KP DevSecOps Engineer

Job#: 3023214

Job Description:

Apex Systems is looking for a DevSecOps Engineer to support our client's government program in Norfolk, Virginia.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be local and be willing to go onsite in Norfolk, VA
• Must have an active Secret clearance to be considered
• Must have completed Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 4 years of experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Minimum 4 years of experience in designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and security validation.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Pulumi).
• Experience deploying and securing workloads in hybrid/public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, OpenStack).
• Experience implementing site reliability engineering and observability practices (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Loki, OpenTelemetry)
• Experience implementing scalable, resilient, high-throughput systems and service-oriented architecture.
• Experience delivering capabilities in Agile/DevSecOps environments (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
• Experience designing and managing secure networking and service mesh (TLS, Istio, Linkerd, API gateways).
• Experience applying zero-trust principles and compliance automation (OPA, Kyverno, SBOM, CIS benchmarks).
• Experience managing secrets and access policies using modern IAM solutions (Vault, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, RBAC/ABAC).
• Fluent in English (oral and written)

Responsibilities

Deploy and operate containerized services using orchestration frameworks to ensure scalability and resilience.

Automate infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to provide consistent and repeatable environments.

Deploy and monitor workloads in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, OpenStack).

Implement site reliability engineering (SRE) and observability practices to ensure resilience, monitoring, logging, metrics, and distributed tracing.

Support high-throughput and service-oriented architectures, ensuring resilient and scalable deployments.

Deliver incremental capabilities in Agile and DevSecOps environments following frameworks such as Scrum, SAFe, or Kanban.

Design and manage secure networking and service meshes (TLS, Istio, Linkerd, API gateways) to ensure encrypted and reliable service-to-service communication.

Apply zero-trust principles and compliance automation to enforce security policies and validate system compliance.

Manage identity and access using secure methods for secrets, tokens, certificates, and least privilege access control.

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.