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DevSecOps Engineering Program Manager - JobID-0283

Innovative Defense Technologies
Fall River, USA
Full-time
Senior · 7+ years experience
Hybrid
USD 135000-273000 yearly / year
Discovered 1 months ago
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Key Responsibilities

  • Partner directly with internal engineering teams and technical leads to plan, scope, and prioritize Agile iterations, sprints, and release roadmaps.
  • Actively track, manage, and report work from backlog refinement through sprint execution to a verifiable "Definition of Done" (DoD) state.
  • Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, iteration reviews, and retrospectives to remove blockers and ensure continuous delivery momentum.
  • Maintain traceability between user epics/features and contractual milestones using Jira, Confluence, and integrated PMO tools.
  • Drive technical decision-making on DevSecOps tooling, CI/CD pipeline modernization, container orchestration (Kubernetes/RKE2), infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and automated testing frameworks in close coordination with technical SMEs.
  • Facilitate alignment across architecture, security, and infrastructure leads to translate complex technical challenges into actionable architectural and platform decisions.
  • Guide the deployment, operation, and dependency packaging of DevSecOps platforms in air-gapped, high-security, and classified environments.
  • Interface directly with U.S. Government customers and program office representatives to deeply understand their operational requirements, mission needs, and strategic vision.
  • Prepare and lead executive-level briefings for Government stakeholders covering program progress, schedule health, technical achievements, milestone deliveries, and proactive risk mitigations.
  • Ensure engineering team roadmaps and execution stay strictly aligned with customer priorities and mission objectives.
  • Engage with third-party software and tooling vendors to evaluate capabilities, manage licensing/support, and ensure tooling integrations meet security and operational standards.
  • Act as the advocate for internal and external developer communities across geographically dispersed locations, gathering feedback to continuously improve platform usability, throughput, and reliability.
  • Lead and facilitate Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs), engineering reviews, and working groups across distributed teams (software, systems engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and infrastructure).
  • Align cross-program dependencies, establish interface agreements, and resolve conflicting technical priorities across matrixed organizations.
  • Manage team burn rate tracking and resource allocation across CLINs and project workstreams.
  • Proactively identify, track, and mitigate programmatic, technical, cybersecurity, and staffing risks using structured Risk, Issue, and Opportunity (RIO) management frameworks.
  • Support compliance efforts aligned with DoD frameworks (NIST SP 800-171/800-53, DISA STIGs, and Risk Management Framework / Continuous Authority to Operate [cATO]).

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related technical/management discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
  • 7+ years of progressive professional experience in software engineering, DevSecOps, systems engineering, or technical project/program management in DoD or mission-critical environments.
  • Demonstrated experience leading Agile teams (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) with a proven record of driving work items to completion in Jira/Azure DevOps.
  • Solid understanding of DevSecOps pipelines and tools (GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus/Artifactory, Anchore, Grype, Trivy, etc.).
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, RKE2) and infrastructure-as-code concepts (Terraform, Ansible).
  • Understanding of automated security integration (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets detection, SBOM generation).
  • Outstanding stakeholder presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex technical accomplishments and risk trade-offs to senior military/government leadership.
  • Willingness to travel up to 10%.
  • Experience supporting U.S. Navy, NAVSEA, Undersea Warfare, or related DoD defense programs.
  • Direct experience managing or deploying platforms adhering to the DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Reference Design and Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) processes.
  • Hands-on background with classified, air-gapped, or disconnected Software Factory deployments.
  • Relevant Project/Agile certifications (e.g., PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master / CSM, SAFe Agilist).
  • Relevant Technical certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, CKA/CKAD, CompTIA Security+, CISSP).

Job Benefits

  • Generous benefits package
  • Competitive PTO
  • Paid holidays
  • 401(k) with immediate vesting and matching
  • 9/80 optional schedule (2nd and 4th Friday off every month)
  • Tuition Assistance Reimbursement Program
  • Professional Development Resources
  • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits
  • Organization-Wide Monthly Tech Connect Events
  • Annual Employee Recognition Awards
  • Regular Social Events and Catered Lunches

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