DevSecOps / OpenShift Engineer II

KC; United States; Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

KC is seeking a DevSecOps/OpenShift Engineer to configure secure delivery environments for FEM/IBM Maximo. You will manage builds, infrastructure changes, security evidence and recoverability, while supporting RMF/ATO requirements. Remote/hybrid with on-site onboarding at Montgomery/Gunter Annex.

The role requires active Secret clearance and a salary range of $125,000–$135,000 with compensation based on qualifications and contract needs.

Qualifications

• Hands-on container/platform administration and CI/CD operation.
• Experience maintaining infrastructure as code and deployment automation.
• Ability to diagnose failures and implement rollback/recovery paths.
• Security controls, RMF inputs and STIG evidence handling.
• Ability to coordinate dependencies across Maximo/OpenShift/platforms.

Responsibilities

• Application-aware platform delivery for FEM with OpenShift and Maximo.
• Maintain pipelines, deployable artifacts and configuration history.
• Ensure secure, verified environments with least-privilege access.
• Coordinate evidence for ATO/COOP and incident response.

Skills

Container administration

CI/CD automation

Infrastructure as code

Security controls RMF/STIG

Incident recovery planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab

Artifactory

Red Hat OpenShift

Job description

Position Summary

The DevSecOps/ Openshift Engineer will configure and sustain secure delivery and operating environments for FEM / IBM Maximo Application Suite. You will connect application builds, infrastructure changes, security evidence and recoverability. The role supplies technical evidence to the designated RMF/ATO specialists; it is not a substitute for independent authorization-support ownership. This position is contingent based on award, with an anticipated salary range of $125,000-$135,000 based on candidate qualifications and final contract requirements.

Work Environment

• Work Location: Remote/hybrid eligible; Montgomery/Gunter Annex attendance for onboarding, reviews and mission events.


• Security Clearance: Active Secret


• Salary: $125K-$135K

Compensation

Karthik Consulting is committed to providing competitive compensation based on the responsibilities of the role, required qualifications, security clearance level, relevant experience, certifications, customer requirements, geographic location, and overall business needs. The salary range listed for this position represents a good-faith estimate of the current compensation range for this role.

At Karthik Consulting, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range. Final compensation decisions are based on the facts and circumstances of each candidate’s experience, qualifications, certifications, clearance level, contract requirements, and overall alignment with the role.

Employees may be eligible for company benefits and additional compensation programs, subject to company policy, contract requirements, and individual eligibility.

Program Scope and Description

FEM supports facilities and equipment maintenance at Air Logistics Complexes. It is a highly customized Government overlay on IBM Maximo, covering work orders, inventory, costing, projects and calibration. The disclosed transition includes Cloud One hosting and Red Hat OpenShift dependencies.

FEM platform and build/release operations spanning the customized Maximo application and disclosed Cloud One/OpenShift transition. RHEL, WebSphere, Oracle, Jenkins, Artifactory and GitLab/Arcturus are in the source baseline; confirm inherited versions and boundaries before changing them.

Key Responsibilities

Application-aware platform delivery

• Maintain FEM container/deployment configurations, Helm charts and environment-specific settings supporting Maximo and database/application-server dependencies.


• Operate the approved pipeline and assist the disclosed Arcturus/tool transition while preserving deployable artifacts, review gates and platform configuration history.


• Maintain versioned infrastructure as code, provisioning requests and environment baselines; test changes before promotion and investigate configuration drift.

Security and operational resilience

• Implement assigned identity, least-privilege, encryption, segmentation and STIG controls; monitor logs, performance and security findings with accountable remediation.


• Prepare application recovery runbooks and COOP exercise evidence; coordinate with the FEM hosting enclave without taking ownership of its COOP.

Release evidence and technical coordination

• Retain pipeline/test/security-scan and component/SBOM evidence, architecture changes and control inputs; coordinate rather than grant ATO or production acceptance.


• Escalate architecture decisions to the assigned senior lead and Government reviewers; support authorized deployments, rollback and incident recovery.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, software/systems engineering or a related field preferred. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered only where permitted by the applicable contract labor category.

Professional Certifications

• Role-relevant Azure/AWS, Red Hat/OpenShift or DevSecOps credentials are preferred. Personnel must meet the approved cyber-workforce and privileged-access qualifications before independent duty. A named certification is mandatory only when the approved mapping requires it.

Minimum Qualifications

• Hands-on container/platform administration and CI/CD operation; working OpenShift or closely related Kubernetes skills relevant to the assigned FEM environment.


• Experience maintaining infrastructure as code, source-controlled configurations, deployment automation and operational monitoring.


• Ability to diagnose an environment or pipeline failure and produce a tested rollback/recovery path.


• Ability to coordinate Maximo/OpenShift/platform dependencies and elevate design issues appropriately.


• Possess or obtain and maintain Secret clearance before Government system or facility access, and complete required investigation, CAC, access and security training.

Preferred Qualifications

• IBM Maximo Application Suite on OpenShift, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle dependencies or FEM platform support.


• Experience with approved scanning, STIG evidence, RMF technical inputs and repeatable COOP exercises.