Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer (Houston, TX)

ESG Global Ltd; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ESG Global Ltd. is seeking a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer to lead the design and optimization of scalable cloud and on-prem infrastructure in a hybrid environment.

You will partner with development, security, and infrastructure teams to drive automation, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency across the organization. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), virtualization, CI/CD, IaC, and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer with hands-on cloud, on-prem and hybrid infra experience.
• 8+ years in DevOps/Cloud or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong expertise in IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation) and automation.
• Experience across Windows, Linux, and SQL-based systems.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and drive complex cloud initiatives.
• Security, compliance, and cost-optimization focus in hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of scalable cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
• Build automated CI/CD pipelines and IaC-based deployments.
• Develop observability platforms using Datadog and related tooling.
• Drive cloud cost efficiency and FinOps practices.
• Ensure security, DR planning, and incident remediation.
• Mentor engineers and create architectural documentation.

Skills

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Git

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Go

VMware

vSphere/ESXi/vCenter

SQL Server

IIS

ELK

FinOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Git

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

VMware

Job description

About the Role

*THIS POSITION DOES NOT OFFER VISA SPONSORSHIP, NOW OR AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE*

The Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud and on‑prem infrastructure. This role partners closely with application development, security, and infrastructure teams to drive automation, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency across the organization.

As a senior‑level contributor, you will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and own complex cloud and DevOps initiatives from design through production. The ideal candidate brings deep hands‑on expertise in cloud platforms, virtualization, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and cloud cost optimization (FinOps) in hybrid environments.

We are seeking a Mid‑Senior DevOps Engineer with 8+years of relevant experience who is eager to grow their skills and contribute to our dynamic team. This is ahybrid position, and we expect the candidate to work2-3 days a week on‑siteat our office.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration with application development teams to design and implement reliable, automated CI/CD pipelines
• Architect, implement, and maintaincloud‑native and hybrid infrastructureusing Infrastructure as Code best practices
• Drive automation initiatives across provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and recovery processes
• Design, implement, and maintainobservability platforms, with a strong focus onDatadogfor metrics, logs, traces, and alerting
• Establish monitoring, SLOs, and alerting strategies to improve system reliability and reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR)
• Own and optimizecloud cost efficiency, identifying savings opportunities and implementing cost controls without compromising performance
• Implement and maintain configuration management using tools such asAnsible, Puppet, or Chef
• Own and optimizeVMware environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance
• Serve as a senior escalation point for production incidents, performing root cause analysis and driving long‑term remediation
• Partner with security teams to enforce infrastructure security, compliance, and best practices
• Lead disaster recovery planning, testing, and continuous improvement efforts
• Perform regular system performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost analysis
• Mentor junior and mid‑level engineers and contribute to technical standards and documentation
• Create and maintain detailed architecture diagrams and operational documentation

Skills

As a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer, you will design and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP, providing technical leadership for automation and reliability initiatives. You will manage VMware and container platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes to support stable deployments across Windows and Linux environments. Leveraging scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Go) and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation, you will drive standardized, automated provisioning and delivery. Experience with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Git is essential for building efficient deployment pipelines. Strong operational knowledge of SQL Server, IIS, and monitoring platforms such as ELK, Prometheus, or Grafana will support production performance and troubleshooting in fast‑paced, agile environments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred
• 7-8+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
• 5+ years designing, operating, and optimizing complex enterprise environments across Windows, Linux, and SQL‑based systems
• Strong expertise in enterprise data center technologies, including Storage platforms, Network switching and Security infrastructure
• Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP acceptable)
• Strong hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Advanced knowledge of virtualization and container platforms: VMware (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter) and Docker/Kubernetes in production environments
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, and/or Go
• Experience implementing observability and monitoring solutions, including Datadog
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to manage priorities, influence stakeholders, and lead technical initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading large‑scale cloud migrations to AWS.
• Strong SQL Server administration experience.
• CI/CD expertise with Jenkins, GitLab CI, Git, Jira, or CircleCI.
• Cloud cost optimization and FinOps experience (rightsizing, RI/Savings Plans, tagging, budgets).
• Ability to establish DevOps and cloud governance standards.