Devops Engineer-Dallas TX- Locals Only

[Sandhya]

 

Devops Engineer

Dallas TX – Locals Only

Local to Dallas,  5 days a week in Office.

12+ yrs experience

H1B GC and USC Only 

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

CI/CD & Automation

• Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent tools, supporting multi-environment deployments (dev, staging, production).
• Automate build, test, security scan, and deployment workflows to eliminate manual intervention and reduce deployment risk.
• Develop and maintain pipeline-as-code templates and reusable workflow libraries for use across all engineering teams.
• Implement automated rollback mechanisms, blue/green and canary deployment strategies to minimize downtime and deployment risk.

Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering

• Develop, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring environments are version-controlled and auditable.
• Design and operate highly available, fault-tolerant architectures leveraging AWS services (EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, VPC, Route53, CloudFront) and Azure equivalents.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS), including cluster provisioning, node group management, RBAC configuration, network policy enforcement, and autoscaling.
• Build and manage serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and event-driven patterns.
• Govern cloud cost management through resource tagging strategies, right-sizing recommendations, and FinOps practices.

Security & Compliance (DevSecOps)

• Integrate security tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning) directly into CI/CD pipelines to enforce security gates before code reaches production.
• Manage secrets and credentials using AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, or Azure Key Vault — enforcing zero hard-coded secrets policies.
• Implement and maintain identity and access management (IAM) policies following the principle of least privilege across all cloud environments.
• Ensure infrastructure and application compliance with regulatory standards (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, FFIEC) through automated policy-as-code tools such as OPA or AWS Config Rules.
• Conduct regular security audits of cloud environments, pipeline configurations, and container images.

Monitoring, Observability & Incident Management

• Build and maintain comprehensive observability stacks covering metrics, logs, and distributed traces using tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or AWS CloudWatch.
• Define and manage alerting strategies, escalation policies, and on-call runbooks to ensure rapid incident detection and resolution.
• Lead post-incident reviews (PIRs), drive root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to eliminate repeat incidents.
• Establish and track SLOs and error budgets for critical services, using data to prioritize reliability investments.

Containerization & Microservices

• Design, build, and maintain containerized application environments using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring optimal resource utilization, security hardening, and operational reliability.
• Implement and manage service mesh solutions (Istio, AWS App Mesh) to govern inter-service communication, traffic management, and mTLS.
• Maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests as version-controlled artifacts across environments.
• Support teams in migrating monolithic workloads to cloud-native, microservices-based architectures.

Collaboration & Platform Engineering

• Partner with software engineers, architects, and product teams to design systems that meet functional, performance, and reliability requirements from day one.
• Review application code and architecture to understand deployment requirements, dependencies, and optimization opportunities.
• Build and maintain internal developer platforms (IDPs) and self-service tooling that reduce cognitive load and accelerate delivery.
• Participate in architecture reviews, sprint planning, and retrospectives as a key engineering contributor with both operational and development perspectives.
• Educate and coach development teams on cloud-native patterns, DevOps best practices, operational responsibilities, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate on code review processes to ensure deployability, security posture, and operational considerations are addressed early.

 

Required Skills and Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering role.
• 3+ years of direct experience designing and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS (primary) and/or Microsoft Azure.

CI/CD & Automation

• Proven expertise in building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Strong proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, and/or Go.
• Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (required) and configuration management with Ansible.
• Solid understanding of GitOps workflows and tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.

Software Development Experience

• Solid hands-on experience developing applications in Python (required) — including libraries, frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI), and package management.
• Working knowledge of Java or Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript) — ability to understand application architecture, dependencies, and deployment requirements.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, microservices design patterns, and application lifecycle management.
• Ability to read, review, and contribute to application code to understand build/deployment requirements and collaborate effectively with development teams.
• Experience with version control workflows (Git), code review processes, and pull request management.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Hands-on expertise with core AWS services: EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, and Route53.
• Experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production, including networking (CNI), storage (CSI), autoscaling (HPA/VPA/KEDA), and RBAC.
• Proficiency with Docker and container image lifecycle management, including multi-stage builds and image security hardening.
• Experience with networking protocols and concepts: TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP/S, load balancing, VPN, and VPC peering/Transit Gateway.
• Familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework and its five pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Cost Optimization.

Security & Compliance

• Demonstrated experience implementing DevSecOps practices including SAST/DAST integration, secrets management, and container vulnerability scanning.
• Working knowledge of IAM policy design, RBAC, and cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks relevant to financial services: SOC 2, PCI-DSS, FFIEC, or equivalent.

Observability & Reliability

• Experience building observability platforms using tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or AWS CloudWatch/X-Ray.
• Proven ability to define SLOs, build alerting frameworks, and lead incident response and post-mortem processes.
• Experience with chaos engineering principles and tools (e.g., AWS Fault Injection Simulator, Gremlin) is a plus.

Collaboration & Communication

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery models with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Ability to produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation including runbooks, architecture diagrams, and post-incident reports.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional certification.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Azure Administrator Associate certification.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate.
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, AWS App Mesh).
• Exposure to FinOps practices and cloud cost governance frameworks.
• Experience in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare) with demonstrated ability to meet audit and compliance requirements.
• Contributions to open-source projects or internal developer tooling/platform initiatives.
• Familiarity with data engineering concepts: ETL pipelines, data lakes, streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis), and big data tooling.

Experience with API management platforms and gateway technologies (Kong, AWS API Gateway, Apigee).