SR. DevSecOps & Operations Integration Lead- DOC OCIO
About The Position
The Sr. DevSecOps & Operations Integration Lead leads the integration of application engineering, cybersecurity, automation, release management, service management, and production operations into a unified delivery model. The role bridges DME and O&M teams to improve deployment speed, security, reliability, observability, and continuous service improvement. Candidates must have prior experience supporting the Department of Commerce or the specific agency this position supports; candidates without relevant agency experience will not be considered. The position establishes and governs DevSecOps and operations practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security controls, and deployment processes. It also coordinates cybersecurity and operational activities, leads service-management practices, supports production readiness and operational transitions, and works across platform, development, security, service-desk, and vendor teams. The role may implement automation and AI-assisted operational capabilities where appropriate. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field, at least 10 years of relevant experience, at least five years leading relevant teams, direct experience in Department of Commerce OCIO software environments, and specified security and delivery/platform certifications are required. ITIL service-management certification and experience with named enterprise platforms or AI-assisted operations are preferred. Compensation is USD 190,000–250,000 yearly.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 10 years of experience in application operations, DevSecOps, site reliability, platform engineering, cloud operations, or enterprise infrastructure.
- Direct experience in Department of Commerce OCIO software environments is required; prior experience supporting DOC or the specific agency is required.
- At least five years leading DevSecOps, platform engineering, application operations, or service-delivery teams.
- Demonstrated experience implementing CI/CD, automated testing, security integration, monitoring and observability, and cloud or platform automation.
- Demonstrated experience supporting secure application delivery and federal cybersecurity or compliance requirements.
- Security+ or an advanced security certification such as CISSP or CISM.
- At least one relevant delivery/platform certification, such as Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator.
Nice To Haves
- ITIL 4 Managing Professional or comparable IT service-management certification.
- Experience with Microsoft, ServiceNow, Salesforce, or federal shared-services environments.
- Experience implementing AI-assisted operations, automated monitoring, or event-correlation capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Establish and lead integrated DevSecOps, release, environment, configuration, and operations-management practices.
- Design and govern CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security gates, infrastructure and configuration automation, and deployment controls.
- Integrate cybersecurity requirements throughout the software delivery lifecycle and coordinate remediation, compliance evidence, and operational security activities.
- Lead monitoring, observability, incident, problem, change, release, availability, capacity, and service-continuity practices.
- Implement automation and AI-assisted operational capabilities where appropriate to improve reliability, response, and efficiency.
- Ensure production readiness, transition-to-operations, runbook development, knowledge transfer, and rollback and recovery planning.
- Manage platform onboarding, operational acceptance, performance baselines, service metrics, and continuous-improvement backlogs.
- Coordinate platform engineers, developers, security personnel, service-desk resources, and vendor teams across supported technologies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
