Senior DevSecOps Engineer: Cloud, GitLab & Automation

Leidos Inc

Ashburn (VA)

On-site

USD 108,000 - 195,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Platform Engineer to lead design, implementation, and continuous evolution of secure software delivery platforms supporting multiple Agile development teams. You will drive enterprise CI/CD, GitLab administration, and automation while ensuring security, compliance, and operations align with FAA mission needs.

The role requires collaboration across software engineers, cybersecurity, solution architects, and Cloud Systems Owners, with emphasis on GitLab

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field with 8-12 years of relevant experience.
Extensive experience designing, implementing, and administering enterprise CI/CD platforms.
Advanced experience developing and administering GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
Extensive experience administering GitLab repositories, merge requests, branching strategies, permissions, source code management, and platform governance.
Extensive experience developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
Advanced experience deploying containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes) using Helm, GitOps methodologies, or comparable deployment tools.
Strong experience developing automation using Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
Experience administering Linux environments supporting CI/CD platforms and software development workflows.
Experience supporting AWS cloud services and cloud-native application deployments.
Extensive knowledge of software supply chain security, secrets management, dependency management, secure software development practices, and automated security testing.
Experience integrating automated testing, quality gates, compliance validation, and security scanning into enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, and improve software delivery practices.

Responsibilities

Lead the engineering, administration, and continuous improvement of the GitLab platform, including projects, groups, runners, repositories, permissions, scalability, and operational health.
Establish enterprise CI/CD standards through reusable GitLab pipeline templates, shared libraries, automation frameworks, and deployment workflows that improve consistency, maintainability, and engineering productivity across Agile development teams.
Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of automated application security, software supply chain security, and compliance validation throughout the CI/CD lifecycle, including SAST, software composition analysis (SCA), container image scanning, secrets detection, and Infrastructure-as-Code scanning.
Develop and maintain standardized deployment patterns for Kubernetes applications utilizing GitOps methodologies, Helm, progressive deployment techniques, and automated deployment validation.
Administer GitLab Container Registry, package repositories, artifact repositories, and software dependency management platforms supporting secure software delivery.
Collaborate with Cloud Systems Owners to ensure cloud platforms effectively support automated software deployment, operational scalability, application resiliency, and platform reliability.
Partner with software development teams to improve build performance, deployment reliability, release quality, and developer productivity through automation and self-service engineering capabilities.
Partner with cybersecurity teams to align DevSecOps capabilities with organizational security policies, Federal guidance, and continuous monitoring requirements.
Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for complex build failures, deployment issues, pipeline performance problems, dependency management challenges, and software delivery failures.
Review and provide technical guidance on pipeline designs, deployment strategies, automation solutions, and engineering practices developed by other DevSecOps Platform Engineers to promote consistency, maintainability, and adherence to established standards.
Define and monitor software delivery performance metrics, including pipeline reliability, deployment success rates, build performance, and deployment frequency, identifying opportunities to improve engineering productivity and operational excellence.
Develop and maintain DevSecOps engineering standards, pipeline documentation, release management processes, operational guidance, and platform governance documentation.
Mentor DevSecOps Platform Engineers and provide technical leadership on software delivery automation, secure development practices, and GitLab platform administration.
Evaluate emerging DevSecOps technologies, AI-assisted software engineering capabilities, software delivery methodologies, and automation techniques, recommending improvements that increase engineering productivity, security, and operational efficiency.
Participate in Agile ceremonies while providing technical leadership supporting multiple software development teams.