Azure DevSecOps Engineer - Platform & Security Lead

Akima

North Charleston (SC)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 150,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with match

PTO

Job summary

Five Rivers Analytics, an Akima company, seeks an Azure DevOps & Operations Engineer to support the USMC Enterprise DevSecOps ecosystem across engineering and operations. This role blends systems engineering, future capability development, sustainment operations, platform reliability, and security compliance.

The qualified candidate must be located in either Charleston, SC or Stafford, VA for periodic visits to the customer site/location.

Qualifications

Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret.
Bachelor’s degree in CS, IT, Engineering, Math, or related field and 8+ years experience (6 years with Master).
Security+ (IAT II) or equivalent DoD 8570 certification.
Deep experience with Azure cloud environments, DevSecOps pipelines, CI/CD, and operational sustainment.

Responsibilities

Evaluate Azure services, DevSecOps tooling, Kubernetes enhancements, and cloud‑native patterns.
Engineer IaC modules, Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, GitOps workflows, and automation pipelines.
Prototype platform features and burn down future capability requirements for the roadmap.
Lead modernization initiatives: refactoring, upgrades, and architectural improvements.
Monitor and optimize Azure infrastructure for uptime, resiliency, and performance across enterprise apps.
Manage CI/CD pipelines across production and pre‑production; perform system administration for Linux and Windows.