Sr. DevSecOps Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Sr. DevSecOps Engineer with Security Clearance
🚀 Senior Dev Sec Ops  Lead Software Engineer 📍

Location:

St. Louis, MO | 💼 Clearance:
Active Secret Required A Top Aerospace & Defense Company is seeking a Senior-Level Dev Sec Ops  Lead Software Engineer to join our Model-Based Software Team. In this role, you’ll drive innovation and security in mission-critical systems by leading efforts in automation, secure software delivery, and continuous improvement across our engineering environment. What You’ll Do Lead the development and maintenance of standardized Dev Sec Ops  practices to streamline the software engineering lifecycle.

Drive automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and improvements across CI/CD pipelines, integration, deployment, and security controls. Analyze and mitigate security risks, threats, and vulnerabilities. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable, and secure systems. Implement and stay ahead of emerging Dev Sec Ops  tools, frameworks, and compliance standards. Basic Qualifications ✔️ Active Secret U.S. Security Clearance
✔️ Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, Mathematics, or related technical field
✔️ 5+ years of experience with Dev Ops and/or Dev Sec Ops
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Experience with Agile software development lifecycle

Preferred Qualifications ✨ 7+ years of Dev Sec Ops /Dev Ops experience
✨ Deep expertise in the Git Lab ecosystem (CI/CD, config mgmt., branching strategies, gated commits)
✨ Hands-on experience with CI/CD best practices, automated builds, test automation, and quality gates
✨ Familiarity with static/dynamic scanning tools (Sonar Qube, Coverity, etc.)
✨ Programming/Scripting in Linux & Windows (Python, Bash, Shell, Go, JavaScript, Type Script)
✨ Containerization & orchestration:
Docker, Podman, Kubernetes
✨ Cloud environments: AWS + on-prem cloud
✨ Security+ Certification preferred
✨ Knowledge of STIG, SCAP, and software metric automation