Principal DevOps Engineer

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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.

About this Position

Are you passionate about DevOps and Platform Engineering in the age of AI/ML?!? As a Senior or Principal DevSecOps Engineer, you will lead enterprise-wide CI/CD/CT, IaC, Security, and software deployment projects, strategy, and process improvements! You will collaborate with cross-functional teams at all levels and play a technical leadership role in driving meaningful transformation and fostering the culture of DevOps and Platform Engineering. If you are a highly-technical DevSecOps leader passionate about driving automation, infrastructure innovation, and secure software development, we want to talk to you!

At Texas Mutual, we are proud to be the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation and a 10-time winner of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas award. With dedicated teams in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Lubbock, we are on a mission to build a stronger, safer Texas. We protect over 75,000 businesses and help keep 1.5 million Texas workers safe every day. Now is the perfect time to join our team in Austin!

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Who you are:

• You are passionate about DevOps and Platform Engineering and how they can be utilized to dramatically improve software delivery.

• You are insatiably curious, especially about technology, and are eager to learn and share your wisdom with others.

• You are excited for new challenges and growing new skills.

• You are creative, willing to experiment, and share your ideas.

• You are curious about people and how we can more effectively work together.

• You are an excellent listener and seek to understand other people’s perspectives.

• You have tremendous grit & determination with an excellent work ethic.

• You have a proven track record of technical prowess and progressively complex technical projects successfully implemented.

What you’ll do:

• You will be one of the senior technical leaders of the department helping define the technical strategy for DevOps across the enterprise.

• You will develop technical processes that increase efficiency, reduce downtime and improve performance at scale across all development teams.

• You will automate the build and deployment of custom application code throughout the entire application lifecycle.

• You will build monitoring solutions that improve visibility into our application performance and keep operational workload in check.

• You will create infrastructure that is easily deployable and scalable and educate others on infrastructure as code patterns.

• You will develop container orchestration to support the deployment and lifecycle management of applications running in AWS.

• You will work directly with various development teams as a DevSecOps SME to troubleshoot development toolchain issues.

• You will architect and implement robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Terraform Cloud (via HCP).

• You will design and optimize secure, scalable CI/CD/CT pipelines leveraging Azure DevOps (AzDO) or other future technologies.

• You will drive security automation utilizing SAST, DAST, SCA, and container scanning using tool chains as defined by the Security Department.

• You will mentor, guide, and train junior members of the DevSecOps team as well as internal development customer teams in DevOps best practices and methodology, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

• You will be a SME for the entire TXM DevSecOps toolchain, supporting development teams across the entire enterprise for both strategic as well as operational activities.

• You will collaborate with development, IT operations, and security teams to integrate security into all phases of software delivery.

• You will help design and build a next-generation Integrated Development Platform, leveraging GenAI and ML technologies.

• You have hands-on experience in transformiative CI/CD/CT automation, shift-left integrations, and advanced maturity models to achieve enterprise-grade DevSecOps results.

• You own proven expertise in leading large-scale on-premises transitions to AWS-ECS implementations leveraging IaC, container orchestration, and zero-downtime strategies to optimize scalability, security, and cost-efficiency.

• You possess a track record of shaping enterprise-wide cloud adoption, driving transformative initiatives (e.g., cloud governance, FinOps, IaC), and aligning technical execution with business outcomes for scalability, cost optimization, and innovation.

• You had deep expertise in driving complex initiatives into sprint-driven deliverables, aligning cross-functional teams, and embedding security practices into iterative workflows for measurable operational outcomes.

• You have a proven track record of working with development teams to understand their challenges and then designing data driven solutions to optimize their workflows.

• You possess a strong understanding of security frameworks (NIST, CIS) and know to shift their implementation as far left as possible using security tooling automation and policy as code.

• You drive forward-thinking architecture by developing DevSecOps tooling and process enhancements that can be integrated into an Internal Development Platform, incorporating platform engineering principles to streamline development workflows.

• You understand how to integrate DevSecOps and Platform Engineering initiatives into company goals to deliver real business value.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, IT, or related field or equivalent training and experience.

• At least 10 years of experience in DevOps and Cloud Engineering/Operations.

• At least 5 years of hands-on AWS experience.  SAA, SysOps, SAPro, and DevOps Pro certs preferred.

• At least 5 years of software development experience utilizing a modern development language(s) and applicable framework(s).

• Expert-level knowledge of Terraform and Terraform Cloud (HCP) for infrastructure automation.

• Strong proficiency with CI/CD platforms, particularly Azure DevOps and Jenkins/Cloudbees CI.

• Hands-on experience with SonarQube (or an equivalent technology) for code quality analysis.

• Deep understanding of observability and performance monitoring with a tool such as Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, Prometheus+Grafana, and/or ELK Stack.

• Extensive knowledge of IAM, secrets management, zero-trust security architectures, and compliance frameworks.

• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell.

• Proficiency in both Windows and Linux-based operating systems.

• Proven ability to lead initiatives, drive cultural transformation, and influence cross-functional teams.

• Excellent work ethic and positive attitude.

• Never-ending curiosity and desire to try new things.

• Outstanding communications skills.

Bonus points for (in no order):

• Certifications in DevOps tools such as Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible, and Docker.

• Experience building and integrating with APIs.

• Experience with Java and Spring boot applications.

• Certified Docker Associate.

• Hands-on experience with Hashicorp Sentinel and Packer.

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator.

• Masters degee in CS, IT, or related engineering field.

• 15+ years of direct, hands-on experience.

• Experience with AngularJS, NodeJS, or ReactJS applications.

• Hashicorp Terraform Associate or Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional certifications.

• Experience building an Integrated Development Platform (IDP).

• AWS Certifications such as Solutions Architect Associate, Developer Associate, SysOps Associate,  ML Engineer Associate,  Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Professional, or any of the AWS Speciality certifications.

• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CKS, or OSCP.

• Linux administrator certifications.

• Knowledge of SRE concepts around application hardening, automated scaling, fault-tolerance, A/B testing.

• Experience implementing deployment methods such as blue/green deployments, immutable deployments, rolling deployments, and canary deployments.

Texas Mutual Pay Transparency

The base pay range is based on the market evaluation of the job and may include pay for multiple levels. Individual base pay within the range is determined by a variety of factors, including experience, performance, education, and demonstration of skills and competencies required for each role. Your recruiter can discuss the full value of our total compensation package with you, including our generous bonus plans and flex-hybrid work model.

Base Pay Range: $146,389.55 - $180,834.15 Per Year

Flex-Hybrid Work Environment:

Texas Mutual’s flex-hybrid schedule allows you to bring your best self to work by working remotely and collaborating in the office based on business needs. All Texas Mutual employees are required to have Texas residency and travel to their designated office as needed.

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