Release CI/CD Pipeline Coordinator

Information Security Senior Advisor

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by providing services that help the government ensure the wellbeing of U.S. citizens.

Job Description

We are seeking a qualified, motivated individual to join GDIT as an Information Security Senior Advisor. As part of our DevSecOps Team, you will be joining an Agile Team utilizing CI/CD pipeline to support the complex systems governing and facilitating our customer business operations, making recommendations, and implementing changes to increase efficiency and support overall application objectives. Your role will focus on assuring security is heavily integrated into the project’s procedures and practices throughout the entire application development process. Besides taking ownership of milestone deliverables and releasing demos to leadership, you will provide branching strategies and simp code-merge methodologies and discipline to the Application Development and Data teams working on this project. You will collaborate with GDIT technical leadership, Government customers, and other key stakeholders to assess our existing and new systems infrastructure.

How You’ll Make an Impact: 

• Analyze security systems and seek improvements on a continuous basis
• Report on possible threats or software issues
• Ability to implement cost-effective solutions to cybersecurity problems
• Scrum/Agile project lifecycle approach to resolving vulnerabilities

Information Security Senior Advisor Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and schedule application releases across multiple environments (dev, test, staging, production)
• Ensure each deployment in Azure Gov/Secret clouds follow the approved change management processes and timelines
• Oversee CI/CD pipeline execution (in Azure DevOps or Jenkins)
• Verify that build, test and deployment stages are completed successfully and that any pipeline failures are addressed promptly by the appropriate team members
• Manage release readiness by confirming all pre-release steps are done: (approved change tickets in ServiceNow, security scans passed, stakeholder approvals obtained, and rollback plans are prepared for any critical releases)
• Communicate upcoming release content and release schedules to all stakeholders
• Provide transparency and align everyone to deployment expectations
• Maintain and improve pipeline configurations
• Work with DevSecOps engineers to introduce new automation or quality gates
• Ensure pipeline changes are documented and tested in lower environments before affecting production
• Facilitate release review meetings and post-mortems for any deployment issues
• Document lessons learned and strive for continuous improvement in processes and DevSecOps practices
• Act as the gatekeeper for production deployments
• Confirm each release candidate meets compliance standards (FedRAMP controls, documentation requirements), and that all required approvals are in place before live rollouts

Information Security Senior Advisor Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems security; master's degree or equivalent professional experience in information security is preferred

• Comprehensive knowledge of corporate Systems/Solutions Architecture processes and trends
• Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills
• Secret Clearance to start
• Knowledge of end-to-end fully automated CI/CD pipelines, from code commit to production
• Knowledge of Agile software development process
• Experience working in Azure DevOps or Jenkins
• Working knowledge of FedRAMP controls

Required Technical Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• Experience working in Agile software development teams
• Experience with secure development, coding and engineering practices
• Experience with Cybersecurity, Information Security, and Information Technology Security processes, protocols, and procedures.
• An understanding of best practices and how to implement them at a business-wide level

Experience

• 10 years of relevant experience
• Experience using MS Visio for updating diagrams
• Experience in Agile methodology
• Experience in Jira to support development team in agile environment
• Experience working in Federal or State government environments
• Ability to work independently and remotely

Certification: CISSP, GSEC, CEH, or CISM desired

Travel Required: Little to no travel anticipated (may be required upon customer request)

Location: Hybrid
 

US Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required
 

GDIT Is Your Place:

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home 
• 401K with company match 
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages 
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career 
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications 
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from