Cybersecurity Operations Engineer

Overview

Job Posting

Title:

Cybersecurity Operations Engineer

Hiring Department: Information Security Office

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

40

FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA

Earliest

Start Date:

Immediately

Position Duration: Expected to Continue

Location: AUSTIN, TX

General Notes:
This position is a hybrid opportunity based in Austin, TX and provides life/work balance with typically a 40-hour work week. Flexible work arrangements are available for this position and in addition to competitive salary and benefits (and an amazing opportunity to make an impact and do good across the planet), an exclusive Incentive Pay Program is offered, as available, to qualifying UTISO employees.

This is an early-career opportunity intended for someone in the first stage of their Dev Ops career who is eager to grow alongside experienced engineers and mentors. You will help design, build, and securely operate CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, container and orchestration platforms, observability, secrets management, and the AI tooling that is rapidly becoming central to how we do our work. You will work closely with the UTISO to ensure the infrastructure is effectively and securely supporting our customer base which spans the state of Texas and beyond.

The threat landscape we operate in is varied and requires a multi-faceted team to respond appropriately; therefore, please apply even if you are unsure if your experience is relevant. The most important ingredients for success on this team are a strong ability to think creatively about problems, very strong communication skills, a passion to learn and share knowledge.

You will get to work with a very intelligent and dedicated team to address enterprise cybersecurity challenges through novel approaches in an office that highly values work-life balance, the freedom to explore out of the box ideas, and serving others. This is a hybrid role expected to meet in person at least once a week to interact and collaborate together in person.

Most importantly, you will help take our tools and ideas to the next level. What starts here changes the world!

• Collaborate with a small team of engineers to design, build, and securely operate shared Dev Ops infrastructure including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, container and orchestration platforms, observability, and secrets management across on-premise and cloud environments
• Use configuration management tooling (e.g., Ansible) to configure, harden, and maintain systems with secure defaults
• Tune systems for scale, performance, and resilience
• Build and operate secured and sandboxed environments for AI agents and automated workflows
• Integrate AI tooling into UTISO’s development and operations workflows to amplify the team’s leverage, while thinking critically about where and how AI should be applied
• Advise on architectural and security reviews of infrastructure and services
• Develop and manage comprehensive documentation, runbooks, and patterns to codify and share knowledge across the team

• U.S. Citizen, resident, or officially recognized asylee – Applicant selected will be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information at the level appropriate to the project requirements of the position.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience building & integrating systems in environments utilizing enterprise source code management tools & automation tooling (using Python and/or Bash scripting, Ansible, etc.); a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field may substitute for up to one year of this experience
• At least 2 years of experience with Linux system administration or an advanced understanding of operating systems and common operating environments; a bachelor's degree in a related field may substitute for up to one year of this experience
• Demonstrated fluency with modern AI tooling (e.g., coding agents, LLM-assisted development workflows, or hands-on experimentation with AI in operations or security contexts) and a habit of adopting new AI tools as they emerge
• Excellent…