Senior DevSecOps Program Manager – Govt Platforms

Jobtailor; Fall River (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned DevSecOps leader to scale an enterprise-grade platform in a DoD context. You will govern delivery, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive CI/CD modernization in air-gapped, high-security environments.

You will engage with U.S. Government stakeholders, align roadmaps with mission objectives, and mentor engineers while ensuring strict security compliance and risk management. This on-site role is based in Fall River, MA with travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Active Secret U.S. Security Clearance eligibility is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years in software engineering, DevSecOps, or related DoD environments.
• Experience leading Agile teams with Jira/Azure DevOps.
• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps pipelines and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the enterprise DevSecOps platform and engineering initiatives.
• Lead delivery, governance, and operational execution of a modern enterprise-grade platform.
• Plan, scope, and prioritize Agile iterations, sprints, and release roadmaps.
• Track and report work from backlog refinement through sprint execution to DoD Definition of Done.
• Facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog grooming, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Maintain traceability between epics/features and milestones using Jira/Confluence and PMO tools.
• Drive technical decisions on tooling, CI/CD modernization, Kubernetes/RKE2, IaC, automated tests.
• Coordinate architecture, security, and infra leads to platform decisions.
• Guide deployment and operation of platforms in air-gapped, high-security environments.
• Interface with U.S. Government customers and program office representatives.
• Lead executive-level briefings on progress, schedule, milestones, and risk mitigations.
• Align roadmaps with customer priorities and mission objectives.
• Engage vendors to evaluate capabilities and manage licensing and security integrations.
• Advocate for developer communities and improve platform usability and reliability.
• Lead Interchange Meetings, engineering reviews, and cross-team collaboration.
• Resolve cross-program dependencies and conflicting priorities.
• Manage burn rate and resource allocation across CLINs and workstreams.
• Identify and mitigate programmatic, technical, cybersecurity, and staffing risks using RIO.
• Support compliance with NIST SP 800-171/800-53, DISA STIGs, and cATO.

Skills

DevSecOps Leadership

Agile Team Management

Jira/Azure DevOps Proficiency

NIST SP 800-171 Compliance

Technical Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

Jenkins

SonarQube

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Azure DevOps

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned DevSecOps leader to scale an enterprise-grade platform in a DoD context. You will govern delivery, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive CI/CD modernization in air-gapped, high-security environments.

You will engage with U.S. Government stakeholders, align roadmaps with mission objectives, and mentor engineers while ensuring strict security compliance and risk management. This on-site role is based in Fall River, MA with travel up to 10%.