Associate Director, DevSecOps Lead (remote)

Date Posted:

2025-05-06

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HCT99: Field Office - CT Remote Location, Remote City, CT, 06101 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Joining Collins Aerospace isn’t just about finding a job; it’s about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

This position is for a DevSecOps Lead Engineer in the Digital Product Life Cycle (DPLC) Digital Engineering team. Our team seeks to transform the speed, quality, and efficiency of product and service delivery to our customers by providing engineers with an Integrated Digital Environment for increased efficiency and collaboration for use across the Product Life Cycle.

The DevSecOps Lead is chartered with delivering high availability enterprise grade services to enable embedded engineering teams to create products in a modern, automated, high compliance cloud environment.  This DevSecOps Lead will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and lead the development of Enterprise DevSecOps Services empowering thousands of engineers across Collins Aerospace.  They will interface with internal Collins customers to understand their support needs and drive DevSecOps adoption within the Collins Strategic Business Units, advocating for best practices and continuous improvement.

This individual collaborates with global resources and must be able to support East Coast working business hours.

What YOU will do:

• You will architect, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines, shaping the future of software delivery.

• You will select, configure, and integrate tools to enhance software development flow, optimizing productivity and performance.

• You will work closely with the Enterprise Digital Product Life Cycle (DPLC) Program Leadership team, ensuring alignment with the specific needs of the entire Agile Release Train.

• You will provide DevSecOps implementation expertise to assist the Strategic Business Units’ embedded project teams in adopting DevSecOps tools and best practices, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.

• You will enable development teams to automate artifact generation and effectively manage product lifecycles, promoting efficiency and quality, by defining a repeatable Software Development Plan.

• You will create and define the content for a DPLC Learning Path focused on DevSecOps practices in high compliance information systems.

• You will drive behavioral and test-driven development practices to enhance software design, implementation, and test automation, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

• You will design, develop, and maintain DevSecOps Low Level Design in conjunction with the Enterprise Architects embedded in the DPLC Leadership team. You will ensure that the Architecture is aligned with the Use Cases of the Strategic Business Units to drive successful production deployments meeting the needs of the Business.

• Must be willing and able to travel 10% of the time

What YOU will learn:

• You will broaden your knowledge of the Strategic Business Units and their vision.

• You will enhance leadership skills through strategic planning and coordination.

• You will continue to develop DevOps and cloud skills to become a technical leader.

Qualifications you must have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience 

• 5+ years setting up, managing, and leveraging DevSecOps software factory/tools pipelines for embedded software products.