DevOps Engineer

JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer

LOCATION: North Austin, TX (Hybrid onsite 3 days)

DURATION: 1-year contract to start, potential for conversion to permanent

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Our Cloud Infrastructure DevOps team plays a pivotal role in designing and deploying robust infrastructure solutions to support products and services. We are an automation-first organization, prioritizing the deployment of all our cloud resources via automation to enhance efficiency and consistency. Our engineers collaborate closely with internal product teams and customer-facing units to deliver adaptable and scalable code that meets the requirements of our diverse clientele. Candidates will have the opportunity to work across various cloud providers using a wide range of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling and practices, developing provider-agnostic solutions that ensure seamless functionality across different platforms. Our infrastructure supports a broad client base, including local, state, and federal government agencies, as well as private sector organizations engaged in government-related missions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Write, modify, run terraform from an existing codebase to deploy and maintain infrastructure across multiple cloud service providers. Be able to debug errors when deploying terraform.
• Run ansible playbooks to manage customer infrastructure. Be able to modify and troubleshoot ansible as needed as errors occur
• Use GitLab with multiple repositories to maintain customer infrastructure and create merge requests for changes to customer infrastructure.
• Configure, build, and deploy containerized services using Docker and/or Kubernetes
• Access traffic flow data between customer and hosted environments to troubleshoot connectivity issues
• Produce and maintain technical documentation in regard to network and system design and governance.
• Develop standard operating procedures, knowledge base articles, technical bulletins, and other documents in support of the infrastructure.
• Operate in a security-first mindset, performing all other responsibilities with security in mind
• Implement monitoring, config management, and logging capabilities to manage a multiple tenant cloud infrastructure across multiple cloud service providers.
• Use generative AI elements to increase efficiency and speed, improve accuracy and consistency, enhance security, and better manage resources where practical and within security boundary guidelines

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Must be able to go onsite 3x per week in the office in North Austin, TX
• 7-8+ years of experience with Python, Terraform, Bash and/or Ansible for automation, configuration and infrastructure management
• Experience using Concourse for CI/CD pipeline development
• Experience in using Terraform to build modules for deploying applications in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Experience with Gitlab runners and Gitlab actions
• Experience with Linux OS administration and networking

COMPENSATION:

$65/hr to $75/hr.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.