Cloud DevOps Engineer

FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid employee health insurance

Defined benefit pension plan

Generous time off benefits

Opportunities for career advancement

Telework possible

Job summary

Health & Human Services Commission in Austin, TX, is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer within the Chief Technology Office to advance modernization and AI enablement across cloud platforms. The role focuses on secure automation, scalable hosting, and observability to improve reliability and delivery speed.

The position requires strong cloud engineering skills, IaC, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in computer science, information technology, cloud engineering, AI, data engineering, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Experience with cloud environments like AWS or Azure (minimum 4 years).
• Preferred experience with DevOps pipelines, platform automation, application modernization, or secure deployment patterns for cloud-native and AI workloads.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and improves automated CI/CD and GitOps deployment processes using infrastructure-as-code templates and provisioning code.
• Designs secure cloud-native platforms, container orchestration, cloud networking configurations, serverless compute, and scalable hosting patterns for web services and AI workloads.
• Troubleshoots deployment pipelines, cloud security policies, infrastructure bottlenecks, environment drift, and observability gaps to ensure reliable, secure systems.
• Assists development, data, and AI teams with environment automation and modernization readiness, release documentation, and runbooks.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Public cloud AWS/Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform/CloudFormation/Ansible

GitOps pipelines

MLOps/LLMOps

Observability tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions / Azure Pipelines

Job description

Posting ID19984-Posted08/11/2026-Health & Human Services Comm-Chief Technology Office EI 3b-Computer and Mathematical- Additional Shifts available (1) -d. $7000 - $8999 per month

Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more. Explore more details on the Benefits of Working at HHS webpage .

Functional Title:Cloud DevOps Engineer

Job Title:Systems Analyst VII

Agency:Health & Human Services Comm

Department:Chief Technology Office EI 3b

Posting Number:19984

Closing Date:10/10/2026

Posting Audience:Internal and External

Occupational Category:Computer and Mathematical

Salary Range:$8,488.33-$11,666.66

Pay Frequency: Monthly

Salary Group:TEXAS-B-29

Shift:Day

Additional Shift:Days (First)

Telework:

Travel:

Regular/Temporary:Regular

Full Time/Part Time:Full time

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:Exempt

Facility Location:

Job Location City:AUSTIN

Job Location Address:701 W 51ST ST

Other Locations:None

MOS Codes: 0171,8848,8858,181X,182X,1D7X1,255A,255S,25B,25D,25H,26B,62E,681X,682X,781X,CTI,CTM,CTR,CYB10,CYB11

ISM,IT,Z Prefix

This position is open to U.S. Citizens and permanent residents.

This onsite role requires the selected candidate to work from an HHS office in Austin, Texas.

Performs highly complex computer systems analysis and cloud platform engineering work for the CTO team, with a focus on modernization, AI enablement, and secure DevOps automation. Work involves designing, building, automating, securing, and maintaining modern cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and GitOps deployment pipelines, container platforms, serverless services, observability tools, and reusable platform capabilities that support agency application modernization and AI workloads. The position supports infrastructure-as-code development, environment provisioning, secure model and application deployment patterns, MLOps/LLMOps readiness, monitoring, release automation, configuration management, security alignment, troubleshooting, disaster recovery planning, and coordination with application, data, AI, security, and operations teams to improve platform reliability, delivery speed, compliance, and business outcomes. Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

Percentage

Description

40%

Develops, maintains, and improves automated CI/CD and GitOps deployment processes using infrastructure-as-code templates, configuration scripts, reusable pipeline patterns, and provisioning code to accelerate cloud modernization, application migration, and AI-enabled solution delivery.

30%

Designs, modifies, and implements secure cloud-native platforms, container orchestration frameworks, cloud networking configurations, serverless compute services, and scalable hosting patterns for modern web services, data products, AI models, APIs, and automation workloads.

20%

Troubleshoots deployment pipelines, cloud security access policies, infrastructure bottlenecks, environment drift, observability gaps, and AI workload hosting issues to support reliable, secure, and scalable system availability.

5%

Assists development, data, and AI teams with environment automation, modernization readiness, secure deployment patterns, engineering diagrams, release documentation, rollback procedures, and operational runbooks.

5%

Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

• Knowledge:
• Thorough knowledge of enterprise public cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, including compute, storage, networking, identity access management, landing zones, and secure modernization patterns.
• Thorough knowledge of secure network topologies, including Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), subnets, transit gateways, and firewall perimeter configurations.
• Thorough knowledge of containerization engines (Docker), enterprise container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes), and serverless compute services.
• Thorough knowledge of automated GitOps pipelines, configuration state controls, AI workload deployment concepts, MLOps/LLMOps practices, model versioning, monitoring, and production support considerations.
• Skills:
• Strong skill in drafting modular, production-ready infrastructure-as-code architectures using industry tools such as Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible, or equivalent automation frameworks.
• Strong skill in engineering resilient, secure CI/CD, GitOps, and release automation pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines, or comparable enterprise DevOps platforms.
• Strong skill in establishing runtime observability frameworks using monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, cost optimization, and cloud-native telemetry tools to support application, platform, and AI workload reliability.
• Abilities:
• Ability to diagnose and resolve pipeline build errors, configuration drift, cloud networking issues, access control problems, container runtime failures, and AI workload deployment or performance issues.
• Ability to draft disaster recovery processes, zero-downtime deployment approaches, rollback runbooks, environment promotion procedures, and operational standards for modernized applications and AI-enabled platforms.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with application, data, AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and operations teams to align modernization delivery with federal, state, and agency compliance requirements.

Registrations, Licensure Requirements or Certifications:

None

Initial Screening Criteria:

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in computer science, information technology, cloud engineering, artificial intelligence, data engineering, cybersecurity, or a related field. Experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with cloud environments like AWS or Azure, ECT.
• Preferred experience with DevOps pipelines, platform automation, application modernization, or secure deployment patterns for cloud-native and AI-enabled workloads.

Additional Information:

Any employment offer is contingent upon available budgeted funds. The offered salary will be determined in accordance with budgetary limits and the requirements of HHSC Human Resources Manual.

Selected candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Selected candidate must be willing to commute to the office on the required days.

Active Duty, Military, Reservists, Guardsmen, and Veterans :

Military occupation(s) that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include, but not limited tothose listed in this posting. All active‑duty military, reservists, guardsmen, and veterans are encouraged to apply if qualified to fill this position. For more information please see the Texas State Auditor’s Job Descriptions, Military Crosswalk and Military Crosswalk Guide at Texas State Auditor's Office - Job Descriptions .

ADA Accommodations:

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), HHSC and DSHS agencies will provide reasonable accommodation during the hiring and selection process for qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance completing the on-line application, contact the HHS Employee Service Center at 1-888-894-4747. If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodation to participate in the interview process, please notify the person scheduling the interview.

Pre-Employment Checks and Work Eligibility:

Depending on the program area and position requirements, applicants selected for hire may be required to pass background and other due diligence checks.

HHSC uses E-Verify. You must bring your I-9 documentation with you on your first day of work. Download the I-9 Form

Telework Disclaimer:

This position may be eligible for telework. Please note, all HHS positions are subject to state and agency telework policies in addition to the discretion of the direct supervisor and business needs.