Senior DevOps Engineer

Continental General; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Culture of learning

Fast-paced environment

Job summary

A growing insurance provider based in Austin, Texas, is looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong cloud and automation skills. The ideal candidate will be responsible for maintaining deployment pipelines, supporting AWS services, and collaborating with developers to troubleshoot and document processes. This hybrid position offers opportunities for continuous learning and hands-on experience with a variety of cloud technologies. A Bachelor's degree and 2-4 years of relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of hands-on experience in DevOps or Cloud Operations.
• Ability to automate tasks effectively.
• Experience participating in Agile ceremonies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain deployment pipelines for reliability.
• Assist with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation.
• Support AWS services to ensure structured environments.
• Monitor system health and troubleshoot issues.
• Collaborate with developers on environmental issues.
• Update documentation and improve operational processes.

Skills

AWS fundamentals (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda)

Automation with Bash, Python, or PowerShell

Git and CI/CD concepts

Curiosity and initiative

Collaborative mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS CDK

Docker

Datadog

Job description

Looking to join a growing company dedicated to helping others? We offer that, plus competitive salaries, a culture of learning, and a fast-paced environment. This is a hybrid position with 3 days in-office. Join our team to help make a difference in the lives of others!

About Continental General

The Continental General family of companies has provided insurance, including life and long-term care policies, to individuals and groups for over 30 years, and currently supports over 200,000 policyholders. Both our insurance company, Continental General Insurance Company, and our third-party administrator, Continental General Services, are committed to the continuous development of our infrastructure, processes, and people. The group is actively growing through expansion of both its insurance portfolio and its administrative services. With each opportunity, we take a collaborative approach to address challenges and provide unique solutions.

Position Summary

We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer who has a solid foundation in cloud and automation and is excited to keep growing. If you enjoy understanding how systems work under the hood and want a role where you can continually expand your knowledge, this is a great place to do it.

You’ll be exposed to a broad range of cloud technologies and tooling. We encourage curiosity, continuous learning, and practical hands-on exploration as part of everyday work.

Key Responsibilities

• CI/CD Support & Pipeline Operations - Own, support and maintain our deployment pipelines, ensuring builds and releases run reliably across environments.
• Infrastructure Automation - Assist with Infrastructure-as-Code efforts and contribute to ongoing automation improvements using tools such as AWS CDK.
• Cloud Environment Support - Work with core AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda) to keep our environments dependable and well structured.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting - Use CloudWatch or Datadog to monitor system health, investigate issues, and help identify recurring problems.
• Developer Collaboration - Partner with developers to troubleshoot environmental issues and improve deployment workflows.
• Documentation & Process Improvements - Update runbooks, capture deployment steps, and contribute ideas to simplify and strengthen our operational processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent experience
• 2–4 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Operations, or a related engineering field
• Working knowledge of AWS fundamentals (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda)
• Ability to automate tasks with Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD concepts
• Curiosity, initiative, and a desire to understand how systems behave
• A collaborative, supportive mindset geared toward helping developers and teammates succeed
• Preferred: Exposure to AWS CDK or other Infrastructure as Code approaches
• Preferred: Basic Docker/containerization familiarity
• Preferred: Experience with Datadog dashboards or CloudWatch log insights
• Preferred: Understanding of networking fundamentals (VPCs, subnets, routing)
• Preferred: Experience participating in Agile ceremonies
• Preferred: Interest in security best practices or cloud native security tools
• Preferred: Experience improving developer workflows or internal tooling