Sr. DevOps Engineer

In this role, you will lead the administration of our Harness CI/CD, RO (Release Orchestration) platform, strengthen the platform using policy-as-code using Open Policy Agent (OPA), and manage AWS cloud environments using Terraform and Ansible. Minimum 8+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Engineering, or related IT disciplines.

Job Title: Platform/DevOps Engineer
Location: Pano,TX US
Role Overview
We are looking for a
Senior DevOps Engineer
to design, automate, and maintain our cloud infrastructure and continuous delivery pipelines. In this role, you will lead the administration of our Harness CI/CD, RO (Release Orchestration) platform, strengthen the platform using policy-as-code using Open Policy Agent (OPA), and manage AWS cloud environments using Terraform and Ansible.
Additionally, we are exploring
Agentic AI
to build intelligent DevOps automatio - candidates with experience or a strong desire to build AI-driven operational bots will have an opportunity to lead those initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
CI/CD Platform Administration:
Manage and optimize deployment pipelines and workflows using
Harness CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions .
Policy
Governance:
Implement policy-as-code and compliance guardrails across pipelines using
Open Policy Agent (OPA)
and Harness Admin controls.
Infrastructure
Configuration Management:
Provision cloud environments on
AWS
using
Terraform
and automate server configurations with
Ansible .
Container Orchestration:
Deploy, manage, and scale microservices on
K8s
clusters.
Automation
Scripting:
Write clean, maintainable scripts using
Python
and
Bash
to automate operational tasks.
Version Control:
Standardize branching strategies, pull request workflows, and repository management using
Git .
AI Bot Development (Opportunity):
Collaborate on integrating tool-using AI agents into pipeline diagnostics, automated incident response, and Slack/ChatOps workflows.
Required Qualifications
Minimum 8+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Engineering, or related IT disciplines.
Proven experience owning the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, including build, test, release, deployment, rollback, monitoring, and production support.
Demonstrated ability to manage enterprise-scale deployment platforms supporting multiple applications and development teams.
Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills in complex distributed environments.
Harness Platform Expertise
Minimum 2+ years
of hands-on Harness Administration experience.
Experience creating and maintaining
Harness
templates, connectors, secrets, environments, service definitions, and deployment workflows.
Strong understanding of Harness governance, RBAC, policies, approvals, and platform administration capabilities.
Experience supporting large-scale CI/CD implementations using Harness.
CI/CD
Release Management
Extensive experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using
Harness, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions .
Strong understanding of build automation, deployment automation, release orchestration, and environment promotion strategies.
Experience implementing reusable pipeline architectures and deployment best practices.
Governance
Security
Hands-on experience implementing
Open Policy Agent
(OPA) and policy-as-code frameworks.
Knowledge of
CI/CD governance, security controls , compliance enforcement, and audit readiness.
Experience integrating security controls into software delivery pipelines.
Cloud
Container Platforms
Strong working experience with AWS services and cloud-native architecture principles.
Hands-on expertise with
EKS, OpenShift, Kubernetes , and container ecosystem technologies.
Experience managing production-scale cloud environments and containerized applications.
Infrastructure as Code
Configuration Management
Advanced
Terraform
expertise including module development, remote state management, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
Strong
Ansible
experience for automation, orchestration, and system configuration management.
Proven ability to build scalable and reusable infrastructure automation solutions.
Programming
Automation
Strong proficiency in
Python
with demonstrated experience developing automation frameworks, platform tools, and operational utilities.
Strong
Bash
scripting expertise for Linux-based automation and administration tasks.
Experience integrating REST APIs and platform services to automate complex workflows.
Source Control
Deep understanding of
Git workflows , branching strategies, repository governance, code review processes, and
GitOps
practices.
Desired / Bonus Qualifications (Agentic AI)
Experience or strong interest in
Agentic AI
Familiarity with LLM function/tool calling (OpenAI / Anthropic APIs, Model Context Protocol) to trigger DevOps tools programmatically.
Understanding of how to build guardrails, human-in-the-loop approvals, and automated troubleshooting bots for operational workflows.