DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer - Lead

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Mode: 5 days onsite, Downtown Houston

DevOps Engineer focused on application support, responsible for administering and supporting enterprise-level platforms and collaborating with business and technical teams to resolve issues and improve processes through automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct technical assistance to key business users and support vendor and custom applications
• Maintain build processes, deployment strategies, and process automation
• Install and coordinate patches and releases across development, test, and production systems
• Improve application delivery using containers, orchestration, and configuration management tools
• Assist business teams and vendors with application installations and upgrades
• Support and maintain application infrastructure including servers, network topology, authentication, and high availability
• Administer segregation of duties support - manage server access, accounts, audit controls, and reports
• Stay current on technologies, recommend strategies and tools
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings, documenting key decisions, risks, and issues
• Work independently with ownership over all applications and responsibilities
• Provide after-hours support for business-critical projects and tasks

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience with application support and development
• 3+ years of experience using DevOps practices, tools, and frameworks
• Experience supporting applications in multi-tiered environments using Linux, Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, SQL, and load balancing
• Ability to identify potential software enhancements, analyze user needs, and recommend improvements to business processes
• Quickly learn new skills and technologies
• Experience with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Enterprise
• Experience with build and dependency management tools like Maven, Gradle, or Ant
• Experience with scripting languages including PowerShell, Groovy, Python, Bash, or JavaScript
• Experience with source control systems such as Git or SVN
• Experience with Microsoft T-SQL or PL/SQL

Work Authorization: Candidates must have unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. This opportunity is W-2 only and is not open to C2C or third-party vendor submissions.