Technical DevSecOps Manager - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Methodology, CI/CD, Cloud Platform, DevSecOps

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

As the Technical DevSecOps Manager, you will drive the transformation of mission‑critical systems for a high‑visibility national security customer. This role is ideal for a Senior DevOps Engineer who thrives on modernization at scale and wants to directly contribute to mission outcomes while developing and mentoring elite engineering teams.

The Technical DevSecOps Manager is responsible for leading multiple agile development teams in designing, implementing, and operating DevSecOps practices across a portfolio of applications. These applications are hosted on virtual machines (VMs), containers, and serverless platforms. This role owns the strategy and execution of multiple continuous Integration/continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, ensures security is integrated throughout the delivery lifecycle, and drives continuous improvement in speed, quality, and reliability.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead and coordinate multiple agile development teams delivering applications across VMs, containers, and serverless environments.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for DevSecOps delivery, aligning teams, stakeholders, and leadership on priorities and progress.

• Define and own the DevSecOps roadmap, standards, and best practices for the organization.

• Architect and oversee implementation of multiple CI/CD pipelines supporting diverse applications and technologies.

• Standardize pipeline templates, reusable components, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) modules to enable consistency and reuse.

• Ensure pipelines support blue/green, canary, and rolling deployment strategies where appropriate.

• Optimize build and deployment performance, reliability, and observability.

• Oversee the design and management of build, test, staging, and production environments across cloud and/or on‑prem infrastructure.

• Ensure scalable, resilient, and secure configurations for virtual machines, container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes/EKS/AKS/GKE), and serverless services.

• Embed Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) policies into pipelines and platform configurations

• Integrate security controls into every stage of the pipeline (DevSecOps), including SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, and secrets management.

• Collaborate with security, architecture, and operations teams to ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory requirements.

• Champion “shift-left” practices, embedding security, quality, and reliability early in the development process.

• Mentor and coach engineers and scrum teams on DevSecOps, agile delivery, and automation best practices.

• Stay current with industry trends, tools, and practices in DevSecOps, CI/CD, cloud platforms, containers, and serverless, and recommend improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

• TS/SCI with Polygraph

• 10+ years of experience in software development, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.

• 3+ years of experience leading multiple agile teams or acting as a release train engineer, delivery manager, or similar leadership role.

• Demonstrated experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines for complex applications.

• Hands-on experience with:

• CI/CD tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, ArgoCD).

• Source control and branching strategies (Git, trunk-based, GitFlow, etc.).

• Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and associated services for VMs, containers, and serverless.

• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, AKS, EKS, GKE).

• Serverless architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions).

• Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation).

• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps practices, including automated security testing and compliance integration.

• Solid understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or similar scaled frameworks).

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in a related field.

• Certifications such as:

• AWS/Azure/GCP Architect or DevOps Engineer

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar

• DevOps or Agile certifications (e.g., SAFe RTE, SAFe DevOps, CSM, PSM)

• Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP)

• Experience implementing policy-as-code and security-as-code (e.g., OPA, Sentinel, Conftest).

• Experience with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic).

Why GDIT?

• Shape the future of mission‑critical systems with national‑level impact.

• Lead enterprise modernization efforts using advanced cloud, data, and automation technologies.

• Grow your career through GDIT’s technical leadership pathways, enterprise labs, and extensive training and certification programs.

• Join an environment that empowers architects with autonomy, supports innovation, and rewards forward‑thinking technical leadership.

• Be part of a culture built on trust, collaboration, and a commitment to advancing mission capabilities.

The likely salary range for this position is $147,292 - $199,278. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA McLean

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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