DevOps, Senior

SolarWinds; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SolarWinds is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer focused on cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, identity, and operational reliability in Austin, TX. The role spans beyond CI/CD, owning core infrastructure, applying DevOps practices, and enabling self‑service for the team.

You’ll automate tasks, implement infrastructure as code, improve provisioning and monitoring, and collaborate with Security, IAM, and other groups to strengthen controls and reliability.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or IT operations.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure, Active Directory/Entra ID, Windows Server, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of AWS and VMware or another enterprise virtualization platform.
• Experience with identity, access management, service accounts, and privileged administration.
• Practical scripting or automation experience, especially with PowerShell.
• Familiarity with Terraform, infrastructure as code, configuration management, or CI/CD tools.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and incident‑management skills.
• A security‑minded approach to access, change management, and production operations.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Microsoft Azure, AWS, Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID, VMware, and related infrastructure.
• Manage infrastructure across compute, storage, networking, certificates, backups, monitoring, and lifecycle operations.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, identity, access, and service issues and provide senior escalation support.
• Support cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and hybrid-cloud operations.
• Automate repetitive infrastructure, access, and operational tasks using PowerShell, Python, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Apply infrastructure-as-code and repeatable configuration practices where practical.
• Improve provisioning, access lifecycle management, monitoring, reporting, and audit processes.
• Support CI/CD, GitHub, developer environments, and shared platform services as needed.
• Help move the team from manual, ticket-driven work toward reliable and repeatable self‑service capabilities.
• Maintain clear documentation, system ownership records, runbooks, and recovery procedures.
• Lead or participate in infrastructure changes from planning through implementation and validation.
• Participate in systems/infrastructure on-call and escalation activities.
• Work closely with Systems, DevOps, Security, Service Desk, and application teams.
• Share knowledge and reduce dependency on individual subject‑matter experts.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

DevOps

SRE

Identity mgmt

Automation

PowerShell

CI/CD

Documentation

On-call

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

VMware

Azure

Job description

At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.

The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world‑class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us!

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer whose primary focus will be cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, identity, and operational reliability.
This role is broader than a traditional CI/CD or application-platform position. The successful candidate will take ownership of core infrastructure and systems responsibilities while applying DevOps practices – automation, infrastructure as code, monitoring, documentation, and self‑service, to make the environment more scalable.

What you’ll do

Cloud and systems infrastructure

• Administer and support Microsoft Azure, AWS, Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID, VMware, and related infrastructure.
• Manage infrastructure across compute, storage, networking, certificates, backups, monitoring, and lifecycle operations.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, identity, access, and service issues and provide senior escalation support.
• Support cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and hybrid-cloud operations.

Identity and operational security

• Manage identity and access, including groups, privileged access, service accounts, application registrations, and access reviews.
• Support secure administration of Active Directory, Entra ID, Azure, AWS, and other enterprise platforms.
• Partner with Security, IAM, Audit, and People teams on access controls, compliance activities, andremediation work.

Automation and DevOps practices

• Automate repetitive infrastructure, access, and operational tasks using PowerShell, Python, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Apply infrastructure-as-code and repeatable configuration practices where practical.
• Improve provisioning, access lifecycle management, monitoring, reporting, and audit processes.
• Support CI/CD, GitHub, developer environments, and shared platform services as needed.
• Help move the team from manual, ticket-driven work toward reliable and repeatable self‑service capabilities.

Operational ownership

• Maintain clear documentation, system ownership records, runbooks, and recovery procedures.
• Lead or participate in infrastructure changes from planning through implementation and validation.
• Participate in systems/infrastructure on-call and escalation activities.
• Work closely with Systems, DevOps, Security, Service Desk, and application teams.
• Share knowledge and reduce dependency on individual subject‑matter experts.

What you’ll bring

• Strong experience in systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or IT operations.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure, Active Directory/Entra ID, Windows Server, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of AWS and VMware or another enterprise virtualization platform.
• Experience with identity, access management, service accounts, and privileged administration.
• Practical scripting or automation experience, especially with PowerShell.
• Familiarity with Terraform, infrastructure as code, configuration management, or CI/CD tools.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and incident‑management skills.
• A security‑minded approach to access, change management, and production operations.

Preferred experience

• GitHub administration, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, or other CI/CD platforms.
• Kubernetes or containerized workloads.
• SailPoint or comparable identity‑governance platforms.
• Experience supporting SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar audit controls.
• Microsoft, Azure, AWS, VMware, Terraform, or security certifications.

Success in this role

• Core systems, identity services, and cloud infrastructure remain reliable, secure, and well documented.
• Repetitive infrastructure and access work is progressively automated.
• Infrastructure changes become more repeatable, observable, and auditable.
• Systems knowledge is shared across the team through documentation and mentoring.
• The role provides dependable systems coverage while contributing to the future DevOps and cloud‑platform direction.

SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.