DevOps Engineer 3

Title: DevOps Engineer - 3
Location: Irving, TX
Pay rate: $56-$61/hr

About The AES Group
The AES Group is a premier technology and engineering consulting company that has been bringing businesses and talent together for over 20 years to deliver innovative solutions that have the greatest positive impact on society.
AES has helped over 40 business enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, engage their customers, empower their employees, and transform their business operations with the power of cloud, data, AI, engineering, and other emerging technologies.

Job Overview

Seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer 3 to join the client's operations team at its Irving, Texas headquarters. Client is a family of digital mining technology products that connects mining equipment and systems to provide real-time monitoring, tracking, guidance, and supervisory control of mining fleets.

The selected candidate will design, implement, and maintain end-to-end automation solutions that improve system reliability, scalability, security, and software delivery speed. This role requires strong hands-on experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Kubernetes, AWS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD pipelines, along with the ability to take technical ownership and collaborate across multiple Agile teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end automation solutions across build, testing, deployment, and infrastructure lifecycles.
• Design, implement, and support robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, Azure DevOps, and related tools.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using scripting and coding practices.
• Support AWS infrastructure and containerized applications using Kubernetes and other orchestration technologies.
• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, and Agile teams to standardize pipelines, environments, and deployment workflows.
• Identify delivery bottlenecks, reduce manual processes, and improve deployment reliability and operational efficiency.
• Troubleshoot complex automation and deployment issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term corrective solutions.
• Support microservices-based architectures in production environments.
• Coordinate technical dependencies and resolve issues across multiple teams.
• Ensure automation solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and quality standards, including applicable ISO frameworks.
• Establish automation standards, reusable templates, and best practices across teams.
• Document technical designs, operational procedures, and runbooks in Confluence.
• Plan, track, and manage work using Azure DevOps.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers and peers.
• Collaborate with teams in Brisbane and India to support delivery and operational objectives.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps, automation, platform engineering, or related roles.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex systems, automation solutions, and deployment processes.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub, Jenkins, and Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with AWS services and containerized application platforms.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), scripting, and automation development.
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps and related development and delivery workflows.
• Experience supporting production microservices architectures.
• Familiarity with database platforms, including Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Working development knowledge of at least one of the following: .NET, Java, or Python.
• Understanding of compliance, security, and quality frameworks and their application to automated software delivery.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence technical decisions across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure certifications, such as:
  • Azure Administrator Associate
  • Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Equivalent relevant Azure credentials

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• Alternatively, an associate degree with 10 years of relevant experience.
• Alternatively, a master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience.

Note: Internships do not count toward the required professional experience.

Top 3 Must-Have Skills

1. GitHub
2. Jenkins
3. Kubernetes

Work Environment

• Full-time, on-site work at Williams Square Corporate Headquarters in Irving, Texas.
• First-shift schedule.
• Collaboration with a DevOps team of approximately 10 engineers and teams based in Brisbane and India.
• No travel expected.

Important Candidate Considerations

• Candidates must be willing to work on-site five days per week in Irving, Texas.
• Stable employment history is preferred; frequent job changes may be considered a red flag.
• Candidates should demonstrate strong hands-on technical skills, ownership of complex systems, and experience working in enterprise DevOps environments.