Principal DevSecOps Engineer
About The Position
Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com . Job Description Summary: The Principal DevSecOps Modernization Lead is a technical and organizational leader responsible for setting vision, strategy, and execution for modern, secure software delivery practices across a large, multi-team program. This role provides strategic technical direction, drives consensus across diverse stakeholders, and leads change for the program. Core elements of the role includes leading the team that is responsible for the delivery of DevSecOps processes, tooling, and platforms that operationalize it. The role requires deep knowledge of CMMC and regulated-environment compliance, ensuring standardized processes, tooling, and governance enable scalable adoption by engineering teams while meeting mission, security, and regulatory objectives. Job Description: Duties/Responsibilities • Independently execute task assignments. • Designs algorithms using modern theory and proven techniques, adheres to software best practices. • Analyzes designs to demonstrate performance and functionality. • Develops and executes software tests to check compliance with requirements. • Prepares technical data, procedures, reports, drawings, manuals, and other required documentation. • Communicates with customers and stakeholders to establish requirements and describe the design and deliverables. • Independently drive solutions to complex problems, develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements. • Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in their discipline. • Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies. • Leads the design of system architecture, delegating tasks and collecting feedback on designs as needed. • Lead a medium size team of engineers across multiple disciplines. Skills/Abilities • Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team. • Demonstrate an ability to learn new programming languages and technologies quickly. • Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members, program leadership, and non-technical personnel. • A team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands. • Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals Additional Job Description: Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance. Secret Clearance is preferred. Connect With Draper for Future Opportunities! If you don't find the right posting in our Career Opportunities, you may submit your resume for future consideration.
Requirements
- Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrate an ability to learn new programming languages and technologies quickly.
- Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members, program leadership, and non-technical personnel.
- A team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands.
- Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals
- Requires a bachelor's in Computer Science or other related field.
- 10+ years experience in Software Engineering or related field.
- Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree is preferred.
- Secret Clearance is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Independently execute task assignments.
- Designs algorithms using modern theory and proven techniques, adheres to software best practices.
- Analyzes designs to demonstrate performance and functionality.
- Develops and executes software tests to check compliance with requirements.
- Prepares technical data, procedures, reports, drawings, manuals, and other required documentation.
- Communicates with customers and stakeholders to establish requirements and describe the design and deliverables.
- Independently drive solutions to complex problems, develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in their discipline.
- Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
- Leads the design of system architecture, delegating tasks and collecting feedback on designs as needed.
- Lead a medium size team of engineers across multiple disciplines.
Benefits
- Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
