Manager, Software Engineering - DevSecOps

Manager, Software Engineering – DevSecOpsThe Manager, Software Engineering – DevSecOps provides technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to a team responsible for developing and delivering high-quality software applications, automation blueprints, and DevSecOps platform capabilities across the Constellation enterprise. This role leads the design and oversight of DevSecOps architecture and development, ensuring solutions align with business requirements, user needs, and technical standards.The manager also contributes directly to coding and testing efforts to help deliver scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable solutions that meet internal development and security standards. In this role, you will manage a team of up to eight employees, oversee internal development work, and collaborate with external development partners to deliver innovative solutions that advance Constellation's DevSecOps strategy.Using a strong understanding of business needs and DevSecOps practices, you will set technical direction, guide solution delivery, and support the growth of team members by sharing relevant practices, principles, and expertise. This position operates with a high degree of independence and is expected to make sound decisions in both familiar and evolving situations while contributing to strategic planning.Primary Duties and AccountabilitiesLeads and manages the full software development lifecycle for the Enterprise DevSecOps development team, including defining requirements, creating technical specifications, designing architecture, writing and testing code, and overseeing development activitiesManages and mentors the DevSecOps development team, overseeing hiring, training, and career development. Assigns work based on skills and team needs, evaluates performance, and fosters a collaborative, diverse team culture. Contributes to employee development and retention strategiesProvides technical oversight and ensures adherence to best practices, including internal coding standards, SDLC methodologies, and scalable, secure, and maintainable codeCollaborates with business, technical, and architecture stakeholders to align solutions with strategic goals, communicate technical approaches, incorporate feedback, and ensure compliance with enterprise standardsOptimizes team performance and workflows to enhance collaboration, efficiency, and delivery while applying business acumen to guide technology decisions that support business outcomesStays current with emerging software development tools, technologies, and trends, and recommends improvements to development processes and DevOps practices within the team and broader IT organizationMinimum QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline with 8 to 10 years of experience in application developmentStrong technical background including experience with C#.NET, Angular, CX/UX, REST APIs, Postman, Selenium, and related technologiesExperience developing Azure cloud-native softwareStrong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and digital product developmentExperience in Agile development environments (leading tight sprint planning, standups, retros, etc.)Experience leading and managing IT projects or sub teams and knowledge of IT project managementExcellent analytical and problem-solving abilitiesExcellent solution seeking, teamwork, leadership and communication skills which extend across all organizational. management levels and external partnersPreferred QualificationsExperience leading a DevSecOps teamExperience in DevSecOps practices including CI/CD and IaCExperience as a scrum master managing projects using AgileExperience with IaC toolsets including Terraform EnterpriseExperience with Azure DevOps or GitHubExperience with agentic development