DevSecOps Administrator

About the Opportunity:

Odyssey Space Research is looking in the Houston, Texas area for an experienced and talented Dev Sec Ops  administrator to help refine and expand its ecosystem supporting our work on cutting edge autonomous and human spaceflight projects. This administrator will focus on maturing existing Dev Sec Ops  workflows, supporting our project and product teams, interacting with Information Technology infrastructure, establishing and maturing company processes, enabling company efforts for CMMI and CMMC, and growing the Dev Sec Ops  team.

This position will be hands‑on as well as administrative.

No security clearance is required for this position.

For more than 20 years Odyssey has tackled complex problems by providing innovative engineering and software solutions to advance space exploration – and had fun doing it. We foster a collaborative culture with a relaxed work environment where happy employees produce exceptional outcomes. Being a part of Odyssey Space Research means being part of a team of highly skilled professionals in fields such as aerospace engineering, software, mathematics, and physics, who create innovative products and solutions to advance space exploration.

Our goal is to provide you with challenging work in a fun environment. Visit us at

This role will make use of, augment, and integrate existing infrastructure including (but not limited to):

• Atlassian services (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)

• Jenkins CI systems

• Azure Services and Active Directory

• Virtualization technologies such as Proxmox, VMWare ESXi, etc.

• JFrog Artifactory

The primary responsibility of this administrator is to understand the needs of various projects and internal product development teams, efficiently converge to solutions which improve team efficiency from initial development to product release, provide training to the projects for appropriate use of provided solutions, and provide continuous support during the project/product life cycles. As the Dev Sec Ops  work grows, this role would grow and lead the Dev Sec Ops  team.

Candidates must have hands‑on experience (not just familiarity) with:

• Software development background and experience with software development life cycles

• Demonstrated skills with Dev Sec Ops  automation

• Experience supporting Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 environments

• Experience operating in environments which meet Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0

• Experience with Linux operation, configuration, containerization, and virtualization

• Experience with maintaining web servers, including REST API interaction

• Experience with databases/”full stack” development

• Experience with staffing and leading a team of people in software development, IT infrastructure, Dev Ops, Dev Sec Ops , or applicable areas

• Strong documentation habits

• Strong interpersonal skills

• U.S. Citizen (or Permanent Resident)

• BS, MS in Information Technology, Information Science, Computer Science, Engineering or similar degree

• 10+ years experience in system administration and/or information technologies supporting Linux

• Experience in supporting government sector contracts

• Certification, education, and/or training completion in:
  Dev Ops, cybersecurity, and/or Dev Sec Ops

Being part of Odyssey means joining a team that genuinely enjoys its work. We offer challenging problems, a supportive culture, and the chance to contribute to humanity’s future in space. If you’re ready to bring your compliance expertise to one of the most exciting fields in engineering, we’d love to hear from you.

Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

$120k – $180k