Lead Software Engineer Developer - DevSecOps

Boeing • Richardson, TX

9d • $171,700 - $232,300 • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company is hiring a Lead Software Engineer Developer - DevSecOps for Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s Special Projects Dallas P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft Advanced Airborne Sensor team in Richardson, Texas. The team provides mission systems software for the P-8A, including mission and tactic planning, sensor interfacing, sensor data display, and mission replay, and supports training system simulations for fleet operator readiness.

The position leads and independently executes DevSecOps and software engineering activities across the full software development lifecycle, including design, development, integration, automated testing, security validation, deployment, and sustainment. The engineer helps architect and implement secure, repeatable, scalable software delivery pipelines to improve product quality, accelerate delivery, and strengthen cyber resilience across mission systems and training environments. This role is expected to be 100% onsite at a listed location option.

Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree, at least nine years of engineering development lifecycle experience, at least four years of DevSecOps experience, and an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance. The role also requires successful completion of a technical assessment and the company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance; a clearance active within the past 24 months is considered active. U.S. citizenship is required for this clearance.
• At least 9 years of experience with engineering development lifecycle tasks, including requirements, design, software, test, and integration.
• At least 4 years of DevSecOps experience; examples listed include Ansible, Chef, and cyber applications.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science plus at least 9 years of related work experience; or a bachelor’s degree plus at least 13 years of directly related work experience; or at least 17 years of related, relevant experience.
• Experience with source control, branching strategies, code reviews, and release management.
• Experience troubleshooting complex software issues in integrated environments.
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience with CI/CD and software delivery tools such as Jenkins; Git, GitLab, or Bitbucket; GitHub Actions; Maven, Gradle, Make, or CMake; Nexus or Artifactory; Docker, Podman, or Apptainer; and Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, and Chef.
• Experience with automated testing and quality tools such as JUnit and Cucumber.
• Experience with security tools and practices such as SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning, and vulnerability management platforms.
• Experience with secure software development, cyber compliance, and DevSecOps governance.
• Experience with Linux operating systems and shell scripting.
• Experience with programming or scripting languages such as Java, C/C++, Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK or EFK logging and monitoring stacks or solutions.
• Experience developing, documenting, and maintaining architectures, requirements, interfaces, and designs for software systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and independently execute DevSecOps activities for mission systems and training software across build, test, deployment, and sustainment workflows.
• Partner with software, systems, cybersecurity, test, and IT teams to design, develop, secure, troubleshoot, and validate software solutions.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, automated testing, security scanning, and controlled deployment.
• Integrate security automation throughout the software lifecycle, including static code analysis, software composition analysis, container and image scanning, vulnerability triage, and remediation.
• Develop, document, and maintain software architectures, requirements, interfaces, algorithms, and designs.
• Build and maintain automation for software builds, packaging, environment provisioning, test execution, and software releases.
• Support Infrastructure as Code and environment automation to improve repeatability and reduce manual configuration.
• Promote secure coding practices, pipeline quality gates, and release readiness criteria.
• Work with cybersecurity and compliance stakeholders to align software delivery workflows with security requirements and development standards.
• Troubleshoot integration, deployment, performance, and runtime issues across development, test, and operational environments.
• Support automated and manual testing, document test results, and verify functional and cybersecurity requirements.
• Improve observability, logging, monitoring, and alerting to enhance operational awareness and system reliability.
• Mentor team members on DevSecOps, secure development, automation, and delivery practices.
• Contribute to Agile activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives; use Jira to track and manage work through the software lifecycle.
• Modernize legacy build and release processes by transitioning them to automated, secure, and maintainable workflows.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work. Availability may vary based on eligibility factors.

What This Job Offers

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