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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Onsite
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About the Team
Our CI/CD team sets clear delivery and release standards, providing the necessary tools, systems, and hands-on developer support to safely and securely release software assets for SailPoint's SaaS business and supporting functionality. By managing platforms that enable developers to deliver secure code in an incremental fashion while maintaining compliance, our team plays a critical role in fostering a seamless developer experience and helping SailPoint deliver high-quality, resilient services to our customers.
At SailPoint, we are building the most comprehensive suite of identity governance & management SaaS products in the world. As the undisputed leader in identity governance and management for both human and non-human identities, SailPoint secures 46% of the Fortune 500 and 26% of the Forbes Global 2000. Built from the ground up on a microservices and a multi-tenant architecture, we enable customers to connect all of their relevant business applications and effectively manage and govern those identities and access controls. Furthermore, we believe that AI agents require the same rigorous security guardrails as humans—including least-privilege, access certifications, and separation of duties—and assert that AI security must be directly embedded within the core Enterprise Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform.
As the CI/CD Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the release velocity, security posture, and compliance standards of our engineering organization. We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to direct a high-performing team of engineers dedicated to developer enablement, platform engineering, and pipeline security. You will lead the team that stewards the Secure SDLC and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)—empowering developers to ship code securely, meet stringent testing standards, and maintain a rigorous separation of duties.
At scale, the solutions you will manage support a multi-geographic developer population of over 1,000 engineers and enable more than 250 deployments per week.
Lead and Mentor: Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of CI/CD, DevOps, and Platform engineers. Own people leadership responsibilities including monetary reimbursement, performance reviews, and setting clear performance expectations. Foster professional growth, career development, and technical excellence across the team.
Secure SDLC & Software Supply Chain: Champion a culture of security and operational excellence. Set direction and hold the team accountable for maturing the platforms, pipelines, and guardrails that enable developers to deliver secure code. Ensure the team delivers and maintains automated supply chain security controls—including SCA/SAST scanning, Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation, artifact signing/provenance verification, and secrets detection—and that outcomes meet defined standards.
AI Security for Internal Cloud Agents: Champion secure and safe release practices for our Internal Cloud Agent infrastructure. Ensure the team defines, implements, and maintains the controls and release patterns required to meet the same rigorous security standards applied across our software delivery ecosystem.
Internal Developer Platform (IDP) Strategy: Partner with engineering and product to drive a joint vision for self-service developer portals and that reduce cognitive load for engineering squads. Prioritize and hold the team accountable for delivering secure, self-service capabilities—including repository provisioning and CI/CD templates—that meet developer and business needs.
CI/CD and GitOps Delivery Architecture: Be accountable for the team's continuous integration and GitOps-driven continuous deployment capabilities. Ensure the team designs and operates robust pipelines and declarative deployment systems that deliver safe, incremental, and highly auditable software releases at scale.
Compliance & Governance: Ensure the team implements and operates strict policy controls within the delivery space—including repository security, branch protections, push protections, and automated policy-as-code checks. Be accountable for separation of duties and compliance with frameworks such as FedRAMP and SOC 2.
Pipeline Performance & FinOps: Establish performance and cost expectations for CI/CD infrastructure. Hold the team accountable for meeting pipeline runtime targets and FinOps objectives, and ensure CI/CD infrastructure is operated with production-tier discipline.
Strategy & Roadmap: Partner with engineering leadership, product stakeholders, and security teams to define and prioritize the team's technical roadmap. Ensure alignment with business objectives and successful execution through the team.
Due to FedRAMP requirements, must be a US citizen residing in the US.
Experience: 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager, DevOps/CI/CD Manager, or an equivalent technical leadership role within a cloud-native SaaS environment.
Leadership: Proven ability to lead, mentor, recruit, and empower technical engineers, driving organizational change and fostering a collaborative, highly accountable team culture.
CI/CD & GitOps Expertise: Demonstrated ability to lead teams operating modern CI/CD and GitOps environments. Sufficient technical depth to set delivery standards, evaluate architecture and tooling decisions and hold engineers accountable for safe, scalable, and auditable release practices.
Software Supply Chain Security: Proven leadership ensuring secure software delivery in regulated or high-assurance environments. Ability to define and enforce supply chain security standards and hold teams accountable for compliance with those standards. Comfortable engaging security, compliance, and audit stakeholders on control design and evidence.
Cloud Infrastructure & IaC: Working knowledge of cloud platforms and Infrastructure as Code sufficient to guide platform strategy, evaluate team designs, and be accountable for the reliability, security, and cost of CI/CD infrastructure.
Performance & Metrics: Experience tracking pipeline health and delivery metrics (such as DORA metrics: deployment frequency, lead time for changes, MTTR, and change failure rate) to drive continuous improvement.
Communication: Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across highly distributed, cross-functional engineering teams.
Programming: Solid foundational understanding of development with programming languages such as GoLang, Python, Java, or Javascript.
Platform Engineering: Experience building, maintaining, and scaling self-service Developer Portals (e.g., Backstage) and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
Compliance Frameworks: Familiarity with audit and compliance standards for highly regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
What success looks like in this role:
Within 30 days you will.....
Complete onboarding. Hold 1:1s with every team member and key stakeholders across Engineering, Security, and Compliance
Understand at a high level the current CI/CD architecture, Secure SDLC posture, and compliance landscape
Review the active roadmap, in-flight work, and team health (capacity, skills, open headcount)
By 90 days
Work with the Product Owner and technical leads to update a prioritized near-term roadmap informed by stakeholder input and your own technical assessment
Begin executing on 1–2 high-impact improvements to pipelines or supply chain security
By 180 days
Deliver measurable improvements to pipeline performance, security posture, and/or developer self-service
Work with the Product Owner and technical leads to extend the strategic roadmap to 6-12 months.
Have a fully staffed, high-functioning team with clear ownership areas and growth plans
By 1 Year
Deliver a materially improved Internal Developer Platform that reduces cognitive load for engineering squads
Own an audit-ready Secure SDLC and software supply chain security program; successfully navigate a full audit cycle
Lead a high-performing, engaged team recognized by leadership as a strategic partner in developer enablement
Benefits and Compensation listed vary based on the location of your employment and the nature of your employment with SailPoint.
As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission, along with potential eligibility for equity participation. SailPoint maintains broad salary ranges for its roles to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect SailPoint’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. We estimate the base salary, for US-based employees, will be in this range from (min-mid-max, USD):
$124,700 - $210,158.00Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employee’s home location.
Benefits Overview
1. Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
2. Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability
3. Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
4. Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
5. Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account
6. Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
7. Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy
8. Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually
9. Sick leave
10. Parental support: Paid parental leave
11. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors
12. Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options
13. Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply to join our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.
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