Lead, Software Engineering Engineering Clifton, NJ

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: Software Platform/DevSecOps Engineering Lead Job Code: 41762 Job Location: Clifton, NJ Job Schedule: 9/80, employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off   Job Description: We are seeking a Platform / DevSecOps Engineering Lead to define, implement, and sustain the software delivery platform that supports mission-critical software development in a regulated environment. This role combines strong technical depth with execution leadership and is ideal for a candidate who can both deliver hands-on platform solutions and grow into a broader technical leadership role within the software organization. The selected candidate will serve as a key leader for software delivery infrastructure and engineering workflow modernization, helping shape the strategy, roadmap, standards, and execution of DevSecOps capabilities across the directorate. This individual will be expected to drive alignment across software, firmware, systems, integration, IT administration, and cybersecurity stakeholders; establish scalable and disciplined development workflows; and lead continuous improvement efforts that increase engineering velocity, quality, security, and traceability. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in software build systems, automation, C++ development workflows, and modern DevSecOps practices, along with the leadership presence to influence technical direction, lead through execution, and establish trusted partnerships across the organization.   Essential Functions: ·       Lead the design, implementation, sustainment, and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines supporting software build, test, analysis, packaging, and release workflows. ·       Own execution of software delivery platform capabilities, ensuring solutions are reliable, scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned to program and organizational needs. ·       Develop and sustain automation for software delivery processes, including source control triggers, build orchestration, test execution, artifact publication, promotion workflows, and release traceability. ·       Support test workflows executed under simulation in CI pipelines and on-the-hardware in CD pipelines, including workflows that require coordination across both software and firmware development activities. ·       Build and maintain reusable pipeline templates, scripts, and automation components to improve consistency, reliability, governance, and developer efficiency across teams. ·       Support and optimize C++ software build environments, including compiler toolchains, build systems, dependency management, and cross-platform build execution. ·       Integrate automated testing, static analysis, software composition analysis, code coverage, and other quality and security controls into the development workflow. ·       Design and maintain infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code solutions to support repeatable, scalable, and auditable platform deployment and sustainment. ·       Partner with software and firmware engineers to improve developer workflows, reduce build and test cycle time, and increase automation, standardization, and self-service capabilities. ·