Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer

AppLab Systems, Inc; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 98,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AppLab Systems, Inc. seeks a Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer to bridge software development and operations in Secaucus, NJ. You will design automated, secure, and reusable developer workflows and optimize delivery lifecycle using data-driven DORA metrics.

You will manage JFrog Artifactory, configure X-Ray for security, and build pipelines with Jellyfish/DevLake while enhancing GitHub-based templates and feature flagging with LaunchDarkly.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience with JFrog Enterprise and X-Ray.
• Experience building DORA metrics dashboards with Jellyfish or DevLake.
• Advanced GitHub Enterprise knowledge and CI/CD pipeline design.
• Understanding of full-stack architecture and integration of tools.

Responsibilities

• Artifact & Security Management: Manage and scale enterprise-grade JFrog Artifactory clusters.
• Artifact & Security Management: Configure JFrog X-Ray to automate security scanning and license compliance.
• Artifact & Security Management: Build automated vulnerability remediation workflows within the CI/CD pipeline.
• Engineering Productivity & Metrics: Implement and maintain data pipelines using Jellyfish or Apache DevLake.
• Engineering Productivity & Metrics: Track, analyze, and improve DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, MTTR, Change Failure Rate).
• Engineering Productivity & Metrics: Provide actionable insights to leadership to eliminate engineering bottlenecks.
• GitHub & Software Templates: Architecture enterprise GitHub organization structures, branch policies, and access controls.
• GitHub & Software Templates: Build reusable GitHub Actions workflows and custom software development templates.
• GitHub & Software Templates: Standardize boilerplate code to accelerate onboarding for full-stack applications.
• Ecosystem Integration & Feature Flagging: Connect GitHub, Jira, and ServiceNow to create seamless, automated change-management workflows.
• Ecosystem Integration & Feature Flagging: Implement and champion progressive delivery using LaunchDarkly for feature flagging.
• Ecosystem Integration & Feature Flagging: Enable developer self-service capabilities for infrastructure and application provisioning.

Skills

Full-Stack Development

Agile Methodology

Integration scripting

DevOps practices

Tools

JFrog Enterprise

JFrog X-Ray

Jellyfish

Apache DevLake

GitHub Enterprise

LaunchDarkly

Job description

Job Role - Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer

Buy Rate - $50/hr W2

Location - Secaucus, NJ

Mandatory Skills - JFrog, Jellyfish, Full-Stack Development

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer to join our engineering team. You will bridge the gap between software development and operations. Your primary focus will be designing automated, secure, and reusable developer workflows. You will optimize our software delivery lifecycle using data-driven DORA metrics.

Key Responsibilities

• Artifact & Security Management
  • Manage and scale enterprise-grade JFrog Artifactory clusters.
  • Configure JFrog X-Ray to automate security scanning and license compliance.
  • Build automated vulnerability remediation workflows within the CI/CD pipeline.
• Engineering Productivity & Metrics
  • Implement and maintain data pipelines using tools like Jellyfish or Apache DevLake.
  • Track, analyze, and improve DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, MTTR, Change Failure Rate).
  • Provide actionable insights to leadership to eliminate engineering bottlenecks.
• GitHub & Software Templates
  • Architecture enterprise GitHub organization structures, branch policies, and access controls.
  • Build reusable GitHub Actions workflows and custom software development templates.
  • Standardize boilerplate code to accelerate onboarding for full-stack applications.
• Ecosystem Integration & Feature Flagging
  • Connect GitHub, Jira, and ServiceNow to create seamless, automated change-management workflows.
  • Implement and champion progressive delivery using LaunchDarkly for feature flagging.
  • Enable developer self-service capabilities for infrastructure and application provisioning.

Skill Requirements

• DevOps & Security: 4+ years of deep technical experience with JFrog Enterprise and X-Ray.
• Value Stream Management: Proven experience building DORA metrics dashboards via Jellyfish, DevLake, or similar business intelligence tools.
• GitHub Ecosystem: Advanced knowledge of GitHub Enterprise, environment management, and complex CI/CD pipeline creation.
• Full-Stack Development Context: Strong understanding of full-stack application architecture to better support front-end and back-end engineering teams.
• Integration Expertise: Hands-on experience writing scripts or using webhooks to link toolchains (GitHub API, Jira Cloud, ServiceNow ITSM).
• Feature Management: Experience with runtime configuration or decoupling deployments from releases using LaunchDarkly.
• Agile Methodology: Experience working in mature Scrum/Kanban environments with a strong focus on continuous iterative improvement.