Cybersecurity Operations Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a small team of engineers to design, build, and securely operate shared DevOps 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 UT

Benefits

Additional Information

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 ---- Job Details: 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 DevOps 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! Your skills will make a difference You'll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for research and the work you do will make a difference in the lives of our students, faculty and staff. You'll also be working for a team that is nationally respected by their peer community. If you're the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you'll like working for our team. The Information Security Office at The University of Texas at Austin provides an outstanding benefits package to our staff. Those benefits include: Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%) Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b) Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities An exclusive incentive pay program A great physical office space should you prefer to work from campus Tuition assistance Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards . This position requires you to maintain Internet service and a mobile phone with voice and data plans to be used when required for work. You must also be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship (e.g., US citizen, US resident, US asylee). Purpose The Cybersecurity Operations Engineer will join a newly established, collaborative DevOps function within the UT Austin Information Security Office (UTISO) helping build and operate the shared engineering infrastructure that enables the UTISO to develop, deploy, and secure their services at scale.

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