Principal DevSecOps Engineer

Who we are:

Fuse builds innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions that improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among operators distributed throughout the airborne, maritime, and ground environments. We are a technology firm creating in‑house software, network and hardware solutions that support our noble cause of advancing warfighter capabilities with elegant, user‑focused communications, networks, and software systems.

We are seeking a visionary, highly experienced Principal Dev Sec Ops  Engineer and Technical Leader to architect, secure, and scale our mission‑critical software delivery platforms. In this senior leadership role, you will define the overarching Dev Sec Ops  strategy, driving the convergence of robust software development, automated operations, and stringent military‑grade security compliance.

You will serve as a primary technical authority across the organization, mentoring engineering teams, establishing product‑wide security paradigms, and ensuring our tactical edge solutions are resilient, secure, and rapidly deployable across diverse airborne, maritime, and ground environments.

This is a hands on technical leadership position that will play a key role in defining, communicating, and implementing Fuse Dev Sec Ops  practices.

• Technical Leadership & Strategy: Define the vision for Dev Sec Ops , cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, govcloud), automated delivery pipelines, and Fuse’s platform operating systems and utilities.
• Security Architecture & Hardening: Lead the architectural design for automated container hardening, policy‑driven operating system security (e.g., SELinux), SBOM generation and management, and continuous monitoring.
• Enterprise CI/CD & Orchestration: Architect, scale, and optimize enterprise‑grade CI/CD frameworks utilizing Git Lab CI, Ansible, Podman/Docker, Kubernetes, and RPM package management systems.
• Governance & Process Enforcement: Establish, maintain, and enforce rigorous Software Development Processes and secure coding governance frameworks across all concurrent engineering projects.
• Security Integration: Direct the integration and automation of advanced Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), and code metrics tooling.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner closely with Project Management, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, and executive leadership to align infrastructure and product capabilities with sprint schedules and mission‑critical release targets.
• Infrastructure Management: Oversee the architecture and resilience of on‑premises infrastructure (Jira, Git Lab, vCenter/vSphere/ESXi environments, GNS3, etc.) and the development networks.
• Innovation & AI Adaptation: Evaluate and introduce emerging pipeline methodologies, including the strategic integration of AI tools within CI/CD pipelines to optimize efficiency and software quality.
• Mentorship: Act as a technical mentor at all engineering levels, fostering a culture of high performance, security mindfulness, and continuous learning.

• Education: B.S. or higher in an engineering field (Computer, Software, Math, Physics, Electrical, or related technical discipline).
• Experience: 12+ years of progressive experience in Dev Sec Ops  or software engineering, with at least 3+ years in a dedicated technical leadership or architectural role focused on Dev Sec Ops .
• Software Development Expertise: Strong proficiency in a strongly typed language (preferably C++) for developing, reviewing, and auditing complex software systems, complemented by extensive scripting capabilities in Python and Bash.
• Containerization & Orchestration at Scale: Proven track record of architecting and managing production‑grade container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes) in disconnected/degraded/decentralized environments.
• Linux Mastery: Deep expert‑level knowledge of Linux operating systems (RHEL, Ubuntu) and low‑level Linux networking, network architecture, and advanced troubleshooting.
• Compliance & Government Standards: Deep familiarity with building software systems…