Software DevOps Engineer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Mount Laurel, NJ

Compensation: $114,000 - $231,000 / year

About The Role:

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), a leading defense technology company, is seeking a Software Dev Ops Engineer to be part of our Warfare Systems team and based out of our Mount Laurel, NJ office.

The Software Dev Ops Engineer will be part of a multi-discipline team focused on the DOW’s initiatives in support of tactical capability development for Navy surface and unmanned (UxVs) platforms and will be directly responsible for the architecting and refactoring of mission critical legacy weapons system software into a modern software technology stack where the target end state will ensure the highest impact to the US Navy by enabling a microservices based tactical platform within both a cloud‑native and tactical‑edge deployment model.

In this role, you will improve the developer experience by reducing friction in CI/CD pipelines and platform workflows, help ensure software delivered to classified environments meets strict security and compliance requirements, and contribute to a repeatable, scalable Software Factory that operates consistently across connected and air‑gapped environments.

Warfare Systems’ project domains include real‑time automated test and analysis, virtual computing environments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) based data analytics, cybersecurity, as well as backfit and forward‑fit tactical solutions.

The Engineer will be fiercely accountable for the delivery of well‑architected and production‑ready solutions that exceed the Fleet’s requirements.

• All applicants must be able to obtain/maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.
• This is an on‑site position. Requiring at least 4 days in office, based out of our Mount Laurel, NJ office.

• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Git Lab CI and Jenkins, following established enterprise patterns
• Integrate and operate automated security controls within pipelines, including SAST, SCA, container scanning, SBOM generation, and secrets detection
• Support and maintain core Software Factory tooling (e.g., Git Lab, artifact repositories, scanning tools, CI/CD infrastructure)
• Develop and update Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Ansible and Terraform, leveraging standardized templates
• Deploy, configure, and maintain containerized workloads using Podman and Kubernetes (RKE2 or similar distributions)
• Operate and support Dev Sec Ops  platforms within air‑gapped classified environments, including:
  • packaging and deploying dependencies
  • troubleshooting environment‑specific issues
  • supporting repeatable software delivery without external connectivity
• Assist in enforcing compliance requirements (e.g., NIST 800‑171, DISA STIGs, RMF) through automation and pipeline controls
• Investigate and resolve technical issues across CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and tooling, documenting root causes and solutions
• Gather developer feedback and identify opportunities to improve platform usability, performance, and reliability
• Collaborate with software engineers, security teams, and infrastructure teams to support coordinated delivery efforts
• Explore and prototype next‑generation solutions using artificial intelligence/machine learning, distributed processing, and modeling.
• Interact with customers to elicit requirements and document agreements.
• Present to organization leadership on project cost, schedule, and technical progress.
• Software architecture development including hardware and software interfaces between software components.
• Assist in developing user,…