Lead Software Engineer, DevOps

Overview Sedaro is hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer 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 required 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 - Experience 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 Compensation - Competitive base salary, annual performance bonus, equity (where applicable), and full benefits package. - Sedaro may offer a discretionary bonus for employees who obtain or transfer a clearance, with bonus levels varying based on clearance level achieved.