Senior DevOps Software Engineer

Job Description
What's it like to engineer the systems that protect the world? It is the professional satisfaction of knowing your technical expertise directly supports national security. At BAE Systems, you aren't just managing infrastructure; you are architecting the digital foundation of global defense.
As a DevOps Software Engineer, you will embark on a high-impact career journey, serving as a key driver of efficiency within a large-scale enterprise system. In this job, you will automate complex workflows, leveraging CI/CD mastery to streamline the entire software delivery lifecycle.
Your Responsibilities:
Your primary objective is to transition manual processes into scalable, automated workflows. You will design the sophisticated pipelines that allow our teams to build, test, and deploy software with precision and reliability.
Day-to-day functions include:

• Pipeline Architecture: Design, build, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines to support seamless continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
• Process Automation: Identify systemic manual bottlenecks and implement automation to significantly improve operational efficiency.
• Tooling Management: Select, configure, and maintain the industry-leading tools that support software development and integrated testing.
• Infrastructure Optimization: Implement and support automation tools while optimizing the underlying IT infrastructure to ensure peak performance.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure all system improvements and architectural changes maintain rigorous security standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with agile teams across the program, demonstrating ownership and persistence to achieve shared mission goals.

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Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Clearance: Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with an appropriate polygraph.
• Experience: Minimum of 8 years of relevant DevOps experience, with at least 5 years focused on managing software development, deployment, and integrated testing tools.
• Frameworks: 5+ years of experience working with CI/CD frameworks.
• System Administration: Meaningful experience in system administration, primarily Windows, with supporting Linux experience.
• Technical Proficiency: Experience with several of the following: Java, Groovy, Python, PowerShell, Batch, Bash, JavaScript, and AngularJS.
• Tooling: Proficiency with IDEs (such as VS Code, Visual Studio, Eclipse, or WebStorm) and software source control/configuration management tools.
• Virtualization: Experience working in virtualized environments, including managing virtual machines (VMs) and container-based platforms for automated deployment.
• Professional Competencies: Strong understanding of software development principles, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to produce high-quality work independently within a fast-paced team environment.

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Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Database Management: Experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or SQL Server.
• Web Development: Experience with Spring Framework, AngularJS, JSON, HTML, XML, and XSLT.
• Agile Methodology: Experience with Scrum or the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe); SAFe Agilist certification is highly desirable.

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Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $149603 - $254317
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Intelligence & Security (I&S), based in McLean, Virginia, designs and delivers advanced defense, intelligence, and security solutions that support the important missions of our customers. Our pride and dedication shows in everything we do-from intelligence analysis, cyber operations and IT expertise to systems development, systems integration, and operations and maintenance services. Knowing that our work enables the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage and defeat threats inspires us to push ourselves and our technologies to new levels.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.