Principal DevSecOps Engineer
$150k/y-$205k/y
Bluestaqa day ago
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OnsiteFull-timeSenior
Summary
Bluestaq is seeking a Principal DevSecOps Engineer to join their team in Colorado Springs, CO. The role involves leading the evolution of delivery platforms across mission-critical environments, focusing on platform ownership, architecture, and cross-team enablement.
About the Role
As a Principal DevSecOps Engineer, you will be responsible for defining and maturing standards, automation, and platform capabilities that enable teams to ship secure, reliable software at speed while meeting compliance and operational requirements. You will partner closely with engineering leadership and other teams to align platform direction with mission needs, drive initiatives that improve scalability and developer experience, and mentor senior engineers.
About You
Required:
- Deep experience designing and operating cloud-native delivery platforms at scale.
- Demonstrated ownership of DevSecOps architecture across multiple teams, services, or environments.
- Advanced expertise in Kubernetes platform design and containerized workloads.
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipeline architecture, automation, and delivery workflows.
- Experience implementing infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or equivalent) in production environments.
- Proven ability to embed security, policy enforcement, and compliance requirements into automated delivery pipelines.
- Experience operating in regulated, mission-critical, or high-security environments.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large technical initiatives without formal authority.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills across engineering, cyber, infrastructure, and program teams.
- Excellent communication skills; able to translate complex platform strategy into actionable technical direction.
Preferred:
- Experience designing and operating multi-tenant, multi-environment, or hybrid cloud platforms.
- Experience supporting DoD, FedRAMP, or other compliance-driven delivery environments.
- Background implementing GitOps workflows and environment management strategies.
- Experience defining platform standards adopted across multiple teams or programs.
- Expertise in observability systems, incident response models, and SLO-driven operations.
- Experience mentoring and developing DevSecOps engineers at Senior or Staff levels.
- Familiarity with secrets management, policy-as-code, and secure supply chain practices.
- Exposure to large-scale modernization, platform migrations, or enterprise DevSecOps transformations.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range of $150k–$205k.
- Opportunity to work in a recognized fast-growing company with a focus on mission impact.
- Collaborative work environment with a focus on operational excellence.
Bluestaq
Bluestaq delivers highly secure data infrastructure that powers critical missions across defense, commercial, healthcare, and space sectors. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, with a growing presence across the globe, Bluestaq is redefining how organizations manage, share, and secure data across cloud, hybrid, and edge environments. A three-time Inc. 5000 honoree and recognized as a Best Workplace for over six years, Bluestaq is driving the future of mission-ready data on a global scale. Learn more at www.bluestaq.com.
Colorado Springs, CO