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.