DevSecOps Lead (Local Development Centre)
Description
Leidos is seeking an experienced DevSecOps Lead to support an Engineering Development Centre in Singapore. This role provides technical leadership for software delivery pipelines, automation, security integration, and engineering productivity while working closely with customer engineers in a collaborative capability-building environment.
The successful candidate will establish DevSecOps standards, drive automation and continuous delivery practices, integrate security and safety throughout the software lifecycle, and contribute to long-term engineering capability development through mentoring, knowledge transfer, and hands-on collaboration.
Leidos is a global technology company delivering innovative solutions across aviation, transportation, defense, government, and critical infrastructure domains. In Singapore, Leidos partners with customers, industry, and research organizations to solve complex operational challenges through advanced engineering and digital transformation.
Joining us will allow you to:
- Lead the design and operation of modern CI/CD pipelines and secure delivery practices.
- Influence DevSecOps standards, automation strategy, and engineering productivity.
- Mentor engineers and build long-term customer capability.
- Work closely with customers in a collaborative engineering environment.
- Collaborate with engineering teams across Singapore and the United States.
DevSecOps Lead Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to DevSecOps engineers.
- Establish DevSecOps standards, automation frameworks, and delivery processes.
- Drive co-development activities with customer engineers and support knowledge-transfer initiatives.
- Integrate security and safety practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Collaborate with software, infrastructure, integration, test, and reliability engineering teams.
- Support release management, deployment automation, and configuration management activities.
- Champion AI-enabled software engineering practices and modern development tools.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, or software engineering.
- Experience leading DevSecOps or automation teams.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, automation, source code management, and secure software development.
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments and cross-functional engineering teams.
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Experience supporting knowledge transfer, workforce development, training, or mentoring initiatives.
- Experience leading co-development teams involving customers, partners, or contractor personnel.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted software development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar technologies.
- Relevant DevOps, cloud, security, or Agile certifications are desirable.
- Proficiency in English and one or more regional languages is desirable.
- Candidates with existing authorization to work in Singapore.
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Original Posting:
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range -The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.
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Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
