DevOps Engineer

Houston Methodist; Saint Joseph (MO); On-site; USD 67,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Houston Methodist is seeking a DevOps Engineer in St. Joseph, MO to own data integrity across Incident Response stores and lead a GitOps migration. You’ll work on peak-traffic issues, reduce latency, and drive improvements with a people-first technology approach.

The role emphasizes ownership, practical GitOps skills, and a team-oriented mindset, with mentorship, flexible hours, and strong benefits in a collaborative MO-based environment.

Qualifications

• Strong GitOps mindset and hands-on experience.
• Experience maintaining data integrity across incident stores.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage priorities.
• Curiosity about customer behavior driving improvements.

Responsibilities

• Catch race conditions surfacing under peak traffic.
• Own data integrity across incident stores.
• Question the GitOps pattern and propose cleaner alternatives.
• Own the people-first Incident Response subsystem used by teams.
• Trace metrics back through Relationship Building services to ensure accuracy.
• Lead the GitOps migration to retire legacy stack.
• Reduce latency on hot-path for end users.

Skills

GitOps

Data integrity

Incident response

Team player

Prioritization

Customer curiosity

Ownership

Tools

ELK Stack

Git

Job description

If you've ever rewritten a function three times because the second version still bothered you, our DevOps Engineer opening in St. Joseph, MO will feel like home. Here's the long and short of it — Houston Methodist pays $67,000 - $94,000, trusts your 4 years, and lets you own the technology call.

Key Responsibilities

• Catch the Helm race conditions that only surface under St. Joseph peak traffic
• Own data integrity across Houston Methodist's Incident Response stores so St. Joseph numbers never lie
• Question the feedback-driven GitOps pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Own the people-first Incident Response subsystem that the rest of Houston Methodist quietly depends on
• Trace a technology number back through Relationship Building services until it finally adds up
• Lead the GitOps migration that finally retires Houston Methodist's agile legacy stack
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Houston Methodist users feel every click

What You'll Bring

• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure St. Joseph, MO deadlines bring
• Practical GitOps skills sharpened in a contract setting
• A team player who lifts up colleagues and shares credit
• An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent
• Real curiosity about why Houston Methodist customers do what they do
• Working knowledge of GitOps alongside transferable Relationship Building chops
• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities

Quietly, from St. Joseph, Houston Methodist has become the people-first technology partner that MO's most demanding teams refuse to replace. We hire scrappy-but-steady people, get out of their way, and let the ELK Stack results speak.

Land here and your reward starts at $67,000 - $94,000, then climbs alongside the mentorship, flexible hours, and benefits we keep stacking on top.