Lead DevSecOps Engineer- Secret Clearance Required - Sherpa 6 - Spring Lake, NC

Description:
Travel Requirement: Up to 10%

Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance required (interim OK)

Citizenship: US Citizenship required

Job Description:

Sherpa 6 is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to oversee the secure design, automation, and execution of our software delivery pipelines. We build mission-critical systems for the Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial customers where security, reliability, and compliance are essential. This role is responsible for integrating security throughout the software development lifecycle, automating infrastructure and deployments, and ensuring consistent, compliant releases across all environments. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can drive DevSecOps best practices while collaborating across engineering, QA, security, and program teams.

Responsibilities:

Lead the design and implementation of secure CI/CD pipelines across development, staging, and production environments.
Own the end-to-end software release process, ensuring reliability, traceability, and compliance.
Integrate automated security scanning (SAST, DAST, dependency, container) into build and deployment workflows.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Pulumi to provision and manage cloud environments.
Ensure compliance with DoD and industry security standards (e.g., RMF, NIST, STIGs).
Collaborate with development and QA teams to validate release readiness and enforce quality gates.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve build, deployment, and infrastructure issues.
Implement logging, monitoring, and observability best practices across environments.
Drive process improvements to increase automation, efficiency, and deployment reliability.
Maintain release documentation, runbooks, and security artifacts required for audits and ATO support.
Mentor junior and mid-level DevSecOps engineers to enhance their skillsets and grow a team
Requirements:

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