Senior DevSecOps Architect for Secure Government Systems

Remote Genie; United States; Remote; USD 183,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Legion is seeking a Staff DevSecOps Engineer to set technical direction across Platform DevOps and customer delivery. You will shape engineering systems, lead complex initiatives, and work directly with mission owners, IT teams, and security stakeholders to deploy Legion into customer environments.

You will drive architecture decisions, establish repeatable delivery practices, and guide teams to improve reliability, security, and speed of delivery while remaining hands-on.

Qualifications

• Active US DoW or Intelligence TS/SCI clearance.
• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years in DevOps/DevSecOps with leadership of complex initiatives.
• Experience engaging with customer stakeholders and deploying into government networks.
• Strong IaC, cloud infra, and Kubernetes expertise.
• Proficient automation in Python or Bash; Git and YAML/JSON config.
• Ability to translate security and RMF requirements into engineering work.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive the technical roadmap for Platform DevOps and customer deployment engineering.
• Lead architecture discussions with stakeholders; ensure alignment and acceptance criteria.
• Define repeatable deployment and lifecycle automation across environments.
• Design integration with identity and access systems; enable future deployments.
• Oversee internal CI/CD, release infrastructure, and artifact integrity.
• Drive vulnerability posture across platform infra and dependencies; coordinate fixes.
• Lead incident response across boundaries and document root causes for improvements.
• Translate ATO/CTF/RMF requirements into engineering work and evidence.

Skills

DevSecOps leadership

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitOps / CI/CD

Security arch & compliance

Python/Bash scripting

Observability & monitoring

Incident response

Education

BS in Computer Science or related

Tools

FluxCD

Kustomize

Docker

BuildKit/Buildx

GitLab CI/CD

SOPS/Kyverno

Istio/Kubernetes Gateway API

PostgreSQL/Elasticsearch/S3 storage

Job description

Legion is seeking a Staff DevSecOps Engineer to set technical direction across Platform DevOps and customer delivery. You will shape engineering systems, lead complex initiatives, and work directly with mission owners, IT teams, and security stakeholders to deploy Legion into customer environments.

You will drive architecture decisions, establish repeatable delivery practices, and guide teams to improve reliability, security, and speed of delivery while remaining hands-on.