Embedded DevSecOps Engineer

Leidos is seeking an Embedded DevSecOps Engineer to work within a DevSecOps environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for proactively identifying, assessing, and remediating application security risks across the software development lifecycle.

The individual will work closely with Project Managers, development, architecture, and operations teams to support priorities and roadmap of DevSecOps team, identify epics, integrate security into design and implementation, conduct code reviews and testing, address vulnerabilities, and support incident response.

Primary Responsibilities

• Analyze application designs and architectures to identify potential security risks and recommend secure design patterns
• Perform manual and automated code reviews to identify vulnerabilities and guide remediation
• Integrate and maintain application security tools within CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing
• Conduct application security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA, and penetration testing coordination)
• Manage vulnerability findings, including triage, prioritization, tracking, and coordination of remediation with development teams
• Partner with developers to implement secure coding practices and provide hands-on guidance and training
• Support application-level incident response, including investigation and remediation of security events
• Track and report vulnerability status and risk posture in formal reviews and program reporting
• Implement established Security policies and recommend improvements
• Coordinate across teams to align DevSecOps activities with development roadmaps, releases, and operational priorities
• Facilitate daily scrum and Sprint planning for DevSecOps
• Support Project Managers with unforeseen work/priorities into current team backlog and remove impediments from the team

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field with 5+ years of experience (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of hands-on application security experience within a software development environment
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows
• Proven ability to manage and track vulnerabilities through remediation in collaboration with development teams
• Understanding of secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) principles
• Experience supporting or participating in security incident response
• Strong ability to communicate security risks and recommendations to technical teams
• Experience working in cross-functional environments with developers, architects, and operations teams
• Experience working in DevSecOps team with Agile development framework
• Must have US Citizenship

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience performing secure code reviews and identifying common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10)
• Experience with application security testing tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) and interpreting results
• Experience supporting federal or regulated environments (e.g., DOJ, FedRAMP, FISMA)
• Familiarity with threat modeling methodologies and secure architecture practices
• Experience with container and cloud security (e.g., Kubernetes, AWS, Azure)
• Knowledge of risk-based vulnerability prioritization and release gating practices