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DevOps EngineerSmartVault Corporation • Houston, Texas, United States
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DevOps Engineer

SmartVault Corporation
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    Houston, Texas, United States
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    Houston, Texas, United States
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The Role We are looking for a motivated and hands‑on DevOps Engineer with 3-5 years of experience to join our agile, cross‑functional product team. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing highly secure, scalable, and reliable cloud platform solutions on AWS.
You will collaborate with the Head of DevOps and other technical leaders to build and maintain infrastructure, automation, monitoring, and security processes. Additionally, you will play a key role in supporting ISO 27001 / ISMS / SOC2 Type II compliance efforts.
This role requires strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, excellent communication, and a proactive approach to problem‑solving. While an infrastructure background is beneficial, you should also be comfortable writing scripts and basic software code to enhance and streamline operations. This is a hybrid role based in Houston, TX. This role requires working in‑office 2-3 days per week.
The Team The SmartVault product team is dynamic and fast‑paced, keeping up to date with the latest technologies, and using agile and self‑organising principles to help deliver quality products and services. The team wholeheartedly embraces the DevOps culture, continuously striving to add value to products and customers through automation, collaboration, and a proactive monitoring and feedback loop with product teams.
And that’s only just the start! It’s a great cross‑functional team that works to produce great technical solutions in a great way.
We offer you the opportunity to:
be part of a talented, collaborative and motivated team
learn from and be inspired by skilled colleagues
teach and inspire others
work across the entire product life cycle
develop your skill set and research / adopt the latest design patterns, methodologies, principles and technologies
have a positive influence over high level architectural decisions
make your mark and, in doing so, make us better
Key Responsibilities
Work closely with the Head of DevOps to define detailed technical requirements, plan work, and prioritize tasks according to business needs.
Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud platform solutions.
Ensure strict security compliance and best practices in cloud infrastructure.
Drive automation to improve efficiency, scalability, and system reliability.
Strive for zero downtime when deploying solutions or services.
Develop and own scalable processes for capacity planning, configuration management, and monitoring and observability.
Provide day‑to‑day operational support and perform systems administration tasks.
Participate in an on‑call rotation to support the platform 24/7.
Ensure high-quality monitoring coverage for infrastructure and applications.
Identify potential failure points in infrastructure and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
Collaborate with internal IT teams for operational support.
Assist in maintaining compliance with ISO 27001 and SOC2 Type II security frameworks.
Our Tech Stack Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS Services – CloudFormation, EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, ECS, CloudFront, CloudTrail, Inspector, SSM
Containerization – Docker, Podman
Infrastructure as Code – Terraform, HashiCorp Packer
Message Queues – RabbitMQ
Operating Systems – Windows, Linux
Databases
Relational – MySQL, PostgreSQL
NoSQL – DynamoDB, Couchbase
Scripting & Programming
Languages – Python, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript
CI/CD Pipelines – Git, TeamCity, AWS CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy
Required Skills & Experience You don’t need all of these, but the more you have, the stronger your fit.
Preferred 3-5 years DevOps experience.
Strong AWS experience in infrastructure, security, and automation.
Technical infrastructure knowledge across servers, storage, and networks.
Experience with containerization (Docker, Podman, etc.).
Comfortable working in high-security and high-compliance environments.
Hands‑on experience scripting and coding for DevOps automation.
Experience in database administration, performance tuning, and resilience design.
Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and best practices.
Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting for large distributed systems.
Strong networking fundamentals (IP, traffic flow, network ports, protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, FTP).
Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and drive resolution.
Experience managing large‑scale tasks from inception to completion.
Strong understanding of cloud security principles.
Proficient communication skills (written and verbal).
Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience with automation tooling (e.g., HashiCorp products, configuration management tools).
Experience with automated testing in DevOps workflows.
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), shift‑left principles, and immutable infrastructure.
Experience working in ISO 27001, PCI compliance, or SOC2 Type II environments.
A tertiary degree in computer science, engineering, or related fields.
What We’re Looking For in You We want people who:
Take ownership of their work and care about results.
Have a hands‑on approach and a strong sense of accountability.
Are team players with a flexible and positive attitude.
Have a friendly, proactive demeanor and strong problem‑solving skills.
Love learning and staying ahead of technology trends.
About Us SmartVault is a cloud‑based document management and file‑sharing solution for small‑to‑medium‑sized businesses, professional accountants, and bookkeepers. In 2017, SmartVault became part of the GetBusy Group, which is AIM‑listed and currently trading on the London Stock Exchange. SmartVault continues to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary in the US, but we are now part of a much larger global team with expanded products serving the US, UK, and Australia/New Zealand markets. SmartVault is based in Texas.
SmartVault Team Culture and Values
SmartVault is a collaborative environment, where the number one goal is to solve problems for our customers. We use data to make informed decisions, and we work hard to be transparent with each other and with our customers. Our ultimate purpose is to make people’s lives better at work, so they can focus on higher‑value activities in their business or personal lives.
Benefits of Working at SmartVault We’re striving to make SmartVault the best place to work in Houston. We work in a relaxed environment that emphasizes work/life balance. Our health benefits are top‑notch, vacation time is generous, and we encourage community involvement with time off to volunteer. We also offer hybrid remote working.
We value diversity at SmartVault, and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse team helps build the best products, deliver the best services, and tackle the diverse and exciting challenges we face.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. Sponsorship is not available at this time.
Pre‑Employment Checks We take the security of our business and our duty of care to our customers and their data very seriously, so we need to check that you don’t have any adverse history that could pose a legitimate security risk to our business or customers. To do this, we perform background checks on you if you are offered the job. We will not discriminate unfairly against you based on any information revealed in those checks.
How We Use Your Personal Data We take data protection very seriously at GetBusy. To find out how we will use your personal data during this application process, please visit the GetBusy Applicant Privacy Policy.
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