Senior Cloud Engineer

Texas Mutual; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Retirement match programs

Professional development

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible spending account

Free onsite snacks

Job summary

Texas Mutual is seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize AWS-based environments. You will develop IaC templates, maintain automation scripts, and ensure security, DR, and compliance while collaborating with DevOps and software teams.

The role requires 5+ years in cloud infrastructure, strong AWS, serverless, IAM, and CI/CD experience, with office reporting in Austin, TX and telecommuting options available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, or related field.
• Five years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering.
• Experience in AWS and IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Serverless architecture implementation and scalable, resilient design.
• IAM, deployment automation, and CI/CD (Git, Jenkins, Bitbucket).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Use metrics and monitoring to optimize performance and cost.
• Develop automation scripts and IaC templates.
• Ensure security, reliability, and DR planning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet business needs.
• Create runbooks and docs to accelerate adoption of cloud services.
• Lead small to mid-scale projects and mentor juniors.
• Troubleshoot cloud infra, networking, and deployments.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Automation scripting

Serverless

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

SDLC integration

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/MIS

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Git

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

We’re excited you’re considering joining a great place to work!

Texas Mutual is deeply committed to creating and maintaining an environment of mutual respect and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

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 to meet their needs. 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. Must be available to report to Austin, TX office. Telecommuting permitted.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, or a related field.

Five (5) years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering.

Requires experience in each of the following: Amazon Web Services (AWS); Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation; Serverless architecture implementation; Scalable and resilient infrastructure design; Identity and Access Management (IAM); Developing tools and scripts in Python, Bash, and PowerShell to support deployment automation; Integration of cloud solutions into SDLC; and, Continuous integration/Continuous deployment (CI/CD) using tools like Git, Jenkins, or Bitbucket.

Our 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