Senior DevOps Build Engineer
$150,000–$175,000 year
On-siteSan Diego, California, United States
Job Summary
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins to compile, test, package, and publish software across defense and government programs. Own build automation and release engineering end-to-end, including reproducible builds, semantic versioning, dependency management, and promotion across unclassified and controlled unclassified environments. Manage artifact repositories and container registries for retention, access control, and provenance while integrating automated security and quality gates like SAST, SCA, and SBOM generation. Develop build tooling in Bash, Python, Make, Bazel, or Gradle to standardize processes and optimize performance through caching and parallelization. Automate infrastructure and build-environment provisioning using Terraform and partner with development, security, and compliance teams to deliver self-service tooling and generate audit evidence. Maintain documentation and standards for build and release processes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent hands-on experience
- 8+ years of experience in build/release engineering, DevOps, or software infrastructure roles
- Hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python and Bash
- Experience with artifact and dependency management (Artifactory, Nexus, or equivalent) and container registries
- Proficiency with Git-based version control and branching/release workflows
- Working knowledge of containerization (Docker)
- Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS or Azure)
- U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
Desired Qualifications
- DevSecOps experience — integrating SAST/DAST/SCA scanning, software supply chain security, SBOM generation, and artifact signing (Cosign/Sigstore) into build pipelines
- Hands-on Kubernetes experience (EKS, AKS, or self-managed), including Helm-based packaging and container orchestration
- Experience with GitOps workflows and tooling (ArgoCD or Flux)
- Hands on experience with the Conan C/C++ package manager, including custom recipes and remote artifact caching
- Experience operating in AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or IL4/IL5 environments
- Familiarity with DoD and federal compliance frameworks (NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, CMMC, FedRAMP, DFARS)
- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance
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