DevOps Engineer-Onsite-Houston
Position Summary: The DevOps Engineer will play a critical role in supporting and advancing the cloud and on-prem based infrastructure. This position will collaborate closely with cross-functional teamsincluding Software Development, Engineering, and Networkingto design, implement, and enhance scalable and secure solutions aligned with industry best practices. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in cloud-hosted platforms, infrastructure automation, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and observability. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential to influence decisions, create clear documentation, and foster a collaborative culture. Additional responsibilities may be assigned to support evolving mission objectives and stakeholder needs.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, developer-centric infrastructure to support dynamic and continuous software development workflows
- Deploy software and tooling using Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker
- Integrate DevOps/Cybersecurity tools, services, and best practices into the existing infrastructure on AWS using Terraform to improve automation, security, and reliability.
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, training materials, and presentations to support integration efforts and knowledge transfer across teams.
- Contribute to the enhancement and automation of current DevOps/Cybersecurity procedures by recommending and implementing innovative tools and approaches for pipelines and automation.
- Perform development and administrative tasks in a Linux-based environment, ensuring robust system administration
- Deploy and maintain virtualized environments
- Implement and maintain observability and monitoring solutions using tools such as Datadog to ensure system performance and reliability.
- Manage software and deployment versioning to ensure consistent and reliable releases.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teamsincluding software, systems, and safetyto define project scope, technical requirements, and deliverables.
- Perform other duties assigned to support mission-critical objectives and team priorities.
Other Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with DevOps Development and/or Administration for Enterprise-level entities.
- Strong understanding of DevOps principles and implementation of security best practices in tool and service development.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to address project challenges.
- Demonstrated time management and organizational skills to meet tight deadlines and quality objectives.
- Experienced with Git-based platforms for version control, collaboration, and CI/CD integration.
- Skilled in integrating automated testing (unit, integration, etc.) into CI/CD pipelines.
- Comfortable scripting or developing automation in a programming language (Typescript, Go, Python)
- Proficient in Linux-based environments for development and system administration.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, provisioning, managing, and scaling cloud infrastructure on live production platforms using Terraform.
