Job Description

This is a fully on-site position in Wichita, Kansas. Sponsorship is not available for this position now or in the future.

Job Purpose

The DevOps Engineer is a hybrid infrastructure and operations role responsible for supporting, maintaining, optimizing, and securing the Web and Mobile App Development team’s cloud infrastructure hosted within Google cloud Platform (GCP). This position serves as a bridge between infrastructure, operations, and the Web and Mobile App Development team to help ensure overall system reliability, scalability, security, operational efficiency, and business continuity for business applications and services.

A DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure, automation, and deployment processes that enable software applications to be delivered quickly, securely, and reliably. They collaborate with software developers to improve development workflows and system performance.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Adheres to company policies and presents a professional, positive attitude at all times.
• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize secure, scalable cloud infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Manage and support core GCP services including Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Networking, IAM, Load Balancing, and related cloud services.
• Design and recommend cloud architecture, hosting strategies, disaster recovery, and infrastructure improvements aligned with business objectives.
• Administer Linux-based cloud systems, including operating system lifecycle management, patching, upgrades, and infrastructure provisioning.
• Manage backups, disaster recovery, business continuity, and environment management across production and non-production systems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, networking, performance, database connectivity, and operational issues while conducting root cause analysis and driving continuous improvement.
• Implement and manage cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), system hardening, vulnerability remediation, and security assessments to ensure compliance with organizational policies, industry standards, and applicable security frameworks.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, incident response procedures, and operational documentation to ensure reliable, secure, and highly available cloud services.
• Develop automation, scripting, and operational tooling to improve infrastructure consistency, standardization, and operational efficiency.
• Monitor cloud utilization, optimize infrastructure performance and costs, and recommend technologies that improve scalability, reliability, and operational effectiveness.
• Collaborate with the Web and Mobile App Development team by providing infrastructure planning, technical guidance, architectural support, and operational expertise.
• Other duties as needed or assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, associate degree or trade school education in Computer Science preferred.
• 3+ years in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Administration, Software Development, or related technical roles required.
• Experience working within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments preferred.
• Familiarity with APIs, backend services, CI/CD concepts, application hosting environments, and modern software development lifecycle practices preferred.
• Preferred certifications: Google Associate Cloud Engineer; Google Professional Cloud Architect; Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer.