Lead DevSecOps Engineer- Secret Clearance Required
About The Position
Sherpa 6 is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to oversee the secure design, automation, and execution of our software delivery pipelines. We build mission-critical systems for the Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial customers where security, reliability, and compliance are essential. This role is responsible for integrating security throughout the software development lifecycle, automating infrastructure and deployments, and ensuring consistent, compliant releases across all environments. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can drive DevSecOps best practices while collaborating across engineering, QA, security, and program teams.
Requirements
- Active Secret security clearance (Interim ok)
- 10+ years of QA/Test Automation Engineering experience
- Proficiency in Java development experience
- Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Experience with ticketing software (Jira)
- Experience leading teams of engineers within the Agile framework
- Strong language/communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Solid understanding of software design patterns and architectural principles
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and technologies
- Experience writing/running automated test scripts
- Experience managing teams of engineers
- US Citizenship required
Nice To Haves
- Experience scaling test automation projects to return test results quicker
- Extreme, uncompromising attention to detail
Responsibilities
- Oversee the implementation of complex testing software systems, ensuring scalability and performance, while contributing to the code base
- Lead the development of test automation infrastructure on our most important projects
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation?
- Work closely with teams of software developers and other engineers to ensure proper test coverage and automation
- Mentor junior and mid-level test automation engineers to enhance their skillsets and grow a team
- Oversee and support the running of regression tests and provide analysis to support releasing software
- Support the integration of our testing frameworks into our GitLab CI/CD pipeline for a more hands-off approach
- Ensures that the test team follows best practices and procedures per the software development process that they will be supporting
Benefits
- We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan.
- We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy.
- This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
