ALEX - Alternative Experts · 1 week ago
DevSecOps Engineer (Mid-Level)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$120K/yr - $125K/yr
3+ years expALEX – Alternative Experts is seeking a Mid-Level DevSecOps Engineer to support the design, deployment, and security of modern, cloud-based systems in a mission-driven environment. This role supports a distributed data ingestion and analysis platform that processes high volumes of unstructured data into structured, searchable knowledge.
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No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins
Integrate security scanning and vulnerability detection into CI/CD workflows
Write and maintain Helm charts supporting Kubernetes deployments
Improve deployment reliability and reduce manual processes, including database migrations and rollbacks
Ensure consistency across development, staging, and production environments
Support secrets management and secure configuration practices
Develop dashboards and monitoring solutions providing at-a-glance system health
Implement and improve end-to-end testing within CI/CD pipelines
Troubleshoot issues across application, infrastructure, and pipeline layers
Collaborate with engineering and security teams to meet compliance and mission requirements
Support system evolution toward event-driven architectures where appropriate
Qualification
Required
3–6 years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform, or backend engineering
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or similar
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
Experience supporting distributed systems or data pipelines
Ability to troubleshoot across application, queue, and infrastructure layers
Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting
Understanding of system reliability, scaling, and failure modes
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
Preferred
Experience with Celery or other distributed task queues
Familiarity with PostgreSQL performance and scaling considerations
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible)
Exposure to vector databases or semantic search technologies
Experience with ML/NLP pipelines or RAG architectures
Experience implementing observability solutions (metrics, logging, tracing)
Familiarity with security tooling (SAST, DAST, container scanning)
Experience working in regulated environments (DoD, FedRAMP)
Familiarity with artifact repositories such as Nexus or Artifactory
Benefits
ALEX provides a variety of benefits designed to help meet the needs of our employees.
Company
ALEX - Alternative Experts
Proven processes. Proven people. Proven performance by a trusted, award-winning solutions provider and partner.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Jeff Madsen
CTO
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