# Lead DevSecOps Engineer

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Chantilly, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $169,604 - $229,464
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

GDIT is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to drive the implementation and maturation of their unclassified engineering environment in support of a large-scale software development and modernization IDIQ program.

The successful candidate will define and lead the DevSecOps strategy across a diverse application portfolio, accelerating modernization, standardization, and delivery for mission customers. They will work closely with the Lead Systems Engineer and Solutions Architect to establish a unified vision, architecture, and operating model that enables consistent, secure, and scalable software delivery across the program.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading the implementation and evolution of GDIT's unclassified DevSecOps environment to support multi-team software development and modernization efforts

- Developing a unified DevSecOps strategy and technical vision for the IDIQ, aligning with the Solutions Architect and Lead Systems Engineer

- Defining and implementing a code assessment framework to evaluate legacy and modern applications

- Designing, implementing, and optimizing DevOps CI/CD pipelines for applications supporting the Intelligence Community (IC) and related environments

- Identifying, evaluating, and recommending new technologies, tools, and platforms to enhance the DevSecOps ecosystem

- Providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development, infrastructure, and security engineers across the program

The ideal candidate will have:

- 8+ years of relevant experience in DevOps/DevSecOps, software engineering, or systems engineering

- Demonstrated experience leading DevOps/DevSecOps implementations for complex software portfolios or large programs

- Hands-on experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar

- Experience working with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)

- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)

- Strong background in secure software development practices and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines

The likely salary range for this position is $169,604 - $229,464.

## Skills

### Required
- DevSecOps
- CI/CD pipelines
- Containerization
- Orchestration
- Infrastructure as Code
- Secure software development

### Nice to have
- Cloud platforms
- Microservices architectures
- API-first design
- Event-driven systems
- Observability stacks

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