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Lead Software Engineer, DevOps

Sedaro
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/7/2026

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
     

Salary : $120,000

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