Principal DevSecOps Engineer
Echodyne Corp · Kirkland, WA
$149,659–$224,437
Jul 1, 2026
Kirkland, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A principal-level engineering role focused on owning and evolving a company's CI/CD infrastructure and security practices across software, firmware, and hardware-in-the-loop environments. Day-to-day work spans migrating legacy on-premises pipelines to cloud-based platforms, embedding automated security testing throughout development workflows, and establishing compliance with defense-oriented frameworks such as NIST 800-171 and CMMC. Suited to a senior engineer with deep DevOps and security architecture experience who can operate independently and engage both engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
Senior level · 10+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $149,659–$224,437
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 100 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 45–150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is titled 'Principal DevSecOps Engineer' but the actual requirements — 10+ years total experience with 3+ years in a lead/staff/principal architectural role — are consistent with a Senior-level band. 'Principal' in this context appears to be a title rather than evidence of org-wide technical authority across multiple teams, which is the Staff/Principal threshold.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily about building and owning CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and secure automation tooling (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers), but the heavy security compliance emphasis (SAST/DAST/SCA, OWASP, NIST 800-171, CMMC, IAM, secrets management) creates a genuine pull toward 15-1212 Information Security Analysts.
Jenkins is listed as the legacy on-prem platform being migrated away from, and GitLab as the target cloud platform. Both are named in the required skills section as part of the migration track record requirement, so both are marked required. GitLab's alternatives field includes Jenkins to reflect the migration context.
Python, Go, and Bash are presented as interchangeable scripting options ('Python, Go, or Bash'); Python is listed first and used as the primary skill name with Go and Bash as alternatives.
Kubernetes and Docker are presented as a paired proficiency requirement ('Kubernetes/Docker'); Kubernetes is the primary with Docker as an alternative.
Playwright and Selenium appear in the Responsibilities section (not the Required Skills section) as examples of automated testing frameworks to integrate — marked preferred accordingly.
NIST 800-171 and CMMC are referenced in the Responsibilities section as compliance frameworks to ensure adherence to, not in the explicit Required Skills block — marked preferred.
The posting references export-control eligibility (US Citizenship, green card, or asylum/refugee status) but does not gate on a formal US security clearance — the clearance requirement is None.
No specific work location city is stated; Echodyne is headquartered in Kirkland, WA (Seattle metro area). The role is described as full-time US-based with no remote option mentioned.
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