About the position
The Boeing Company is seeking a DevSecOps Lead Software Engineer in El Segundo, CA that is passionate about space and excited to work in a multi-disciplined, collaborative engineering environment that supports the design, development, and implementation of software for a new fleet of Boeing satellites. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Space Mission Systems Software Engineering organization. Defend America’s Future: Join Boeing’s Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) Mission! The ideal candidate will lead development of the pipeline infrastructure that aids multiple software engineering teams in the execution of full life-cycle software development. The candidate will lead DevSecOps activities for satellite system software teams developing embedded/real-time satellite flight software, satellite simulation software, satellite databases, cybersecurity software, satellite ground command/control/networking software. The candidate will deploy multiple environments (including dev, test and prod) that meet the requirements of the program and will leverage their knowledge of DevSecOps to implement and improve a robust continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, integrate automated testing, integrate automated metrics generation, and integrate vulnerability & quality scanning capabilities. A continuous improvement mindset is required at all times and the candidate will be encouraged to build automated processes wherever possible. The candidate should possess excellent communications skills and work well in a team environment to support the needs of the program.
Responsibilities
- Leads development, documentation and maintenance of standardized, efficient, and innovative DevSecOps processes, tools, methodologies, and performance metrics to streamline the software engineering lifecycle and enable continuous integration, delivery, and deployment of mission critical software
- Leads automation, development, monitoring, improvement, and troubleshooting across software development, tooling, testing, integration, deployment, configuration processes, and security controls
- Collaborates with cross functional teams to build and maintain robust, scalable, and secure software development pipelines
- Leads implementation of current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks, and regulations in the software engineering DevSecOps environment
- Performs installation and configuration of an integrated software engineering environment based upon the DevSecOps framework
- Designs and develops automation processes and aids in software build and releases activities
- Performs technical support for the program and assists in satisfaction of Application Security, IT, and customer security directives and requirements
- Manages software dependencies including evaluation, acquisition & licensing, integration, and maintenance for software used by developers to execute the program
- Assists software teams and IT with server upgrades/patches, database support, and setup of virtual environments
- Supports operating system, infrastructure, and platform hardening to ensure systems are secure against cybersecurity threats
- Advises software engineering management and program leadership on software process adherence and implementation strategies to ensure engineering excellence and program success
- Leads DevSecOps training to educate software teammates about usage and implementation of DevSecOps tooling and principles
Requirements
- Ability to obtain a DoD Secret US Security Clearance (Pre-Start), for which the US Government requires US Citizenship; Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance post-start
- 5+ years of experience in the Software Development lifecycle (including Requirements Analysis, Design, Code, Integration & Test)
- 5+ years of experience leading software teams and/or projects
- 5+ years of experience with Development Operations (DevOps) and/or Development Security Operations (DevSecOps)
- 5+ years of experience with test automation
- Experience working in Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) using appropriate code versioning, build and test automation tools
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
- Experience in the satellite software domain
- Proficient with the GitLab ecosystem
- Experience with Agile software development
- Experience with software containerization and container orchestration
- Experience in build automation
- Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) security controls
- Maintains a Security+ or equivalent certification
- Proficient with modern software development methodologies
- Proficient with a variety of software development languages, tools and techniques
- Experience with configuration management and deployment
- Experience leading projects and/or individuals in software development lifecycle tasks
Benefits
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance programs
- Programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work
