Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer (U.S. Air Force)

Skylight is partnering with a U.S. Air Force program office to modernize delivery for its civil engineering systems. The Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer will build secure CI/CD pipelines, automate testing and security practices, help migrate an application to a DoD software factory, and coach government engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Build and run CI/CD pipelines with security scanning, SBOM generation, and automated testing built in
• Help migrate the first application onto a DoD software factory, and assess pipeline options for the rest of the portfolio
• Achieve technical excellence by advocating for and adhering to lean-agile engineering practices such as simple design and automated testing
• Protect sensitive data by applying security and privacy best practices
• Work with security engineers to produce the evidence needed for continuous authorization
• Pair with and coach government engineers and incoming military developers so modern practices stick after we leave

Requirements:

• Understand the general concepts of modern software development and can work closely with software engineers
• Able to work in a cloud-centric world, which includes managing disparate, interconnected systems and ensuring the availability, reliability, and resiliency of these systems
• Can enable teams to deliver value to users and the business continuously through CI/CD pipelines, including integrated security scanning
• Know how to build secure, compliant applications and defend against common vulnerabilities
• Can work with software engineers to instrument applications and configure infrastructures for monitoring, metrics, alerting, logging, auditability, and compliance
• Know how to create and maintain your infrastructure as code and standardize deployment processes
• Experience working in a government or regulated environment with formal security authorization (ATO)
• Experience working on cross-functional teams (product, design, engineering, ops) in iterative delivery
• A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams
• A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values
• This contract requires U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment
• You must be able to obtain a Common Access Card (CAC) and any special access required for this contract
• Experience with a DoD software factory (Cloud One, MDaaS, Platform One, or similar), including migrating applications onto one
• Experience operating in on-premises systems, and/or on-prem to cloud migrations
• Experience with GitLab CI, Checkmarx or other static code scanning, and SBOM generation
• Experience with continuous ATO, RMF, eMASS, and inherited controls
• Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings