Senior DevSecOps Software Engineer
About The Position
Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with more than 2,000 employees. Its multidisciplinary teams develop solutions to national challenges across areas including military defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering. The Senior DevSecOps Software Engineer (SMTS) drives secure, scalable software delivery across mission-oriented programs, including autonomous systems, unmanned vehicles, medical applications, and battlefield situational awareness platforms. The role partners with customers, program leadership, and cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into field-ready capabilities. It owns the DevSecOps lifecycle, including architecting GitLab CI/CD pipelines, orchestrating Kubernetes workloads with Helm and Helmfile, hardening Docker or Podman container runtimes, and enforcing policy-as-code through YAML configurations. Full-stack work with Node.js, TypeScript, and React connects platform and application layers, supports build-pipeline optimization, and helps teams apply secure coding practices. The engineer leads subsystem architecture decisions, mitigates technical risk, and delivers resilient systems from design through deployment in an Agile, multidisciplinary environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5–10 years of experience in Software Engineering or a related field.
- Active government security clearance.
- Ability to learn new programming languages and technologies quickly.
- Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary program teams, program leadership, and nontechnical personnel.
- Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced environment while balancing competing tasks and demands.
- Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, customer-driven problems as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree.
- Security+ certification.
Responsibilities
- Independently execute task assignments.
- Design algorithms using modern theory and proven techniques, adhering to software best practices.
- Analyze designs to demonstrate performance and functionality.
- Develop and execute software tests to check compliance with requirements.
- Prepare technical data, procedures, reports, drawings, manuals, and other required documentation.
- Communicate with customers and stakeholders to establish requirements and describe designs and deliverables.
- Drive solutions to complex problems, participate in requirements development, propose ways forward, and adapt to changes in requirements.
- Contribute to system architecture decisions and lead the architecture of subsystems.
- Use quantitative data or results to suggest process or application adaptations and modifications.
- Identify project technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
- Mentor less experienced staff and provide constructive feedback.
- Lead a small team of software developers on projects.
- Architect GitLab CI/CD pipelines and orchestrate Kubernetes workloads with Helm and Helmfile.
- Harden container runtimes and enforce policy-as-code through YAML-driven configurations.
- Optimize build pipelines and mentor teams on secure coding practices.
Benefits
- Workplace flexibility.
- Employee clubs, including photography and yoga.
- Health and finance workshops.
- Off-site social events.
- Discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
