DevSecOps toolkits and methodologies to enhance system efficiency and support agile development teams.