DevSecOps Engineer

About the role

Leidos is seeking an embedded DevSecOps Engineer within a DevSecOps environment, responsible for proactively identifying, assessing, and remediating application security risks across the software development lifecycle. The individual works closely with Project Managers, development, architecture, and operations teams to support priorities and roadmap of DevSecOps team, identify epics, integrate security into design and implementation, conduct code reviews and testing, address vulnerabilities, and support incident response. This position also plays a key role in supporting secure coding practices, coordinating remediation efforts, and ensuring security activities align with program priorities and delivery timelines.

Primary Responsibilities      

• Analyze application designs and architectures to identify potential security risks and recommend secure design patterns
• Perform manual and automated code reviews to identify vulnerabilities and guide remediation
• Integrate and maintain application security tools within CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing
• Conduct application security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA, and penetration testing coordination)
• Manage vulnerability findings, including triage, prioritization, tracking, and coordination of remediation with development teams
• Partner with developers to implement secure coding practices and provide hands-on guidance and training
• Support application-level incident response, including investigation and remediation of security events
• Track and report vulnerability status and risk posture in formal reviews and program reporting
• Implementing established Security policies and recommending improvements
• Coordinate across teams to align DevSecOps activities with development roadmaps, releases, and operational priorities
• Facilitate daily scrum and Sprint planning for DevSecOps
• Support Project Managers with the unforeseen work/priorities into current team backlog and remove impediments from the team

Basic Qualifications.

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field with 5+ years of experience (or equivalent experience). Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of hands-on application security experience within a software development environment
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows
• Proven ability to manage and track vulnerabilities through remediation in collaboration with development teams
• Understanding of secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) principles
• Experience supporting or participating in security incident response
• Strong ability to communicate security risks and recommendations to technical teams
• Experience working in cross-functional environments with developers, architects, and operations teams
• Experience working in DevSecOps team with Agile development framework
• Must have US Citizenship 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience performing secure code reviews and identifying common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10)
• Experience with application security testing tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) and interpreting results
• Experience supporting federal or regulated environments (e.g., DOJ, FedRAMP, FISMA)
• Familiarity with threat modeling methodologies and secure architecture practices
• Experience with container and cloud security (e.g., Kubernetes, AWS, Azure)
• Knowledge of risk-based vulnerability prioritization and release gating practices 

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Original Posting

November 6, 2026

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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

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.