Operations Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX (NOW HIRING)

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 infrastructureascode best practices under established standards and guidance.

How you can make an impact:

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

Bring your passion, here's what’s needed:

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

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certification (Associatelevel 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.

Be a part of an innovative team shaping the grid of the future through advanced energy intelligence.  For more than half a century, Electric Power Engineers (EPE) has partnered with power and energy clients across the globe, providing consulting expertise and energy intelligence software solutions for complex engineering and grid modeling challenges. As leaders in the renewables space, we are focused on building a modern, secure, and resilient grid.   Join us in making an impact on the communities we serve and the environment in which we live. Together we can transform the future of energy.  

How we support you:

• 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)

Location: This position will be located in Austin, Texas

Travel:  Occasional travel may be needed (10% or less)

EPE is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer. The EEO is the Law poster, and its supplement are available using the following links: EEOC is the Law Poster

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EPE does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters. Any unsolicited third-party resumes forwarded by recruiters to EPE via our career page or to any of our managers or employees will be considered public information, may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume, and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency. EPE will not pay a fee to a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed third-party agreement and has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of the Talent Acquisition team.