Job Description
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer in Lenexa, KS.
Summary:
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to help advance DevOps capabilities across cloud engineering, platform engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), automation, and AI-enabled operations. This is a senior individual contributor role that will serve as a technical escalation point while building scalable, secure, and repeatable solutions across production and non-production environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain modern CI/CD pipelines supporting application, infrastructure, database, and configuration deployments
- Build Infrastructure as Code and automation using Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, Python, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies
- Engineer scalable, secure cloud solutions across compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, and backup/recovery
- Develop reusable platform engineering templates, self-service workflows, deployment patterns, and shared tooling
- Apply SRE practices, including SLIs/SLOs, incident response, root cause analysis, capacity planning, and toil reduction
- Improve observability through logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, alerting, and telemetry
- Automate environment provisioning, patching, configuration, release readiness, service accounts, and related operational processes
- Embed security and compliance into pipelines through secrets management, IAM, vulnerability scanning, and policy enforcement
- Support Docker, Kubernetes, containerization, orchestration, artifact management, and image scanning
- Leverage AI-enabled engineering/operations tools to improve troubleshooting, automation, documentation, and developer productivity
- Partner across development, infrastructure, database, security, and operations teams
- Mentor engineers and lead troubleshooting of complex deployment, infrastructure, performance, and reliability issues
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- 5-7 years of progressive experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, systems engineering, infrastructure automation, software delivery, or related roles
- Strong knowledge of modern DevOps, Agile delivery, release management, infrastructure automation, and operational support
- Hands-on experience building and improving CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar tools
- Experience scripting and automating with PowerShell, Python, Bash, SQL, YAML, and/or JSON
- Strong cloud experience, preferably Microsoft Azure, across compute, storage, networking, identity, security, monitoring, and cost optimization
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, Ansible, or similar
- Understanding of platform engineering, reusable templates, self-service workflows, internal developer platforms, and developer experience
- Knowledge of SRE practices, including observability, incident response, root cause analysis, reliability targets, capacity planning, and toil reduction
- Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, or LogicMonitor
- Working knowledge of containers, orchestration, cloud-native applications, and artifact management
- Understanding of DevSecOps, including secrets management, IAM, vulnerability scanning, secure pipelines, and compliance automation
- Experience supporting enterprise/business-critical applications and cloud or hybrid environments
- Ability to mentor engineers, lead technical improvements, and influence engineering standards without direct people management
- Strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, SRE, Agile, or DevOps certifications are a plus
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lenexa, KS |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $45–$50 |
| Company Size | 1,000 to 1,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1962 |
| Website | http://www.kforce.com/ |
About Company
Kforce is a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services. Our KNOWLEDGEforce® empowers top companies to achieve their digital transformation goals. We curate teams of technical experts who deliver solutions custom-tailored to each client’s needs. These scalable, flexible outcomes are shaped by deep market knowledge, thought leadership and our multi-industry expertise.
Our integrated approach is rooted in 60 years of proven success deploying highly skilled professionals on a temporary and direct-hire basis. Each year, approximately 18,000 talented experts work with the Fortune 500 and other leading companies. Together, we deliver Great Results Through Strategic Partnership and Knowledge Sharing®.
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