Lead Software Engineer–DevSecOps

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Lead Software Engineer –
Dev Sec Ops to support our Phantom Works Virtual Warfare Center team located in Berkeley, MO
. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business organization.

Join Boeing’s Phantom Works Virtual Warfare Center and lead a high-impact Dev Sec Ops  team building the secure, modern development environments used to prototype and evaluate next-generation defense capabilities. You’ll be part of a mission-driven organization that tackles urgent, hard technical problems for warfighters—leveraging on-premises systems, cloud, containers, AI/ML, and high-performance computing to accelerate innovation.

• Make a direct, visible impact on national defense by enabling rapid prototyping and experimentation across multiple war fighting domains.
• Lead the transition of legacy software development environments into secure, cloud-enabled platforms used across classified and unclassified networks.
• Architect and deliver modern Dev Sec Ops  solutions—CI/CD pipelines, container platforms, automation, and vulnerability management—at scale.
• Mentor and grow a team of talented engineers while shaping the Dev Sec Ops  vision, roadmap, and standards for Phantom Works.
• Work in a collaborative environment interfacing with software development, IT, cybersecurity, and program stakeholders.

• Lead a team responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining a consistent, secure software development toolchain across multiple sites and networks.
• Drive implementation of CI/CD across program and collateral secret environments and champion secure-by-design practices.
• Automate processes to build, test, secure and deploy custom C++software products.
• Architect cloud-based solutions and lead the migration of multi-site, multi-network environments to cloud platforms (including classified cloud experiences).
• Lead tool selection, trade studies, and modernization efforts—balancing security, scale, and developer productivity.
• Mentor, coach, and build technical capabilities across the team—fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• Communicate progress and strategy to leadership and stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10+ years’ experience with software engineering
• 3+ years’ experience with scripting languages such as Bash or Python
• 3+ years’ experience containerized software development
• 3+ years’ experience supporting Dev Sec Ops  lifecycle
• Experience with Agile development practices using continuous integration and deployment
• 3+ years of experience performing automation, implementation and deployments in both Windows and Linux systems

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 10+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 13+ years of directly related work experience OR 17+ years of related, relevant experience
• Active Top Secret SCI clearance
• Experience with Gitlab
• Experience with Jenkins
• Experience with JIRA
• 3+ years’ experience supporting cloud development environments
• Experience with cloud computing in classified environments
• CompTIA Security+
• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.

Travel: 10%

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

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