About the Role
Subject matter expert responsible for the installation, configuration, and maintenance of the organization's computer systems and associated peripheral equipment. This role ensures operating efficiency and stability, maintains the security and integrity of all systems and data, and responds to outages and other issues. The position involves application administration, coordinating software/hardware updates, developing documentation, and providing escalation support.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based infrastructure in AWS to support business applications and services.
- Utilize performance metrics and monitoring tools to optimize infrastructure performance and cost efficiency.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts and infrastructure as code (IaC) templates.
- Ensure the security, reliability, and availability of cloud environments, implementing best practices and compliance standards.
- Implement and manage backup, restore and disaster recovery strategies for cloud infrastructure and applications to ensure business continuity.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and provide cloud solutions.
- Create documentation and runbooks to accelerate adoption of cloud services to other engineering and platform teams.
- Stay up to date with the latest AWS technologies and industry trends, providing insights and recommendations for improvements.
- Implement best practices for cloud security, identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and compliance.
- Work closely with DevOps and software engineering teams to integrate cloud infrastructure into application development and deployment processes, focusing on cloud-native microservices and serverless architecture.
- Lead small to medium scale projects and initiatives, planning effectively and ensuring successful execution.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to cloud infrastructure, networking and application deployment.
- Mentor junior engineers, sharing AWS knowledge and best practices.
- Provide exceptional service to internal customers, leveraging Texas Mutual’s cloud assets effectively.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training, or experience in computer science, MIS, or related disciplines.
- Minimum of 7 years of IT experience with at least 5 years of hands-on, direct work experience in AWS and cloud infrastructure engineering.
- Prior Linux system administration experience strongly desired.
- Proven expertise in AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, ECS, EKS, Fargate, and CloudWatch.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible.
- Strong understanding of network protocols, security best practices, and cloud architecture.
- Solid understanding of cloud security principles, best practices and compliance frameworks (e.g. SOC 2, NIST, GPDR).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Familiarity with working with Git/GitOps and working with an integrated developer environment (IDE) such as Visual Studio Code.
- Working knowledge of Agile methodologies.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and projects.
- Familiarity with programming and scripting languages such as Python, C#, bash, PowerShell and Golang.
- Experience with cloud security best practices and their application to specific AWS services such as IAM, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, and Identity Center.
- Exceptional problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
- Customer-Centric: Maintain a strong focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences.
- Collaborative: Build trusting partnerships and work collaboratively with others to achieve shared goals.
- Active Learner: Engage in continuous learning through experimentation.
- Adaptable: Remain calm and effective in situations of uncertainty or when the path forward is unclear.
Skills
- AWS
- Cloud Infrastructure Engineering
- Linux System Administration
- EC2
- S3
- RDS
- Lambda
- IAM
- VPC
- ECS
- EKS
- Fargate
- CloudWatch
- AWS CloudFormation
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Network Protocols
- Security Best Practices
- Cloud Architecture
- Cloud Security Principles
- Compliance Frameworks (SOC 2, NIST, GPDR)
- CI/CD Pipelines
- DevOps Practices
- Git/GitOps
- Visual Studio Code
- Agile Methodologies
- Python
- C#
- Bash
- PowerShell
- Golang
- GuardDuty
- Identity Center
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Flex-Hybrid
Experience Level
- 7 years IT experience
- 5 years AWS and cloud infrastructure engineering experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training, or experience
Salary/Compensations
- $136,408.00 - $168,504.00 Per Year
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus and merit-based pay increase
- Lifestyle Savings Account ($1,000 per year)
- Automatic 4% employer contribution to retirement plan
- 401k plan with 100% employer match up to 6%
- Student loan repayment matching in 401k plan
- Three weeks’ time off for vacation
- Nine paid holidays and two personal days each year
- Day one health, Rx, vision and dental insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Pet insurance and pet Rx discounts
- Free on-site gym, fitness classes, and health and wellness resources
- Free identity theft protection
- Free student loan repayment and refinancing consultation
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement
- Employee referral bonus
- Free onsite snacks
About the Company
- Texas Mutual is deeply committed to creating and maintaining an environment of mutual respect.
- As the state's largest workers’ compensation provider, we support injured workers in returning to productive lives, equip businesses with the tools they need to succeed, invest in our communities, and empower our employees to excel.
- Recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Texas, we emphasize community involvement, allowing employees to volunteer during work hours with organizations that matter to them.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
