Infrastructure Lead - Staff DevOps Engineer

Socket.dev; Colorado; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a Senior DevSecOps leader to architect and drive secure CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure across programs. You will guide Agile teams, manage security and compliance, and partner with developers to deliver scalable deployments on cloud platforms such as AWS.

The role requires an active Top Secret clearance, strong leadership, and deep experience in DevSecOps tooling and security best practices.

Qualifications

• Requires active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree with extensive software development experience; advanced degrees valued.
• Proficiency with DevSecOps toolkits and automation to enable rapid capability maturation.
• Experience leading DevOps/DevSecOps teams in Agile environments.
• Security certifications (CISM, CISSP or similar) preferred within first 60 days.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and evolution of processes and infrastructure for rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Integrate development pipelines with automation, TDD tools, and CI/CT frameworks.
• Define build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for programs.
• Ensure SCM, code quality, and test coverage in CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead Agile teams to automate deployment, monitoring, and infra management.
• Lead environment provisioning and automation scripts.
• Collaborate with vendors and IT for issue resolution.
• Oversee monitoring and support for all systems and infrastructure.
• Develop custom scripts to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Design information and operational support systems.
• Install and maintain OS, app software, and management tools.
• Oversee security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• Evaluate application performance and address bottlenecks with devs.

Skills

DevSecOps

Ansible

Jenkins

Terraform

Git/GVCS

Jira

Security clearance

CI/CD

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Master’s degree

Ph.D. (optional)

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

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.
• Ensure 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‑to‑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 creation 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.
• 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 12+ years of software development experience; 10 years with a Master’s; 8 years with a Ph.D.; 16+ 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.
• CISM, CISSP or other Security Certifications (Required in first 60 days).
• Experience creating, developing, and implementing solutions to address infrastructure and security requirements.
• Experience identifying the needs for building automation, designing, and implementing CI/CD solutions.
• Build or maintain CI/CD building blocks and shared libraries proactively for app and development teams to enable quicker build and deployment.
• Successful experience leading a team of DevOps Engineers and/or System Administrators.
• Experience with Software development and deploying software into a cloud environment.
• Experience with successfully maintaining and updating an operational software baseline.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline development and automation, while ensuring security compliance and infrastructure management. Proven ability to lead teams in Agile environments and implement effective solutions for software deployment and operational efficiency.