DevSecOps Project Lead Sr DevSecOps Engineer

About Us

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.

ABOUT DEFCON AI

RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF DISRUPTION. DEFCON AI is an insights company that leverages artificial intelligence, mathematical optimization, data analytics, and software engineering for resilient optimization of complex systems. In today’s dynamically changing world, DEFCON AI’s technology aligns outcomes with operational goals, better decision making, and empowers customers to anticipate assess, and mitigate the impacts of disruptions.

About the Role

This is a rare opportunity to build a production deployment pipeline for mission-critical DoD software from the ground up.

As the DevSecOps Project Lead, you will own the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle—from code intake through secure, scalable production deployment. Your charter is simple but high-stakes: ensure that software can be deployed reliably, securely, and on mission timelines in DoD environments.

You will design and operate the DevSecOps pipeline, define the hosting architecture, and integrate security and compliance directly into delivery. This role spans both modern commercial DevOps practices and the realities of DoD deployment (IL-5 today with a path to IL-6), requiring you to make critical decisions across government networks, cloud environments, and hybrid architectures.

This is a senior role combining hands-on execution with system-level ownership. You will build key components directly while guiding the transition from an existing government-furnished environment to a scalable, long-term production system.

Key Responsibilities

Hosting Architecture & Production Environment

• Design and scale hosting architecture in IL-5 environments with a path to IL-6
• Evaluate and select deployment strategies across government networks, GovCloud, and hybrid platforms
• Build a production environment that supports zero-downtime deployments and enterprise-scale growth

DevSecOps Pipeline Ownership

• Design, build, and operate a modern CI/CD pipeline with integrated testing, security scanning, and compliance validation
• Establish and manage development, staging, and production environments
• Ensure alignment with DoD requirements (e.g., Iron Bank, STIGs, ACAS/OpenSCAP, FIPS)

Transition & System Consolidation

• Lead transition from incumbent contractor and government-furnished environments
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