DevOps Engineer || Houston, TX (Onsite) Must be Local

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, highly available, and secure cloud architectures
• Develop cloud adoption and migration strategies
• Define governance and pathways for AI adoption and onboarding on existing and new cloud technologies
• Establish governance frameworks and best practices
• Define Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards
• Architect hybrid and multi-cloud solutions
• Ensure security and compliance using zero-trust principles
• Optimize cloud costs through FinOps practices
• Enable CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Create, update, and implement cloud policies and guardrails across all cloud platforms, ensuring alignment with compliance standards and regulatory requirements
• Design and implement cloud identity and access management strategies, including role-based access control, privileged access, federation, and identity governance across cloud platforms
• Lead cloud governance initiatives, including management groups, account/subscription structure, tagging standards, policy enforcement, resource organization, and compliance reporting
• Identify, assess, and manage cloud-related risks, including security, compliance, operational, resiliency, vendor, and cost risks, while defining mitigation strategies and tracking remediation efforts
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies including the adoption of new AI capabilities in multiple cloud platforms and external SaaS offerings
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
• 8+ years of IT experience with 3–5+ years in cloud roles
• Experience with Azure preferred, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
• Knowledge of cloud architecture patterns
• Strong networking knowledge
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes
• Proficiency in IaC tools (Terraform, Bicep, etc.)
• Scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• Experience with CI/CD tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks
• Knowledge of security and compliance standards
• Experience with data platforms and analytics
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools

Key Skills & Competencies

• Architectural design and problem-solving
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to translate business requirements into solutions
• Strategic thinking
• Leadership and mentoring
• Continuous learning mindset