Lead Software Engineer Developer - DevSecOps

Boeing • Richardson, TX

15h • Onsite

About The Position

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

The role leads and independently executes DevSecOps and software engineering activities across the software development lifecycle, from design and development through integration, automated testing, security validation, deployment, and sustainment. The engineer helps architect and implement secure, repeatable, scalable software delivery pipelines to improve product quality, delivery speed, and cyber resilience across mission systems and training environments. The position is expected to be 100% onsite.

The role requires an active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance and U.S. citizenship. Candidates must complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process and satisfy the company's Conflict of Interest assessment process. The position must also meet U.S. export control compliance requirements; a U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. Boeing will not sponsor employment visas. The position is not contingent upon program award and is not safety sensitive.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; the basic qualifications specify a Bachelor’s Degree.
• Active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required. A clearance active within the past 24 months is considered active.
• At least 9 years of experience with engineering development lifecycle tasks, including requirements, design, software, test, and integration.
• At least 4 years of experience with DevSecOps, with examples including Ansible, Chef, and cyber applications.
• Ability to meet U.S. export control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person under 22 C.F.R. §120.62.
• Successful completion of the required technical assessment as part of the selection process.
• Satisfaction of the company Conflict of Interest assessment process.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 9+ years of related work experience; or a bachelor’s degree and 13+ years of directly related experience; or 17+ years of related, relevant experience.
• Experience with source control, branching strategies, code review practices, and release management.
• Experience troubleshooting complex software issues in integrated environments.
• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience with CI/CD and software delivery tools such as Jenkins, Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, Make, CMake, Nexus, Artifactory, Docker, Podman, Apptainer, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef.
• Experience with automated testing and quality tools such as JUnit and Cucumber.
• Experience with security tooling such as SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning tools, 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, ELK or EFK logging/monitoring stacks, or similar 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 supporting continuous integration, automated testing, security scanning, and controlled deployment.
• Integrate security automation throughout the software lifecycle, including static code analysis, software composition analysis, container/image scanning, and 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 release processes.
• Support Infrastructure as Code and environment automation to improve repeatability and reduce manual configuration.
• Drive secure coding practices, pipeline quality gates, and release-readiness criteria.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and compliance stakeholders to align 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 practices, secure development, automation, and delivery best practices.
• Contribute to Agile processes, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives, and use Jira to manage work throughout the software lifecycle.
• Modernize legacy build and release processes into automated, secure, and maintainable workflows.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance programs.
• Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts are generally included among available programs.
• Retirement savings plans are generally available.
• Life and disability insurance programs are generally available.
• Programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work are generally available.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

What This Job Offers

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