Principal DevSecOps Engineer

Who we are: Fuse builds innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions that improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among operators distributed throughout the airborne, maritime, and ground environments. We are a technology firm creating in-house software, network and hardware solutions that support our noble cause of advancing warfighter capabilities with elegant, user-focused communications, networks, and software systems. About this role: We are seeking a visionary, highly experienced Principal DevSecOps Engineer and Technical Leader to architect, secure, and scale our mission-critical software delivery platforms. In this senior leadership role, you will define the overarching DevSecOps strategy, driving the convergence of robust software development, automated operations, and stringent military-grade security compliance. You will serve as a primary technical authority across the organization, mentoring engineering teams, establishing product-wide security paradigms, and ensuring our tactical edge solutions are resilient, secure, and rapidly deployable across diverse airborne, maritime, and ground environments. This is a hands on technical leadership position that will play a key role in defining, communicating, and implementing Fuse DevSecOps practices. What you’ll do:

• Technical Leadership & Strategy: Define the vision for DevSecOps, cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, govcloud), automated delivery pipelines, and Fuse’s platform operating systems and utlities.
• Security Architecture & Hardening: Lead the architectural design for automated container hardening, policy-driven operating system security (e.g., SELinux), SBOM generation and management, and continuous monitoring.
• Enterprise CI/CD & Orchestration: Architect, scale, and optimize enterprise-grade CI/CD frameworks utilizing GitLab CI, Ansible, Podman/Docker, Kubernetes, and RPM package management systems.
• Governance & Process Enforcement: Establish, maintain, and enforce rigorous Software Development Processes and secure coding governance frameworks across all concurrent engineering projects.
• Security Integration: Direct the integration and automation of advanced Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), and code metrics tooling.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Project Management, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, and executive leadership to align infrastructure and product capabilities with sprint schedules and mission-critical release targets.
• Infrastructure Management: Oversee the architecture and resilience of on-premises infrastructure (Jira, GitLab, vCenter/vSphere/ESXi environments, GNS3, etc) and the development networks.
• Innovation & AI Adaptation: Evaluate and introduce emerging pipeline methodologies, including the strategic integration of AI tools within CI/CD pipelines to optimize efficiency and software quality.
• Mentorship: Act as a technical mentor all engineering levels, fostering a culture of high performance, security mindfulness, and continuous learning.

We are looking for:

• Education: B.S. or higher in an engineering field (Computer, Software, Math, Physics, Electrical, or related technical discipline).
• Experience: 12+ years of progressive experience in DevSecOps or software engineering, with at least 3+ years in a dedicated technical leadership or architectural role focused on DevSecOps.
• Software Development Expertise: Strong proficiency in a strongly typed language (preferably C++) for developing, reviewing, and auditing complex software systems, complemented by extensive scripting capabilities in Python and Bash.
• Containerization & Orchestration at Scale: Proven track record of architecting and managing production-grade container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes) in disconnected/degraded/decentralized environments.
• Linux Mastery: Deep expert-level knowledge of Linux operating systems (RHEL, Ubuntu) and low-level Linux networking, network architecture, and advanced troubleshooting.
• Compliance & Government Standards: Deep familiarity with building software systems subject to national security requirements, including hands-on experience with STIG compliance, continuous monitoring, and security auditing tools.
• Agile Frameworks: Extensive experience driving technical execution within Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
• Implement enterprise-wide observability frameworks: Experience implementing metrics, logs, tracing and other telemetry across complex microservices to rapidly isolate failure modes in both on-prem and cloud environments.
• Clearance & Citizenship: * US Citizen.

Nice to have:

• Active US Secret or Top Secret clearance.
• Experience with zero-trust architectures.
• Experience with Linux installation automation using utilities such as Kickstart or Subiquity.
• Advanced certifications in Cloud (AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer Professional) and/or Security (CISSP, CSSLP, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist).
• Experience with automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using advanced Ansible playbooks.
• Hands-on experience implementing AI-driven code analysis or automated testing utilities into continuous integration pipelines.

More about Fuse: Founded in 2010, Fuse is a veteran-owned, rapidly growing small business. Our San Diego-based company has earned recognition as an emerging leader in airborne, maritime, and ground networking. Placing the warfighter at the center of every design process, Fuse delivers intuitive, agile, and resilient products that go beyond national security requirements—providing lasting utility and game-changing results. We take pride in our brilliant and talented team as well as our dynamic environment and collaborative, creative, environment. We build cutting-edge hardware and software products that solve complex national security challenges for our warfighters at the tactical edge. Salary: $155,000 - $200,000 Medical, Dental, and Vision Employee coverage is fully funded; a portion of dependents' coverage is funded as well 11 paid Federal Holidays Paid Time Off (PTO) Date of hire through second year: 10 days/year (accrued) After two years: unlimited 40 hours of paid sick leave per year 401k with employer matching Annual bonuses Cell phone reimbursement: $100/month