Engineering Manager - Cloud & DevSecOps

About the Role

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is seeking an Engineering Manager, Cloud & DevSecOps to lead a high-impact group driving our cloud-first, Kubernetes-based infrastructure. As one of NASA’s science operations centers, STScI supports some of the most advanced scientific missions on the planet. In this Engineering Manager, Cloud & DevSecOps remote role, you will guide the engineers who ensure our cloud platforms are scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and ready for mission-critical workloads that serve the global astronomy community.

What You'll Do

• Oversee a team responsible for Cloud & Platform engineering.
• Build and operate AWS cloud infrastructure using modern, cloud-native engineering practices.
• Manage secure, reliable Kubernetes platforms (EKS and related tooling) for product and mission teams.
• Implement and mature DevSecOps automation, CI/CD to enable platforms.
• Partner with Security to support Zero Trust, IAM best practices, CSPM, and compliance activities.
• Define SLOs, operational readiness, observability standards, and platform health metrics.
• Prioritize engineering backlogs, coordinate work across teams, and ensure roadmap alignment.
• Lead a team of cloud DevSecOps engineers, providing mentorship, coaching, performance management, and career development opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in cloud, infrastructure, platform, or DevOps engineering.
• 3+ years leading engineers as a manager, team lead, or technical lead.
• Hands-on AWS expertise, including networking, IAM, and multi-account design.
• Strong experience operating Kubernetes platforms (EKS, Rancher, OpenShift, or similar).
• Proficiency with IaC (Terraform preferred).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and security scanning.
• Knowledge of observability tooling: metrics, logs, traces (OpenTelemetry, Datadog, etc.).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a collaborative, support-focused mindset.

Nice to Have

• Experience operating in regulated or high-assurance environments (NIST, FedRAMP, NASA, DoD).
• AWS Certifications (Architect, DevOps Engineer, SysOps, Cloud Practitioner).
• Knowledge of modern IAM standards (OIDC, SAML, Okta, Auth0, Cognito).
• Familiarity with policy-as-code or compliance automation.

What We Offer

• Employer retirement contribution – direct STScI contribution of 10% of your salary from your first day.
• 12 days sick leave, up to 24 days’ vacation, and 10 paid holidays.
• Flexible work schedule with a healthy work/life balance.
• Comprehensive medical/dental/vision/prescription plans, and more!
• Relocation assistance available for candidates willing to move to MD, VA, DC, PA, DE, or WV.

In this Engineering Manager, Cloud & DevSecOps remote role, you will shape the institute’s cloud and platform strategy, influencing how we build, deploy, and operate the systems that power world-class science. You’ll help teams across the institute adopt secure, scalable, cloud-native patterns to accelerate scientific research and mission operations.