DevSecOps Project Lead (Sr DevSecOps Engineer)

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm focused on building and investing in technology-led companies, particularly in healthcare, cyber, and national security. They are seeking a DevSecOps Project Lead to manage the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle for mission-critical DoD software, ensuring secure and reliable deployments in compliance with DoD requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Design and scale hosting architecture in IL-5 environments with a path to IL-6
• Evaluate and select deployment strategies across government networks, GovCloud, and hybrid platforms
• Build a production environment that supports zero-downtime deployments and enterprise-scale growth
• Design, build, and operate a modern CI/CD pipeline with integrated testing, security scanning, and compliance validation
• Establish and manage development, staging, and production environments
• Ensure alignment with DoD requirements (e.g., Iron Bank, STIGs, ACAS/OpenSCAP, FIPS)
• Lead transition from incumbent contractor and government-furnished environments
• Inventory, assess, and rationalize existing services, dependencies, and infrastructure
• Simplify and consolidate architecture into a scalable, maintainable system
• Own release cadence from capability intake through production deployment
• Ensure deployment quality through monitoring, rollback readiness, and performance metrics (e.g., uptime, failure rates)
• Support continuous delivery aligned with government timelines and operational needs
• Partner with Platform Security and RMF leadership to align on ATO strategy
• Ensure the pipeline generates required artifacts for authorization and continuous compliance
• Embed security and compliance into the delivery lifecycle—not as a post-deployment step

Requirements:

• 8+ years of DevOps/DevSecOps engineering experience, including at least one production pipeline owned end-to-end at scale
• 5+ years experience operating in DoD cloud environments (Azure Gov IL-5, AWS GovCloud, or equivalent IL-5 authorized environment). Working knowledge of DoD impact-level boundaries and the CC SRG
• Hands-on experience managing at least one complete ATO or cATO pathway in production
• US Citizenship Required
• Active Secret Clearance (TS/SCI preferred)
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to USMC sites, Defcon AI HQ, and industry vendor facilities as required
• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• Experience supporting USMC or similar Service environments
• Experience transitioning systems from one contractor to another
• Experience with Iron Bank container certification
• Familiarity with platforms such as Second Front (Game Warden), Stormbreaker, or Black Pearl
• Exposure to Palantir Foundry or Anduril Lattice environment