DevOps Engineer - Platform Engineering & Automation

Department: Application Development

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: US - Texas

Reporting To: Jeremy Kelley

Description

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer who thrives in scaling complex infrastructure, building resilient platforms, and driving automation across the software delivery lifecycle. This role is integral to ensuring our platform is secure, scalable, observable, and fast-moving to support both internal teams and customer-facing products.

Primary Objectives in this Role: Design, implement, and maintain core platform infrastructure to support scale and high availability. Champion observability across systems to ensure proactive monitoring and rapid incident response. You can't improve what you don't measure. Automate build, deployment, and environment management to enable continuous delivery and infrastructure as code. Collaborate across engineering to drive reliability, performance, and platform best practices. Proactive and detail-oriented with a strong sense of ownership. Calm under pressure and focused on solutions during incidents. Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across functions and teams. Eagerness to contribute to a high-growth, fast-paced environment. Constantly learning and staying current with modern DevOps and platform trends. Competitive salary and equity opportunities. Full medical, dental, and vision insurance. 401(k) eligibility after 90 days. Tuition reimbursement and certifications support. Home office and remote-friendly perks. Collaborative and fun culture where your voice matters. Teamwork : We believe great outcomes come from shared effort. Integrity : We act with trust and honesty in every interaction. Service : We build with empathy, for our teams and our customers. Kaizen : We embrace a mindset of continuous improvement. About the role Build and manage scalable infrastructure using modern tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm). Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support seamless build, test, and deployment processes. Establish comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog. Support production systems and lead efforts in root cause analysis, postmortems, and incident prevention. Enable self-service infrastructure and deployment tooling for development teams. Ensure security best practices are integrated into platform operations. Optimize cloud resource usage for performance and cost. Partner with software engineering and security to drive architectural decisions and delivery excellence. Participate in on-call rotation and lead operational readiness efforts. All other duties and projects as assigned. About you Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience (not required). 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Platform Engineering roles. Deep expertise in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, etc). Proficiency in container orchestration (Kubernetes, Nomad), Docker, and service mesh technologies. Strong understanding of CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.). Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog). Familiarity with distributed systems, load balancing, and caching strategies. Strong scripting and automation skills in Bash, Python, or Go. Knowledge of networking, DNS, TLS, IAM, and secrets management. Excellent troubleshooting, time management, and communication skills. Passion for automation, performance, reliability, and developer experience.