Sr System Engineer (DevSecOps delivery lead) - Division of Information Technology - R025458

Primary Location : DC-Washington

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Employee Status : Regular

Overtime Status : Exempt

Job Type : Standard

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Relocation Provided: : Yes

Compensation Grade Low: : FR PAY GRADE 26

Compensation Grade High: : FR PAY GRADE 27

Minimum Salary: : $128,600.00

Maximum Salary: : 241,300

Posting Date : Feb 2, 2026

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Minimum Experience

5

Summary

Leads and/or participates in variety of functions to help maintain server, network, information security, and database systems essential for carrying out the responsibilities and daily activities of the Board. With some supervision, solves moderately complex client system and application issues. Stays up to date on new technologies, security standards, and other applicable best practices related to server, network, database administration, and information security. Provides suggestions to more senior staff based on server, network, database administration, and information security knowledge.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads and/or participates in the installation, modification, enhancement, and/or management of systems and network resources to meet business requirements. This includes performing moderately complex system maintenance to guarantee systems function with limited interruption.
• Leads the review of systems designs to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.
• Guides the process to ensure and/or participates in ensuring that technology solutions align with business needs and software requirements.
• Leads and/or participates in the diagnosis of hardware and software problems and in the resolution of violations as they occur.
• Maintains and increases knowledge of Federal policies and guidelines that govern the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and information management. Guides more junior staff’s research and/or completes research on IT security trends, system security standards, best practices, preventative measures, and disaster recovery processes. Develops system access profiles based on Board security standards.
• Leads the maintenance of the security posture of systems through implementation of Board standards and industry best practices.
• With some guidance, provides system and application support and consulting to clients. This includes resolving customer support issues by taking into account the Board’s and division’s technology standards.
• Leads and/or participates in ensuring customer issues are resolved and enhances infrastructure and security systems with a bias toward customer experience.
• Supervises and/or completes the documentation and application of technical and administrative direction to identify functional characteristics of a system, control any changes to such characteristics, and support audits of systems, reports, results, and/or components to verify compliance.
• Provides subject matter expertise and guidance on the adoption of new technologies and tools by thinking strategically and holistically about current and future requirements.
• Guides more junior staffs’ research and/or completes research on technologies available in the market including components of cloud computing and one or more cloud technology platforms, in addition to on-premises computing technology, to support evaluating business requirements and determine which tools and services are best fit for a specific purpose. Proposes recommendations based on research, including identifying areas for improvement and which options will have a moderate impact on technology direction.
• Leads and/or participates in the development of technical documentation for systems and projects to provide direction, guidance, or instruction and/or summarize complex data and information in a succinct and compelling manner.

Remarks:

The role encompasses Linux system administration with a focus on DevSecOps tooling, including implementing, operating, and maintaining Linux-based GitLab CI/CD platforms. This involves installing and configuring GitLab on Linux systems, regularly updating GitLab and its components, and setting up and managing GitLab runners on both Linux systems and cloud-based VMs and containers. Container and artifact management are key responsibilities, including managing container registries integrated with GitLab, implementing policies for artifact storage and cleanup, and setting up GitLab runners using container images. 

The position requires troubleshooting pipeline failures and bottlenecks, maintaining GitLab on a disaster recovery failover configuration, and troubleshooting GitLab CI/CD using tools like Splunk. Leading the design, build, and evolution of an enterprise DevSecOps platform is a core duty, ensuring secure, scalable, and repeatable solution delivery. This includes ensuring the platform's security and integrity, collaborating with development teams for seamless integration, and developing technical documentation, standards, and guidelines.

The role also involves monitoring and analyzing platform performance, developing and implementing security policies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Providing technical leadership to junior engineers, staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies, and applying this knowledge to continuously improve the DevSecOps platform are ongoing responsibilities.
U.S. citizenship required.  Position is located in Washington DC, and on-site presence is required.