DevOps Engineer

Electric Power Engineers • Austin, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We are designing the grid of the future! We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our DevOps team. The ideal candidate will support in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform, cloud automation, Kubernetes, and AWS. This role focuses on maintaining availability, security, and performance of our systems while contributing to automation and infrastructure‑as‑code best practices under established standards and guidance.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of DevOps, cloud, or infrastructure engineering experience, with hands‑on exposure to AWS and infrastructure‑as‑code tools.
• Working experience writing, organizing, and optimizing Terraform modules for complex infrastructure.
• Practical experience supporting Kubernetes workloads and understanding core concepts such as pods, services, and deployments
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including VPC, IAM, Route 53, CloudFormation, and EKS.
• Proficiency in scripting (e.g., Python, Bash) and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Expertise in Docker and container orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or CloudWatch.
• General understanding of cloud security best practices, including encryption, IAM, and network security.
• Strong analytical skills to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work with cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• AWS certification (Associate‑level preferred)
• Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
• Familiarity with GitOps practices and GitOps concepts.
• Basic exposure to managed databases (e.g., RDS, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL).
• Interest or high level experience with infrastructure cost optimization and FinOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Implement, update, and maintain infrastructure using Terraform to provision and manage AWS resources in alignment with existing patterns and standards.
• Contribute to automation for deployment, scaling, and monitoring of cloud‑based applications, helping reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
• Deploy, manage, and support containerized applications running in Kubernetes environments, assisting with scaling, availability, and operational stability.
• Configure and support AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, Lambda) to support business applications.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software delivery.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, NewRelic) to ensure system health and respond to incidents.
• Apply established security best practices, including IAM roles, networking rules, and secure configurations, while working within compliance guidelines.
• Work closely with development, QA, and product teams to align infrastructure with application needs and business goals.
• Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability through analysis and automation.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision with 100% premium coverage for you
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• MyShare Employee Ownership Program
• Work with industry leaders
• 401K, up to a 4% match (100% vested from day 1)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees