Senior DevSecOps Engineer: Secure CI/CD & OpenShift

Kforce Inc; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce Inc. is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer for a Birmingham, AL client. You will design and secure CI/CD pipelines, embed security into the software lifecycle, and migrate deployment tooling from UCD to Harness in a highly collaborative Agile environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on work with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Harness, and OpenShift, with on-prem to cloud-adjacent deployments and strong focus on security automation and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps or DevSecOps engineering experience.
• Strong experience designing, building, and supporting CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience embedding security into CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps).
• Hands-on experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Harness, OpenShift, PowerShell scripting.
• Experience supporting Windows and Linux/Unix environments.
• Experience integrating security scanning tools into deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and optimize enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
• Embed security controls and automated security scanning throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Build and support CI/CD solutions using GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Harness.
• Assist with the migration from UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) to Harness.
• Integrate existing automation scripts into deployment pipelines.
• Manage containerized application deployments within OpenShift.
• Improve deployment reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Partner closely with software engineers and security teams to implement DevSecOps best practices.
• Work independently while taking ownership of CI/CD platform responsibilities.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Harness

OpenShift

PowerShell

Windows/Linux

Security scanning

Automation

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Harness

OpenShift

PowerShell

Job description

Kforce Inc. is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer for a Birmingham, AL client. You will design and secure CI/CD pipelines, embed security into the software lifecycle, and migrate deployment tooling from UCD to Harness in a highly collaborative Agile environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on work with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Harness, and OpenShift, with on-prem to cloud-adjacent deployments and strong focus on security automation and reliability.