DevOps Solution Architect

Horizontal Talent; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a DevOps Solution Architect to bridge application architecture and enterprise platform capabilities, with a strong emphasis on GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and secure delivery practices across complex environments.

You will define CI/CD architectures, guide deployment strategies (rolling, blue/green, canary), and embed security and supply-chain controls into the software delivery lifecycle while collaborating with platform, cybersecurity, and cloud teams.

Qualifications

• Led DevSecOps and platform engineering initiatives implementing secure CI/CD across complex environments.
• Defined enterprise delivery patterns, alignment to security controls, and release governance.

Responsibilities

• Define application delivery and DevSecOps architecture patterns for secure, scalable releases.
• Translate platform standards and security controls into practical guidance for app teams.
• Design CI/CD approaches, reusable pipelines, and release workflows.
• Advise on repository structure, branching, merge requests, and pipeline optimization.
• Guide deployment patterns for Kubernetes and OpenShift environments.
• Support rolling, blue/green, canary, feature flags, and automated rollback strategies.
• Establish IaC and configuration automation patterns; promote GitOps-based delivery.
• Embed security scanning and supply-chain protections into the SDLC.
• Collaborate with platform, cybersecurity, cloud, and DevSecOps teams to improve delivery capabilities.
• Provide architecture reviews and guidance to improve reliability and developer experience.
• Promote observability, monitoring, and post-deployment validation for operational readiness.
• Support modernization efforts and DevSecOps maturity across teams.

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD architecture

Git-based delivery workflows

Pipelines & automation

Kubernetes/OpenShift

DevSecOps practices

IaC & configuration automation

Security in SDLC

Cross-team collaboration

Production readiness

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

JFrog Artifactory

HashiCorp Vault

Nginx

Apache HTTPD

Tomcat

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Job description

Join a high-impact Application Architecture & Reliability team as a DevOps Solution Architect, where you’ll help shape enterprise application delivery patterns, CI/CD architecture, and secure deployment practices across complex environments. This role is ideal for someone who can bridge application architecture and enterprise platform capabilities, with a strong focus on GitLab, Kubernetes/OpenShift, DevSecOps, and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Define application delivery and DevSecOps architecture patterns that support secure, scalable software releases.
• Translate enterprise platform standards and security controls into practical guidance for application teams.
• Design CI/CD approaches, reusable pipeline components, and release workflows aligned to application needs.
• Advise teams on repository structure, branching strategies, merge requests, approvals, artifacts, runners, and pipeline optimization.
• Guide containerized application deployment patterns for Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift environments.
• Support deployment strategies such as rolling, blue/green, canary, feature flags, and automated rollback.
• Establish patterns for infrastructure as code, configuration automation, and GitOps-based delivery where appropriate.
• Help embed security scanning and supply-chain protections into the software delivery lifecycle.
• Partner with platform, cybersecurity, cloud, and DevSecOps teams to identify gaps and influence delivery capabilities.
• Provide architecture reviews, reference patterns, and technical guidance to improve reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Promote operational readiness through validation, monitoring, logging, observability, and post-deployment verification.
• Support modernization efforts and help increase DevSecOps maturity across application teams.

Skills

• Strong background in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, software engineering, or cloud engineering with architecture or senior technical leadership experience.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD architecture, Git-based delivery workflows, and modern application release practices.
• Hands-on experience designing pipelines and automation patterns for enterprise application delivery.
• Solid knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and application deployment concepts.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Helm.
• Ability to integrate automated testing, quality checks, and security controls into delivery pipelines.
• Working knowledge of identity, secrets, networking, application security, artifact repositories, container registries, and supply-chain concepts.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across applications, pipelines, infrastructure, and security tooling.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and influence technical decisions without direct ownership of the platforms.

Preferred Skills

• Deep experience with GitLab and GitLab CI/CD, including reusable components and runner architectures.
• Experience with Argo CD and GitOps delivery models.
• Familiarity with JFrog Artifactory and Xray.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or IBM Cloud.
• Experience with secrets management platforms such as HashiCorp Vault or similar tools.
• Knowledge of Nginx, Apache HTTPD, and Tomcat web application services.
• Understanding of API gateways, service mesh, container networking, and cloud-native security practices.
• Familiarity with SAST, DAST, SCA, SBOM, signing, provenance, and other supply-chain security practices.
• Awareness of SRE concepts such as SLIs, SLOs, observability, and production readiness.
• Experience in highly regulated, utility, energy, or critical infrastructure environments.
• Experience supporting build and deployment automation for Node.js, Python, .NET, and Java applications.

Horizontal is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and equitable workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply if you bring the skills and experience needed for this role.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.