DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer Austin, TX or Remote | Full-Time About the Company Our client is an established, growing healthcare SaaS company providing mission-critical software that healthcare professionals rely on every day. Its platform supports core functions including electronic health records, practice management, billing, scheduling, and payments. With new leadership, fresh growth capital, and ambitious plans for the next stage of growth, the company is at an inflection point. This is not an early-stage startup—it is an established market leader focused on long-term value creation and scaling the team, product, and infrastructure needed to support continued growth. The company is assembling a team that matches the opportunity. If that sounds like your kind of challenge, we'd like to hear from you. About the Role The DevOps Engineer will own and evolve the company’s cloud infrastructure—the backbone that keeps its customers online and operational every day. This is a high-ownership, hands-on role sitting at the intersection of infrastructure reliability, developer productivity, and operational excellence. You’ll work closely with the engineering team while independently driving the maturity of the AWS environment, CI/CD pipelines, containerization strategy, and observability platform. This isn’t a maintenance role. There is a solid foundation in place, and the company needs someone who can scale it. You’ll bring engineering rigor, automation, and modern DevOps practices to a platform that’s growing fast. What You’ll Do Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure with a focus on reliability, security, and cost efficiencyOwn and modernize CI/CD pipelines to accelerate safe, frequent software delivery across all product linesLead containerization efforts and drive Kubernetes or ECS adoption to improve deployment consistency and scalabilityImplement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform across all environmentsBuild comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability systems; own incident response for infrastructure eventsEstablish cloud cost management practices—baseline spend, identify optimization opportunities, and implement savingsMaintain a HIPAA-aware security posture including access controls, encryption standards, audit logging, and vulnerability managementManage virtual desktop infrastructure (AWS WorkSpaces, AppStream, or equivalent) for internal teams and contractors, including provisioning, imaging, and access controlSupport hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure, including hands-on Azure work alongside the primary AWS environmentPartner closely with software engineers to embed DevOps practices into the development lifecycleDocument infrastructure architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures to support team resilience What We’re Looking For This role is a strong fit for someone who: Takes accountability for infrastructure uptime, performance, and securityHas a builder mentality and can assess the current state, design a better target state, and execute the transition without waiting to be directedIs comfortable operating as the primary infrastructure owner while collaborating closely with a software engineering teamHas proven experience designing and managing AWS infrastructure at scale, with hands-on Terraform IaC proficiencyHas 4+ years of DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience with direct ownership of production environmentsHas a track record of building or modernizing CI/CD pipelines that measurably improved deployment frequency, reliability, or developer experienceHas experience containerizing applications and managing workloads in Kubernetes or ECSHas strong scripting ability in Bash and/or Python to automate operational workflowsHas experience implementing monitoring and observability platforms with on-call incident response processes to match Qualifications & Experience Required 4+ years of DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience with production AWS ownershipDeep AWS expertise—EC2, RDS, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, VPC, Route 53, CloudWatch, and related servicesStrong Terraform proficiency; ability to design, write, and maintain IaC from scratchCI/CD pipeline experience with GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, or similar toolsContainer and orchestration experience—Docker and Kubernetes required; or ECS strongly preferredScripting proficiency in Bash and/or Python for automation and toolingExperience with monitoring and observability tooling and ownership of incident response processesStrong operational mindset with comfort around runbooks, change management, and on-call ownership Preferred Hands-on Azure experienceFamiliarity with HIPAA compliance requirements in healthcare SaaS environmentsExperience with cloud cost management tooling such as AWS Cost Explorer, Infracost, or similarSecurity tooling experience with AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Snyk, or equivalentBackground supporting a rapidly growing SaaS company through a platform scaling inflection pointComfortable coordinating directly with external managed service providers and migration/implementation partners The Opportunity This is a chance to take meaningful ownership of the infrastructure behind an established healthcare technology platform at an important stage of growth. You’ll have the autonomy to shape how the company approaches cloud infrastructure, automation, deployment, reliability, and security while working closely with an experienced engineering team. For someone who likes building, improving, and owning infrastructure rather than simply maintaining what already exists, this is an opportunity to have a visible impact on the next stage of the company’s growth. Location: Austin, TX or Remote Employment Type: Full-Time