Lead DevSecOps Architect — TS/SCI Clearance

Agentic Defense Solutions, Inc.; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Agentic Defense Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Principal DevSecOps Engineer to lead the delivery pipeline and cloud infrastructure for large-scale data ingest and analytics platforms in accredited environments.

The role blends hands-on engineering (60%) with leadership (40%), requiring security-first design, automation, and direct engagement with government customers. Strong experience with CI/CD, AWS, and compliance is essential.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph required.
• Must be U.S. citizen and able to maintain clearance.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive IT/engineering experience.
• Minimum 6 years in DevOps/DevSecOps or SRE with production pipelines.
• Minimum 3 years of formal technical leadership (people management).

Responsibilities

• Own CI/CD pipeline architecture across multiple microservice teams.
• Manage infrastructure-as-code and reproducible environment builds.
• Design automated deployments for large-scale data/AI infra with scaling and upgrades.
• Implement zero-downtime deployments with automated rollbacks.
• Develop self-healing automation and observability for the platform.
• Lead security integration across the pipeline (SAST/DAST/SCA, image scanning).
• Oversee cloud infrastructure (AWS) and cost optimization.
• Lead recruitment and staffing for a cleared labor market.
• Coordinate with ISSM/ISSO and government customer on security posture.
• Contribute to budget planning and proposal efforts as SME.

Skills

DevSecOps leadership

CI/CD automation

Python

Shell scripting

Automation engineering

Cloud architecture

Security tooling integration

Observability

Tools

Jenkins / GitLab CI

Git / GitLab

Nexus / Artifactory

Ansible

Terraform

CloudFormation

InSpec / OpenSCAP

Job description

Agentic Defense Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Principal DevSecOps Engineer to lead the delivery pipeline and cloud infrastructure for large-scale data ingest and analytics platforms in accredited environments.

The role blends hands-on engineering (60%) with leadership (40%), requiring security-first design, automation, and direct engagement with government customers. Strong experience with CI/CD, AWS, and compliance is essential.