Senior DevOps Engineer

Apex Systems; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K plan with company match

HSA (Health Savings Account)

Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)

Career development resources

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems in Charlotte, NC, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide operations and deployment support across enterprise platforms, focusing on CI/CD automation and cloud-native platforms. You will collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to enable reliable software delivery, manage build and release processes, and ensure security standards are met.

This contract role spans 12 months with hybrid work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CS/IT/Engineering.
• 7+ years in Application Support, DevOps, SRE, or related roles.
• Strong automation mindset and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and enhance build, deployment, and release processes.
• Support development, test, pre-production, and production environments.
• Troubleshoot complex application and platform issues across layers.
• Drive automation initiatives to improve efficiency, stability, and scalability.
• Work with Jenkins, Bitbucket, Artifactory, XLR, OpenShift/Kubernetes, AWS, and Vault.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security and risk management standards.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders.
• Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

CI/CD proficiency

Cloud & container expertise

SRE/DevOps experience

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

Bitbucket

JFrog Artifactory

XLR

OpenShift

Kubernetes

AWS

Ansible Tower

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

Job#: 3046267

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Contract

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Role Overview

This position is responsible for providing DevOps and Application Operations support across critical enterprise platforms. The role will partner closely with development, infrastructure, and engineering teams to enable reliable software delivery through CI/CD automation, cloud and container platform support, and operational excellence practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and enhance build, deployment, and release processes.
• Support development, test, pre-production, and production environments.
• Troubleshoot complex application and platform issues across application, middleware, and infrastructure layers.
• Drive automation initiatives that improve efficiency, stability, and scalability.
• Work with technologies such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, JFrog Artifactory, Ansible Tower, XLR, OpenShift/Kubernetes, AWS, and HashiCorp Vault.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security and risk-management standards.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders.
• Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.

Required Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field is required.

Candidates must have 7+ years of experience in Application Support, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a related technology role.

Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and processes, including Jenkins, Bitbucket, JFrog Artifactory, and release orchestration platforms such as XLR.
• Experience supporting Java/J2EE applications and modern application frameworks in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and related infrastructure services.
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible Tower.
• Familiarity with software supply chain security, vulnerability remediation, certificate management, and secrets management solutions such as HashiCorp Vault.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting financial services applications and platforms.
• Knowledge of GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or similar tools.
• Exposure to AI-driven operational automation and process optimization initiatives.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring team members.

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.

• medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• ESPP (employee stock purchase program)
• 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan)
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions
• corporate discount savings program and other discounts
• professional development: host 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.
• 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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Everforth Apex 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. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.