DevOps Engineer

Region 4 Education Service Center
Houston, TX, United States
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Automation of Tests Cloud Computing Configuration Management Continuous Delivery Linux DevOps Github Identity and Access Management Key Management MongoDB
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Performance Tuning Ansible Circleci Pulumi Cloud Platform System Autoscaling Delivery Pipeline Kubernetes Helm Charts Reliability of Systems Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Cloudformation Containerization Gitlab-ci Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Information Technology Deployment Automation Build Process Route53 Functional Programming Cloudwatch Puppet Terraform Docker Jenkins Microservices

Job description

Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure and deployment pipelines that enable rapid software delivery and reliable system performance. Drive automation across development and operations processes, leverage cloud technologies to optimize cost and efficiency, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to enhance system reliability, accelerate innovation, and support seamless, high-quality product releases., 1. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated testing, integration, and deployments.

  1. Manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
  2. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance across distributed applications and microservices.
  3. Implement automation for configuration management, provisioning, and workflow orchestration using tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or similar.
  4. Enhance system reliability & availability through observability, log management, alerting, and incident response best practices.
  5. Collaborate closely with development teams to streamline build processes, improve deployment strategies, and ensure production readiness.
  6. Maintain containerized environments using Docker and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, ECS, EKS).
  7. Ensure security best practices in infrastructure, pipelines, secrets management, and access control.
  8. Document systems, standards, and procedures to improve maintainability and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree within a technical field such as Computer Science or Information Technology, preferred, 1. 3 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or related engineering roles 2. Strong experience with AWS cloud platform (EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, Auto Scaling Groups, Route53, Lambda, CloudWatch) 3. Hands-on experience with ArgoCD or other GitOps tools for continuous deployment 4. Experience with Helm charts for packaging and deploying Kubernetes applications 5. Solid understanding of AWS IAM and IRSA (IAM Roles for Service Accounts) for secure pod-level permissions 6. Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.)

Special Knowledge and Skills:

  1. Deep knowledge of Kubernetes including deployment strategies, resource management, and cluster operations
  2. Proficiency with containerization (Docker, container registries, multi-stage builds)
  3. Strong Infrastructure-as-Code skills with Terraform for provisioning and managing AWS resources
  4. Knowledge of MongoDB deployment and management in containerized environments
  5. Familiarity with Linux systems, networking, and security fundamentals
  6. Strong communication and collaboration skills
  7. Problem-solving mindset with a focus on reliability and scalability
  8. Ability to work in fast-paced, agile environments
  9. Ownership mentality and proactive approach to automation, Frequent use of standard office equipment; prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting; repetitive hand motions (keyboarding and use of mouse); occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); may work prolonged and irregular hours; work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under pressure.

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