Sr. Principal Software Engineer - Eng Tools (Hybrid)

Collins Aerospace - DevSecOps Development Lead

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. We're seeking a DevSecOps Development Lead to drive enterprise DevSecOps modernization, standardize delivery platforms, and enable secure, export-controlled engineering environments. This role provides senior technical leadership across CI/CD, cloud automation, and secure software delivery practices while guiding teams through modernization and platform consolidation efforts. This is a hybrid position, at one of Collins major facilities .

What You Will Do

• Enterprise DevSecOps Modernization: Lead DevSecOps strategy and modernization across toolchains, pipelines, security controls, and development teams. Ensure consistent architecture, policy alignment, and adoption of modern DevSecOps practices.
• Platform Standardization & Legacy Migration: Serve as technical authority for retiring legacy platforms (ADO, SVN, Jenkins, Bitbucket). Guide migrations to the enterprise-standard DevOps Platform (GitLab, Artifactory, Grafana, Coverity). Drive re-architecture, governance alignment, and cross-team migration planning to reduce fragmentation, improve security, and lower long-term maintenance risk.
• Secure, Unified Export-Controlled Environments: Provide expertise in secure software architecture and export-controlled Type D environment design. Ensure compliance, technical alignment, and unified DevSecOps toolchain deployment. U.S.-based technical leadership is required for regulatory and export-controlled data handling.
• CI/CD, Cloud & Automation Engineering: Build and maintain secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows. Support GitLab runners, build environments, and platform reliability. Develop Infrastructure-as-Code solutions and support cloud-native environments (AWS). Troubleshoot complex deployment, integration, and automation issues.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Mentor administrators and developers on DevSecOps practices, pipeline design, and automation. Partner with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to improve delivery efficiency and security.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
• Git and Git-based workflows.
• CI/CD pipeline design and support (GitLab strongly preferred).
• AWS or other cloud experience.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability.
• Solid understanding of SD