Senior SecDevOps Engineer

Senior Sec Dev Ops  Engineer

Ready to take on your next career challenge? Join Leidos and become part of a high-impact initiative supporting a multidisciplinary team focused on delivering cutting-edge planning, operational, technical, analytical, and mission support capabilities. We're assembling a team of top-tier data professionals who are driven by curiosity, innovation, and a desire to make a meaningful impact.

The Leidos Defense Sector is seeking a highly qualified Senior Sec Dev Ops  Engineer to support a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering innovative planning, operational, technical, analytical, and mission support capabilities in Tampa, FL. The successful candidate will collaborate with government, military, and contractor personnel to develop solutions that enable informed decision-making, operational excellence, and mission success. Candidate must already possess a TS/SCI security clearance in order to be considered.

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Secure Development and Operations (Sec Dev Ops ) processes supporting mission applications, enterprise platforms, Operations in the Information Environment (OIE), and cloud-based operational capabilities.
• Develop and maintain secure Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines that automate software builds, testing, security scanning, deployment, configuration management, and infrastructure provisioning.
• Integrate cybersecurity controls throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by implementing secure coding practices, vulnerability management, automated security testing, and compliance validation.
• Design and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using industry-standard automation tools to deploy secure, scalable, and repeatable cloud and on-premises environments.
• Collaborate with software developers, cybersecurity engineers, cloud architects, database engineers, system administrators, and mission stakeholders to integrate secure development practices into enterprise applications and operational systems.
• Develop automated security validation processes including Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), container security, and infrastructure security assessments.
• Configure, administer, and optimize containerized environments and orchestration platforms supporting enterprise applications and operational services.
• Monitor application performance, infrastructure health, system security, and deployment pipelines to identify issues, improve reliability, and optimize operational performance.
• Develop and maintain Dev Sec Ops  documentation, security baselines, deployment standards, architecture diagrams, configuration management plans, and operational procedures.
• Support Authority to Operate (ATO), Risk Management Framework (RMF), continuous monitoring, vulnerability remediation, and cybersecurity compliance activities.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies, automation frameworks, Dev Sec Ops  tools, and cybersecurity capabilities to improve enterprise modernization efforts.
• Mentor software developers, Dev Ops engineers, and system administrators on secure software engineering, automation, cloud technologies, and Dev Sec Ops  best practices.

Education & Experience

• Minimum of 12 years of experience supporting Dev Ops, Dev Sec Ops , cloud engineering, systems engineering, software engineering, or cybersecurity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Additional years of directly related experience may be substituted where permitted.
• Demonstrated experience implementing secure CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and automated deployment solutions.
• Experience supporting enterprise applications operating within secure or classified environments.

• Extensive knowledge of Dev Sec Ops  principles, secure software development, and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops, Git Lab CI/CD, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Bamboo, or comparable automation platforms.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Formation, ARM/Bicep, or Pulumi.
• Experience administering cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with containerization technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Open Shift, Helm, or similar orchestration platforms.
• Experience implementing automated security testing tools including SAST, DAST, SCA, container security, and vulnerability scanning solutions.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, Zero Trust Architecture, identity management, encryption, PKI, and secure application architecture.
• Experience supporting RMF, NIST 800-53, DISA STIGs, Security…