Principal Engineer – DevSecOps & Platform Engineering - NC

Apex Systems; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking a Principal DevSecOps Engineer to lead platform engineering initiatives for a major financial services client. You will drive CI/CD automation, OpenShift deployment patterns, and release governance, turning reference architectures into reusable assets and scalable templates.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software engineering, deep Python, cloud-native architectures, and hands-on leadership in DevSecOps, OpenShift, GitHub Actions, and enterprise security controls.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering initiatives.
• 10+ years of building web applications and APIs using Django, FastAPI, Flask.
• 8+ years designing and implementing CI/CD automation and DevOps practices, including GitHub Actions and reusable workflow development.
• Hands-on experience integrating security and quality scanning into CI/CD pipelines with enforceable policy gates.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud-native platforms and container orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) including deployment automation.
• Experience building or operating deployment automation to OpenShift using Harness CD (or equivalent).
• 5+ years of DevSecOps or application security engineering experience, including compliance automation and vulnerability management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reference implementations for APIs, Web Applications, Data Pipelines, CMS Platforms, and Enterprise Integration Patterns.
• Create reusable engineering assets including starter repositories, workflow templates, deployment blueprints, and shared libraries.
• Develop architectural decision records (ADRs), standards, and engineering guidance.
• Engineer reusable GitHub Actions workflows and automation libraries.
• Build release-ready delivery patterns aligned with enterprise controls.
• Create onboarding frameworks to accelerate adoption of release management initiatives.
• Design automated release governance and compliance controls.
• Improve release traceability, packaging, and deployment workflows.
• Implement security scanning automation including SonarQube, Checkmarx, Black Duck, GitHub Secret Scanning, and DAST Platforms.
• Design policy-based quality and security gates.
• Develop supply chain security controls.
• Automate vulnerability management and remediation workflows.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps delivery models.
• Design and maintain Harness CD deployment modules.
• Implement deployment automation for OpenShift environments.
• Support progressive deployments, rollbacks, promotion workflows, and deployment governance.
• Partner with Platform Engineering and Security teams on resiliency and reliability requirements.
• Mentor Lead and Senior Engineers.
• Lead architecture reviews and design sessions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend platform improvements.
• Drive enterprise engineering standardization efforts.
• Participate in architecture boards and enterprise working groups.

Skills

Python

DevSecOps leadership

Cloud-native platforms

CI/CD automation

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Tools

GitHub Actions

OpenShift Harness CD

Terraform

Ansible

ArgoCD

SonarQube

Checkmarx

Black Duck

DAST

Job description

Job#: 3043142

Job Description:

Job Title: Principal DevSecOps Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Contract Length: 18 months

Pay Rate: $96/hr - $102/hr

Note: We are not able to consider C2C or third-party submissions

Job Summary

In this contingent resource assignment, you will consult as a technical expert on highly complex engineering initiatives within a major financial services organization's Chief Data Office (CDO). As a Principal Engineer, you will transform reference architectures into reusable, production-ready engineering assets and enable enterprise-scale delivery through CI/CD automation, DevSecOps practices, OpenShift deployment patterns, and release governance automation. This role is a key contributor to a major release management initiative, driving enterprise adoption through reusable templates, GitHub Actions workflows, security controls, deployment automation, and developer enablement programs. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineering leader with deep expertise in Python, cloud-native technologies, DevSecOps automation, OpenShift, GitHub Actions, and enterprise-scale platform engineering.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Reference Architecture & Platform Engineering

• Develop and maintain reference implementations for APIs, Web Applications, Data Pipelines, CMS Platforms, and Enterprise Integration Patterns.
• Create reusable engineering assets including starter repositories, workflow templates, deployment blueprints, and shared libraries.
• Develop architectural decision records (ADRs), standards, and engineering guidance.

CI/CD & Release Engineering

• Engineer reusable GitHub Actions workflows and automation libraries.
• Build release-ready delivery patterns aligned with enterprise controls.
• Create onboarding frameworks to accelerate adoption of release management initiatives.
• Design automated release governance and compliance controls.
• Improve release traceability, packaging, and deployment workflows.

DevSecOps & Compliance Automation

• Implement security scanning automation including SonarQube, Checkmarx, Black Duck, GitHub Secret Scanning, and DAST Platforms.
• Design policy-based quality and security gates.
• Develop supply chain security controls.
• Automate vulnerability management and remediation workflows.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps delivery models.

OpenShift Delivery Enablement

• Design and maintain Harness CD deployment modules.
• Implement deployment automation for OpenShift environments.
• Support progressive deployments, rollbacks, promotion workflows, and deployment governance.
• Partner with Platform Engineering and Security teams on resiliency and reliability requirements.

Technical Leadership

• Mentor Lead and Senior Engineers.
• Lead architecture reviews and design sessions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend platform improvements.
• Drive enterprise engineering standardization efforts.
• Participate in architecture boards and enterprise working groups.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering initiatives.
• 10+ years of building web applications and APIs using industry-standard frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask).
• 8+ years designing and implementing CI/CD automation and DevOps practices, including GitHub Actions and reusable workflow development.
• Hands-on experience integrating security and quality scanning into CI/CD pipelines (Sonar, Checkmarx, Black Duck, GitHub Secret Scanning, and DAST) with enforceable policy gates.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud-native platforms and container orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) including deployment automation.
• Experience building or operating deployment automation to OpenShift using Harness CD (or equivalent), including promotion, approvals, and rollback strategies.
• 5+ years of DevSecOps or application security engineering experience, including compliance automation and vulnerability management.
• Proven ability to create reusable enterprise engineering standards, frameworks, and automation solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Open-source contributions (Conda-Forge, Pixi Package Manager, GitHub Actions ecosystems).
• Experience developing and maintaining Django-based platforms at enterprise scale; familiarity with Wagtail CMS.
• Experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes platform engineering and operational patterns.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices (Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD) and policy-as-code approaches.
• Experience with SRE practices, observability platforms, and incident management workflows.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth 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 ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth 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. Everforth 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, Everforth 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. Everforth 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 Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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