Senior DevOps Engineer

Kforce's client is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to help power and evolve a shared digital platform supporting. This role sits at the crossroads of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, security, and platform enablement, with a strong emphasis on unifying DevOps practices across teams that have historically operated independently. This role can be in either Tampa, FL or Toledo, OH. Summary: As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll work hands-on across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and AWS, supporting cloud-native, containerized, and event-driven systems while enabling development teams to ship securely, reliably, and at scale. Duties:

• Operate, support, and continuously improve cloud-native platforms across: GCP (GKE, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Firestore); AWS (EC2, ECS, RDS)
• Own Kubernetes (GKE) platform operations, including: Cluster upgrades and version alignment; Node configuration, backup/restore, and resiliency; Environment parity across sandbox, dev, test, stage, and production; Manage and enhance multi-cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
• Design, build, and standardize CI/CD pipelines
• Support deployments for Kotlin/Java (Gradle), Node.js, and Ruby containerized applications
• Maintain and improve pipelines using: Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions; Terraform and CloudFormation; Shared repo and pipeline templates (Node.js, Kotlin, Cloud Functions, Flutter; IaC, batch, workflow); SonarQube for static analysis and quality gates
• Troubleshoot and stabilize build pipelines, including Docker, JDK, Gradle, and dependency issues
• Contribute to enterprise security hardening initiatives, including: Infrastructure and container vulnerability reduction; Secure pipeline design and enforcement; IAM and PAM/TEAM integrations
• Partner with application teams to remediate security findings efficiently and pragmatically

Improve pipeline reliability, scripting quality, and operational resilience

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE
• Required proven experience operating across multiple cloud platforms (GCP and AWS)
• Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments
• Demonstrated ownership of CI/CD pipelines (design, maintenance, and improvement-not just usage)
• Solid Infrastructure as Code experience, especially with Terraform
• Experience supporting Java/Kotlin, Node.js, and Ruby workloads in cloud environments
• Excellent troubleshooting skills across pipelines, containers, and cloud infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in enterprise environments with security, compliance, and identity integration requirements
• Background unifying or simplifying DevOps practices across multiple teams
• Familiarity with enterprise integration or middleware platforms (e.g., Boomi or similar)
• Advanced troubleshooting of development platform and network-related issues
• Experience with static code analysis tools such as SonarQube