Lead Software Engineer, DevOps

Job description

Overview Sedaro is hiring a Lead DevOps E ngineer to build our culture of operational excellence . In this role, you will integrate CI/CD, security, and observability tools and automation for our Kubernetes-based multi-cloud environment , as well as rallying your teammates toward best practices. Team: DevSecOps Enablement, reporting to the Director of Engineering Location: In person in Arlington, VA U . S . Citizen or permanent resident status require d Who We Are Our cloud-native simulation platform enables digital mission engineering through distributed, scalable, faster than real-time analyses across hundreds of interacting systems. We use CI/CD, Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes to achieve high availability, security, and autoscaling across cloud providers. Join us as an early employee and transform how teams collaboratively engineer the next generation of Aerospace & Defense systems. Who You Are You see beauty in a well-oiled machine You take ownership of technical challenges and celebrate team wins You thrill in equipping your teammates with force-multiplying tools and practices You embrace experimentation and autonomy without compromising quality You’re energized by deep learning and sharing knowledge across disciplines What You’ll Do Optimize multi-cloud production infrastructure for security, reliability, and cost efficiency Design and implement system observability with actionable alerting and measurable SLOs Drive automation through infrastructure as code, CI/CD , and continuous compliance Foster Lean practices and a culture of continuous improvement Benefits Equity Unlimited PTO 401 (k) with 4% match 100% premium payment for Medical Insurance Parental Leave Flexible work schedule with core hours Company provided lunches 3 days a week Industry-leading career development opportunities Requirements Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience 3 + years of professional experience in software engineering Exper ienc e with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems architecture Experience implementing CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability practices Proficiency in scripting and automation Additional desirable experience: Track record implementing security controls and vulnerability management Experience leading incident response and root cause analysis Experience with Kubernetes , Docker, and Terraform CDKTF Experience with AWS and/or Azure Experience with IL4/5+ and /or NIST 800-171