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Position Summary:

Aleut Federal is seeking a senior, market-facing technical leader specializing in custom software development and DevSecOps transformation across U.S. federal environments.

This role operates across the full lifecycle - from opportunity shaping and technical solutioning through capture, proposal development, pricing, and post-award delivery assurance. The successful candidate will directly influence technical win strategies while maintaining accountability for execution fidelity.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer-architect who can design modern, cloud-native systems, implement secure DevSecOps pipelines, and translate engineering capabilities into differentiated, winning solutions.

This is a build, sell, and validate role with direct impact on growth and delivery outcomes.

Core Responsibilities

Growth, Sales Engineering & Solutioning

• Lead technical solutioning for federal opportunities involving custom application development, cloud-native modernization, DevSecOps, and platform engineering.
• Directly influence and help drive technical wins by defining solution discriminators, shaping technical win themes, and leading customer-facing architecture discussions, whiteboarding sessions, and demos.
• Partner with Business Development and Capture to shape opportunities pre-RFP and translate engineering approaches into clear mission, performance, and cost outcomes.
• Present and defend technical approaches to clients, partners, and internal stakeholders and serve as a senior technical voice in opportunity strategy.

AI-Enabled Engineering (Required)

• Aleut Federal expects AI to be embedded into all engineering and DevSecOps practices.
• Integrate AI into the SDLC, including AI-assisted code generation, automated test generation, defect detection, documentation support, and requirements refinement.
• Apply AI within DevSecOps pipelines for intelligent test selection, anomaly detection in builds and deployments, and pipeline optimization.
• Implement semi-autonomous engineering and release workflows with human oversight, auditability, and rollback controls.
• Required: practical use of AI tools within development or pipeline workflows. Strongly preferred for Senior Principal: delivered AI-enabled engineering pipelines with measurable improvements in quality, speed, or cost.
• Ensure AI usage aligns with federal security, privacy, and compliance expectations.

Capture, Proposal & Pricing

• Lead and contribute to technical proposal development.
• Author and own complete technical sections, including solution architecture, custom development approach, DevSecOps strategy, and transition approach.
• Build BOEs aligned to labor mix, automation strategy, tooling, and delivery assumptions.
• Ensure proposed solutions are executable, cost-efficient, and clearly differentiated.

Delivery Assurance & Technical QA

• Ensure alignment between proposed solutions and delivered systems.
• Provide technical oversight during startup and early execution and identify risks in architecture, pipelines, security, and release management.
• Support delivery teams in resolving technical challenges and maintaining proposal-to-delivery fidelity.

Technical Marketing, Thought Leadership & Industry Engagement

• Develop DevSecOps and engineering solution briefs, capability messaging, and reference architectures.
• Actively participate in industry events, client briefings, and technical forums and be willing to speak in front of teams, customers, and conference audiences.
• Position Aleut Federal as a credible modernization and DevSecOps partner.

Required Qualifications

• S. Citizenship (U.S. Citizens only).
• 7+ years of U.S. federal experience with a Bachelor’s degree.
• Hands-on experience in custom software development, DevSecOps pipeline implementation, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience supporting technical solutioning, capture, and proposal development.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain a Position of Public Trust.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS GovCloud or Azure Government.
• Familiarity with FedRAMP, CMMC, NIST, and Zero Trust frameworks.
• Experience integrating AI into engineering workflows.
• Experience with platform engineering models.
• Active Top Secret clearance.

Certifications (Desired, Representative of Level)

• AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional
• Azure DevOps Engineer - Expert
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate

Position Profile Summary

• Engineering and DevSecOps-focused
• Growth-driven with direct impact on technical wins
• Hands-on and delivery accountable
• AI-enabled
• Mission-aligned

Salary Range: $150,000-$225,000

We will accept applications for this position until the position is filled.

Aleut offers the following benefits to eligible employees:

• Health insurance
• Dental/Vision insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Life insurance
• 401 (k) and match

Aleut Federal, LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, AF complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. AF expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

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