DevOps Engineer NEX

Patterson-UTI•Houston, TX

About The Position

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to help streamline our development and deployment processes on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role focuses on building and maintaining the tooling, pipelines, and infrastructure that enable fast, reliable, and secure software delivery. You’ll work closely with engineering teams to improve developer productivity, automate infrastructure, and ensure consistent, repeatable deployments across environments.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or related roles
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred)
Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)
Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and cloud architecture
Experience with monitoring and logging tools
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, including: GCP: GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub (or equivalents), Cloud Monitoring & Logging, BigQuery, Dataflow, Datastream, IAM and networking, Composer/AIrflow
Kubernetes: deployment, scaling, reliability patterns
Observability: GCP Cloud Monitoring, Logging
Knowledge of security and compliance practices in cloud environments
5+ years experience in Data Engineering, DataOps, or Data Platform Operations
Ability to understand and speak English at a level of proficiency allowing employee to issue, receive and respond to both safety and operations-related directions in English

Nice To Haves

Oil and Gas Industry knowledge
Technology/Digital Industry knowledge

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure delivery
Provision and manage cloud infrastructure on GCP using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
Automate build, test, and deployment workflows to improve release velocity
Collaborate with developers to standardize development environments and deployment patterns
Manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (GKE)
Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
Improve system reliability and deployment safety through automation and tooling
Support incident response and troubleshoot issues across development, staging, and production environments
Enforce security best practices within pipelines and infrastructure
Optimize cloud usage for performance and cost efficiency