DevSecOps Lead

Data Systems Analysts • Morgantown, WV

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About The Position

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. The role supports emerging biometric capabilities and increments while maintaining configuration, cybersecurity, operational alignment, and risk mitigation. The position is contingent upon contract award, customer approval, funding availability, and completion of applicable DSA recruiting, security, and onboarding requirements.

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

Requirements

• 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; AWS GovCloud, DoD IL5, cARMY, or comparable secure federal cloud environments are preferred.
• 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.
• Experience with Microsoft Copilot and/or an approved equivalent AI solution.

Nice To Haves

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

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 and 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior