
Sr DevSecOps / Platform Engineer
Kairos
Job description
Location : Atlanta, GA ------- Hybrid -- 2 days in week
Employment Type Full-Time
Senior DevSecOps / Cloud / Platform Engineer
Position Summary
Senior DevSecOps / Cloud / Platform Engineer to design, operate, and improve secure cloud and DevSecOps platforms that support modern software delivery for Federal public health applications. This role builds reliable CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, container platforms, security controls, and operational tooling that enable engineering teams to deliver software safely and consistently.
Key Responsibilities
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Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, container platforms, and automated deployment processes.
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Manage infrastructure as code, environment configuration, secrets, certificates, and deployment automation.
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Support Kubernetes-based platforms and container packaging across development, test, staging, and operational environments.
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Integrate automated code quality, security scanning, artifact management, and deployment gates into delivery pipelines.
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Collaborate with engineering, QA, cybersecurity, architecture, and operations teams to improve delivery reliability and security.
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Monitor platform health, deployment performance, capacity, logs, and operational events and resolve platform issues.
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Implement repeatable environment provisioning and configuration-management practices.
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Support release management, disaster recovery, backup, observability, and operational readiness activities.
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Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve pipeline speed, consistency, and resilience.
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Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and platform standards.
Required Qualifications
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6+ years of DevSecOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or related experience.
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Strong experience with GitHub Actions or comparable CI/CD systems, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, and container technologies.
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Experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
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Experience integrating code quality, SAST/DAST, artifact, and container-security tooling into delivery pipelines.
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Strong Linux, scripting, automation, networking, and troubleshooting skills.
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Experience with infrastructure as code, configuration management, and automated environment provisioning.
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Strong collaboration and technical documentation skills.
Education
Required:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
Preferred:
Advanced cloud, DevOps, or platform engineering training.
Target Certifications
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AWS or Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer certification
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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
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HashiCorp Terraform Associate
Preferred Experience
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Experience with GitHub, SonarQube, Fortify, container registries, and automated security gates.
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Experience with Argo CD, Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native observability.
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Experience supporting Java/Spring-based enterprise applications.
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Familiarity with FISMA and NIST security environments.