DevSecOps Engineer- Secret Clearance eligibility required - Sherpa 6 - Littleton, CO

Description:
Work type: Remote

Security Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance required

Citizenship: US Citizenship required

Sherpa 6 is seeking a talented DevSecOps Engineer to join our team and play a crucial role in maintaining the security and integrity of our systems and data. We build mission critical systems for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other commercial customers. In this role, you will be responsible for managing and improving the processes that package, release, and deploy our software applications. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering, QA, program management, and product teams to ensure smooth, reliable, and timely releases that support our business objectives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing software releasing strategies, working with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and developing and implementing robust release pipelines and controls.

Responsibilities:

Own the end-to-end release process for software applications across environments (dev, staging, production).
Develop and maintain automated build, release, and deployment pipelines.
Partner with development and QA teams to validate release readiness, including regression, performance, and security testing gates.
Create and maintain release documentation, including schedules, rollback procedures, and release notes.
Identify and implement process improvements to increase release efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
Troubleshoot and resolve build and deployment issues in a timely manner.
Monitor and track release metrics, ensuring compliance with SLAs and company standards.
Develop IaC using Pulumi or Terraform to deploy software to cloud systems
Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years of experience in software release engineering, build engineering, DevOps, or related field.
Hands-on experience with CI