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# DevOps / Application Operations Engineer

- **Company:** BCforward
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,304.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Middleware, Key Management, OpenShift, Reliability Engineering, Software Vulnerability Management, SSL Certificate Management, Enterprise Software Applications, Software Troubleshooting, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Hashicorp, Bitbucket, Splunk, Ansible Tower, Appdynamics, Dynatrace, Jenkins, Artifactory
- **Published:** August 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1f026a30-ed69-4645-b60e-5521994912c4

## About the Role

We are seeking an Application Programmer III to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in DevOps, CI/CD, application operations, and container/cloud platforms and a proven ability to deliver reliable software through automation, platform support, and operational excellence., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

 * 7+ years in Application Support, DevOps, SRE, or related roles.
 * Hands-on CI/CD with Jenkins, Bitbucket, JFrog Artifactory, and release orchestration such as XLR.
 * Experience supporting Java/J2EE applications in large-scale environments.
 * Containerization and orchestration with OpenShift and Kubernetes.
 * Working knowledge of AWS and related infrastructure services.
 * Configuration management and automation with Ansible Tower.
 * Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving across full stack layers.
 * Experience with mission-critical systems in regulated environments focused on stability, security, and operations.
 * Familiarity with software supply chain security, vulnerability remediation, certificate management, and HashiCorp Vault.
 * Strong verbal and written communication and cross-team collaboration.
 * Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Skills:

 * Experience in financial services environments.
 * Knowledge of GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native architectures.
 * Exposure to observability platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, or AppDynamics.
 * Exposure to AI-driven operational automation and process optimization.
 * Experience leading initiatives, mentoring, and driving continuous improvement.

## Description

* Manage and enhance build, deployment, and release processes across environments.
 * Support development, test, pre-production, and production for enterprise applications.
 * Troubleshoot complex issues across application, middleware, and infrastructure layers.
 * Drive automation to improve efficiency, stability, scalability, and compliance.
 * Partner with development, infrastructure, security, and engineering teams.
 * Operate and optimize CI/CD and release orchestration using Jenkins, Bitbucket, Artifactory, and XLR.
 * Support OpenShift/Kubernetes, AWS services, and secrets management via HashiCorp Vault.


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