Lead DevSecOps Engineer

MANTECH • Tampa, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Lead DevSecOps Engineer for a future opportunity in Tampa, Florida. This onsite role is part of a co-located platform engineering team. The Lead DevSecOps Engineer serves as a platform team developer, developing, maintaining, and managing enterprise CI/CD pipelines across mission-critical applications. The role requires technical breadth across pipeline architectures and automated security controls, with a focus on delivering robust, scalable platform capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, plus 8 or more years of progressive engineering experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise-scale DevSecOps pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or comparable toolsets.
• Demonstrated experience developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, or container runtimes.
• Strong working knowledge of source version control systems such as Git, automated build and release tools, and end-to-end CI/CD methodologies.
• In-depth understanding of the end-to-end software build process, deployment packaging, and artifact lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated passion for building, scaling, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines across a large enterprise environment supporting hundreds of applications.
• Strong security-first mindset with direct experience embedding automated security controls and compliance practices into developer workflows.
• Active Secret security clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI.
• Must be able to remain stationary 50% of the time, occasionally move around the office, and frequently communicate and exchange accurate information with co-workers, management, and customers, including during technical briefings.

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating within co-located, cross-functional platform engineering teams supporting disconnected or specialized product development groups.
• Industry certifications such as AWS/Azure Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Security+.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, or Helm.
• Experience with enterprise security scanning and artifact repository tools such as SonarQube, Fortify, Anchore, Nexus, or Artifactory.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and optimize automated CI/CD pipelines supporting hundreds of enterprise applications.
• Develop, test, deploy, and maintain hardened containerized applications and orchestration workflows.
• Integrate automated application security testing (SAST/DAST), vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks into build cycles.
• Manage source version control structures, automated build and release processes, and artifact management systems across the platform.
• Collaborate with platform engineers and stakeholders to establish repeatable deployment baselines and operational platform standards.
• Troubleshoot complex build, integration, and platform deployment issues to ensure high availability and pipeline reliability.

What This Job Offers

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