Senior DevOps Engineer
$136,408–$168,504 year
On-siteAustin, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead enterprise-wide DevSecOps strategy by defining technical processes that increase efficiency, reduce downtime, and improve performance across all development teams. Automate the build and deployment of custom application code throughout the entire lifecycle while architecting robust Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and Terraform Cloud. Design and optimize secure, scalable CI/CD/CT pipelines leveraging Azure DevOps and drive security automation utilizing SAST, DAST, and container scanning. Build monitoring solutions to improve visibility into application performance and manage operational workloads. Collaborate with development, IT operations, and security teams to integrate security into all phases of software delivery and help design a next-generation Integrated Development Platform leveraging GenAI and ML technologies. Mentor junior members and internal teams in DevOps best practices while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and platform engineering.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, or related field or equivalent training and experience
- At least 4 years of experience in DevOps and Cloud Engineering/Operations
- At least 3 years of hands-on AWS experience
- At least 3 years of software development experience utilizing a modern development language(s) and applicable framework(s)
- Expert-level knowledge of Terraform and Terraform Cloud (HCP) for infrastructure automation
- Strong proficiency with CI/CD platforms, particularly Azure DevOps and Jenkins/Cloudbees CI
- Hands-on experience with SonarQube (or an equivalent technology) for code quality analysis
- Deep understanding of observability and performance monitoring with a tool such as Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, Prometheus+Grafana, and/or ELK Stack
- Extensive knowledge of IAM, secrets management, zero-trust security architectures, and compliance frameworks
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell
- Proficiency in both Windows and Linux-based operating systems
- Proven ability to lead initiatives, drive cultural transformation, and influence cross-functional teams
- Excellent work ethic and positive attitude
- Never-ending curiosity and desire to try new things
- Excellent communications skills
- All Texas Mutual employees are required to have Texas residency and travel to their designated office as needed
Desired Qualifications
- SAA, SysOps, SAPro, and DevOps Pro certs preferred
- Certifications in DevOps tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, and Docker
- Experience building and integrating with APIs
- Experience with Java and Springboot applications
- Certified Docker Associate
- Hands-on experience with Hashicorp Sentinel and Packer
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- Masters degee in CS, IT, or related engineering field
- 104+ years of direct, hands-on experience
- Experience with AngularJS, NodeJS, or ReactJS applications
- Hashicorp Terraform Associate or Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional certifications
- AWS Certifications such as Solutions Architect Associate, Developer Associate, SysOps Associate, ML Engineer Associate, Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Professional, or any of the AWS Speciality certifications
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CKS, or OSCP
- Linux administrator certifications
- Knowledge of SRE concepts around application hardening, automated scaling, fault-tolerance, A/B testing
- Experience implementing deployment methods such as blue/green deployments, immutable deployments, rolling deployments, and canary deployments
Hiring someone like this?
Get your role in front of qualified candidates on Sorce.