USSF OTTI Lead DevSecOps Engineer in Colorado Springs, Colorado at General Dynamics Information Technology

USA CO Colorado Springs - 250 Vandenberg St, Bldg 2 (COC018)
Full time
RQ219474
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Automation Development, Compliance Tools, Metrics Management, Release Engineering, Release Management
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Join General Dynamics IT and be a part of a team that solve some of the world's most complex technical challenges. We are seeking a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to build infrastructure for the USSF Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) in Colorado Springs, CO.

NOTE: This is a proposal position and considered a Key Personnel (KP) role on the program. Award is expected in Summer 2026.

Position Summary:

The Lead DevSecOps Engineer for USSF OTTI serves as the senior technical authority responsible for the architecture, implementation, and operation of the OTTI DevSecOps and software delivery ecosystem. This role leads the design and governance of secure CI/CD pipelines, software factory capabilities, automation frameworks, and release engineering processes that enable rapid, compliant, and repeatable delivery of software, infrastructure, models, and mission applications across the U.S. Space Force Operational Test and Training Infrastructure.

The Lead DevSecOps Engineer partners with the Chief Engineer, Lead Cloud Engineer, Cyber Lead, and software development teams to ensure OTTI's software delivery pipelines support secure, automated, and continuous deployment of capabilities across cloud, edge, and distributed mission environments.

Key Responsibilities:

DevSecOps / Software Factory Architecture

• Define and maintain OTTI DevSecOps architecture, tooling strategy, and software factory roadmap.
• Architect and implement CI/CD pipelines supporting application, infrastructure, model, and platform delivery.
• Establish software factory patterns and reusable automation frameworks for development teams.

Pipeline Automation & Integration

• Implement and maintain automated build, test, security scan, deployment, and release workflows.
• Integrate pipeline tooling across source control, artifact repositories, testing frameworks, and deployment platforms.
• Support GitOps / Infrastructure-as-Code / Configuration-as-Code integration.

Security / Compliance Automation

• Embed security and compliance controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate:
• SAST / DAST / Container Scanning
• Dependency / SBOM Analysis
• Security Gates / Policy Enforcement
• Test Evidence Collection / Traceability
• RMF / cATO Artifact Generation
• Partner with Cyber Lead to support continuous ATO and security accreditation activities.

Environment / Release Engineering

• Manage promotion workflows across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Support release orchestration and version management for OTTI software and infrastructure baselines.
• Ensure repeatable deployment to connected, disconnected, and edge environments.

Metrics / Optimization / Reliability

• Establish DevSecOps performance metrics and DORA/KPI reporting.
• Continuously optimize pipeline performance, reliability, and developer experience.
• Drive automation maturity and reduction of manual engineering effort.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as DevSecOps SME to Government stakeholders, Chief Engineer, and Program Leadership.
• Mentor DevSecOps, release, and automation engineers.
• Conduct architecture reviews and technical roadmap planning.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (Master's preferred).
• 10+ years of software engineering / DevOps / automation experience.
• 5+ years leading DevSecOps / CI-CD / software factory engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience architecting enterprise DevSecOps pipelines and software delivery platforms.
• Hands-on experience with containerized/cloud-native deployment pipelines.
• Experience implementing secure software delivery in regulated/classified environments.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting USSF, SSC, STARCOM, Platform One, Kessel Run, or related DoD software factory programs.
• Familiarity with:

• GitLab / GitHub Enterprise / Jenkins / Tekton / ArgoCD
• Kubernetes / OpenShift / Helm / Rancher
• Terraform / Ansible / IaC Frameworks
• SonarQube / Fortify / Twistlock / Anchore / Prisma / Snyk
• OSCAL / Compliance Automation / eMASS / Xacta
• DORA Metrics / Developer Platform Engineering
• Air-Gapped / Edge / Tactical Software Delivery Models
• Relevant certifications preferred:
• Kubernetes / Cloud / DevSecOps Certifications
• GitLab / AWS / Azure / Security Certifications

Key Success Attributes

• Strong automation-first engineering mindset
• Deep understanding of secure software delivery in mission environments
• Ability to balance speed, compliance, and operational rigor
• Strong collaboration across development, security, and operations teams
• Passion for continuous improvement and platform enablement

WHAT CAN GDIT OFFER YOU?

• Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)
• 401K with company match
• Educational Assistance and eLearning
• Flexible work week
• Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement
• Rewards and Recognition programs
• Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging of highly motivated critical thinking

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:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA CO Colorado Springs

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.

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