DevSecOps Lead

About the role

All hired employees are expected to have experience with Microsoft Copilot and / or an approved equivalent AI solution.

Summary

DSA is seeking a DevSecOps Lead to provide disciplined delivery oversight for controlled CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, secure software delivery, technology refresh, and option task execution. This role will support emerging biometric capabilities and increments while maintaining configuration, cybersecurity, operational alignment, and risk mitigation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead DevSecOps planning and execution for mission application updates, cloud automation, infrastructure changes, and option task increments.
• Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, build/release controls, artifact management, security gates, and deployment workflows.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code and configuration automation to support repeatable, auditable, and compliant environment provisioning.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders, cybersecurity teams, developers, infrastructure engineers, and operations personnel to manage modernization priorities, release risks, dependencies, and transition readiness.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity teams to integrate SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC policy checks, STIG validation, container scanning, and RMF evidence generation into delivery workflows.
• Support technology refresh, emerging biometric capability assessment, roadmap execution, and transition-to-operations acceptance.
• Maintain alignment with configuration management, release governance, operational readiness, documentation, and rollback planning.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 8 years of experience in software delivery, DevSecOps, cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, or secure release management.
• At least 5 years of experience leading teams using Agile/Scrum ceremonies and processes, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, and secure deployment practices.
• Experience supporting cloud-hosted applications, preferably AWS GovCloud, DoD IL5, cARMY, or comparable secure federal cloud environments.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Argo CD, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of secure software delivery, RMF-aware change control, vulnerability management, release governance, and operational readiness.
• DoD 8570/8140-aligned certification
• Active Secret-level clearance.

Desired Qualifications and Certifications

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional strongly preferred.
• CSSLP preferred.
• Experience with biometric systems, identity intelligence applications, AI/ML-enabled development, or high-availability mission operations preferred.

Additional information

Status: Pending award; this position is contingent upon contract award, customer approval, funding availability, and completion of applicable DSA recruiting, security, and onboarding requirements.

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Pay and benefits

The posted salary range is a good-faith estimate. Actual compensation will be based on the selected candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and other job-related factors.

DSA - Salary Pay Range $120,000—$150,000 USD

Many of DSA's positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. DSA is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. DSA requires background checks, where permitted, by law.