DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Apply now: DevOps Engineer, location is Hybrid. The start date is ASAP for this contract position.

Job Title: DevOps Engineer Location-Type: Hybrid (Austin, TX – Tuesday through Thursday Onsite) Start Date Is: ASAP Duration: 12 Month Contract (Opportunity to Convert) Compensation Range: $55-65/hr W2 Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship .

Job Description: Seeking a DevOps Engineer to build and enhance enterprise cloud infrastructure through Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and automation. This role focuses on developing reusable infrastructure, onboarding new cloud environments, improving deployment pipelines, and supporting secure, scalable multi-cloud platforms.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Build and enhance Terraform infrastructure through new modules, refactoring, and standardization
• Develop, modify, and troubleshoot Ansible playbooks and automation
• Provision and manage Kubernetes (EKS) environments
• Support new customer onboarding by provisioning and integrating cloud environments
• Design, modify, and deploy infrastructure through Terraform pipelines
• Troubleshoot networking, deployment, connectivity, and performance issues
• Maintain secure multi-cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Manage infrastructure changes through Git, merge requests, and code reviews
• Monitor systems, logs, alerts, and respond to production incidents
• Configure IAM, RBAC, and security controls
• Automate repetitive operational tasks to improve deployment efficiency
• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and runbooks
• Partner with engineering teams to support infrastructure and deployment initiatives
• Design new cloud environments and improve existing platform architecture

Minimum Requirements:

• 5–8 years of DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering experience
• Strong Terraform experience, including building reusable modules from scratch
• Strong Ansible experience writing and modifying playbooks and automation
• Experience building platform and infrastructure automation—not simply maintaining existing environments
• Enterprise cloud infrastructure experience (AWS required; Azure and/or GCP preferred)
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments
• Strong Linux administration and networking experience
• Experience troubleshooting networking, routing, connectivity, and cloud infrastructure issues
• Experience building reusable infrastructure and automation frameworks
• Experience with Git workflows, merge requests, and code reviews
• Ability to explain technical decisions and architectural tradeoffs
• Self-starter with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Kubernetes/EKS
• GitLab
• Identity and RBAC experience
• Python
• YAML
• Experience with release management and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience building highly scalable infrastructure
• Experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring engineers