Director, DevSecOps Engineering

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Job Title:  Director, DevSecOps Engineering Job Code: 44684 Job Location: Camden, NJ; Millersville, MD; Palm Bay, FL Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off.

In a fast moving and increasingly complex world, L3Harris is anticipating and rapidly responding to challenges with agile technology – creating a safer and more secure future. Join our trailblazing Maritime team, where you'll dive into the thrilling world of high-assurance encryption products. We are seeking a software engineering leader to drive adoption and disciplined execution of agile software engineering practices across the Maritime Sector. This role will help shape the software engineering approach within our Maritime businesses, advise engineering leadership on best practices, and partner with programs to improve efficiency, consistency, and execution of software development.   Essential Functions:   Build an engineering pipeline to facilitate efficient, traceable, low defect, high-quality software development in our encryption business and beyond. Define, implement, and continuously improve software engineering processes, practices, standards, tools, and governance across multiple encryption programs and teams. Advise engineering and business leadership on software engineering strategy, process maturity, organizational capability, and execution improvement opportunities. Provide guidance and oversight to software teams throughout the software development lifecycle. Evaluate current software engineering performance across programs, identify systemic gaps and risks, and lead actions to improve effectiveness, quality, and predictability. Review and influence software development plans, technical approaches, cost and schedule estimates, proposals, and program startup activities to ensure alignment with software engineering best practices. Use data ‑ driven analysis to assess software engineering health, monitor organizational performance, and recommend and implement continuous improvement actions. Mentor technical leaders and engineering teams. Foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the software engineering discipline. Travel up to 15%. Valid driver’s license if travel requires site access or local transportation.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field and a minimum of 15 years of prior relevant experience, or a graduate degree and a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 19 years of prior related experience. Broad and progressive software engineering experience, including significant leadership responsibility across multiple teams, programs, or organizational units. Ability to influence senior engineering, program, and business leaders and drive change across functional and program boundaries. Strong knowledge of the full software development lifecycle, including requirements capture, software architecture, design, coding, integration, test, release, and sustainment. Experience implementing AI and automation