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 / Targeting July 2026 Duration: 12 Month Contract (Potential Conversion After 6 Months) Compensation Range: $60/hr – $70/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 highly technical DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain large-scale infrastructure automation across multi-cloud environments. This role requires deep Ansible expertise, hands-on Terraform experience, strong Linux administration skills, and the ability to automate infrastructure delivery pipelines in highly secure cloud environments.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure automation using Ansible Roles, Ansible Galaxy, and Terraform
• Manage and support large-scale Ansible environments consisting of 100 instances
• Develop modular, role-based automation rather than simple playbook execution
• Use Terraform to provision infrastructure and integrate deployments into Ansible automation workflows
• Support end-to-end infrastructure delivery pipelines across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments
• Perform Linux administration, networking, firewall management, and troubleshooting
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver scalable infrastructure solutions
• Maintain infrastructure-as-code repositories and manage code changes through GitLab workflows
• Build and maintain CI/CD automation processes
• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and operational runbooks
• Implement monitoring, logging, configuration management, and security best practices
• Leverage automation and emerging technologies to improve engineering efficiency

Minimum Requirements:

• 5 years of DevOps, Infrastructure Automation, or Cloud Engineering experience
• 5 years of hands-on Ansible experience using Ansible Roles and Ansible Galaxy
• Experience coding Ansible Roles and Playbooks in enterprise-scale environments (100 instances)
• 5 years of hands-on Terraform experience
• Experience building and maintaining Terraform modules in production environments
• Experience using Terraform to provision infrastructure and integrate deployments into Ansible workflows
• Multi-cloud experience across at least two of the following: AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong Linux administration experience
• Strong networking knowledge including routing, subnetting, firewalls, authentication, and cloud connectivity
• Experience with Python and/or Bash scripting
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code best practices
• Understanding of SDLC and software engineering principles
• Experience working in secure or highly regulated environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Kubernetes experience
• Docker experience
• AI or Generative AI project experience
• HashiCorp Vault experience
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Terraform certifications
• ServiceNow or ITIL experience
• Experience supporting large-scale distributed systems