Lead Software Engineer Developer - DevSecOps

Boeing • Richardson, TX

2d • $171,700 - $232,300 • Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Company’s Boeing Defense, Space & Security organization is hiring a Lead Software Engineer Developer - DevSecOps for the 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 capabilities, and supports training system simulations for fleet operator readiness.

The role leads and independently executes DevSecOps and software engineering activities throughout 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, and 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.

Candidates must satisfy the company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process and complete a technical assessment as part of selection. The position requires an active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance and a U.S. Person for export-control compliance. Boeing will not sponsor employment visas. Relocation assistance is not negotiable. This is not a safety-sensitive position. Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace, and post-offer applicants and employees may be subject to testing as described in the posting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance; a U.S. clearance active within the past 24 months is considered active. U.S. citizenship is required for this clearance.
• 9+ years of experience with engineering development lifecycle tasks, including requirements, design, software, test, and integration.
• 4+ years of experience with DevSecOps, with examples including Ansible, Chef, or cyber applications.
• Must meet U.S. export-control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person.
• Must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process.
• Must complete the technical assessment as part of the selection process.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 9+ years of related work experience; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree and 13+ years of directly related work 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, 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, or 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/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 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 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 practices, secure development, automation, and delivery best practices.
• Contribute to Agile processes, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives; use Jira to track and manage work throughout the software lifecycle.
• Modernize legacy build and release processes by transitioning them to automated, secure, and maintainable workflows.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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