DevOps Engineer Jobs in Arlington, TX
DevOps engineer jobs in Arlington center on GM Financial, whose technology office on Embarcadero has posted site reliability, cloud solutions and workload automation roles this year. Health system and school district technology teams round out the market. Here are the current openings, then who hires, what it pays and how to get in.
Current devops engineer Openings in Arlington, TX
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DevOps Engineer Work in Arlington
DevOps work in Arlington lives inside large corporate technology teams rather than startups. GM Financial, the lending arm of General Motors, runs an Arlington technology office alongside its Fort Worth headquarters, and its Arlington postings in 2026 include Site Reliability Engineer I and II, an AVP of SRE and Cloud Solutions, and Global Workload Automation Delivery Engineer roles, nearly all posted as hybrid. Texas Health Resources runs information services for its North Texas hospitals from its headquarters at 612 E Lamar Blvd, north of I-30, and Arlington ISD hires technology professionals for its central offices on East Lamar.
Because Arlington has no fixed-route bus, hybrid schedules shape these jobs. Expect to drive in on I-30, I-20 or SH 360 a few days a week, and expect an on-call rotation, since keeping production systems running is the heart of the role.
Top Arlington Employers Hiring DevOps Engineers
These Arlington employers hire DevOps and site reliability engineers or recruit for the technology teams where that work sits:
- GM Financial - the auto lender's Arlington technology office posts site reliability, cloud solutions and workload automation engineers on hybrid schedules.
- Texas Health Resources - the health system's East Lamar headquarters recruits through its Information Services and Technology job family.
- Arlington ISD - the district hires technology staff for its central offices through the Technology category of its Professionals hiring track.
DevOps Engineer Salaries in Arlington
- Entry level: about $85,000 to $105,000 a year for engineers moving over from systems administration or development.
- Experienced: roughly $110,000 to $145,000 a year.
- Senior or lead: $150,000 to $200,000 or more a year for senior site reliability engineers and DevOps leads.
These are estimates based on Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2025 figures for software developers, the federal category closest to DevOps work (national median $135,980, with the top 10 percent above $214,670), and Dallas-Fort Worth pay runs close to the national average across occupations. The Arlington employers above do not publish pay for these roles. Pay moves with cloud platform depth, on-call load, Kubernetes and automation skills, and whether the role leads a team.
How to Become a DevOps Engineer in Arlington
DevOps is rarely a first job. Most engineers come up through software development, systems administration or cloud engineering, then add certifications such as Microsoft Azure Administrator, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Certified Kubernetes Administrator. Locally, UT Arlington's College of Engineering offers computer science and engineering degrees, and Tarrant County College offers Programming and IT and Cybersecurity associate degrees at the Southeast Campus on Southeast Parkway. Texas has no state license for DevOps engineers, so employers screen on automation experience and certifications.
What the Job Involves
A DevOps engineer builds and maintains CI/CD pipelines, writes infrastructure as code, runs containers and orchestration platforms, sets up monitoring and alerting, automates scheduled workloads and works with developers to make releases safe and repeatable. When something breaks in production, the DevOps or SRE team leads the response and the follow-up fix.
Skills Employers Look For
- CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or Jenkins
- Infrastructure as code with Terraform or Ansible
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Azure or AWS administration
- Scripting in PowerShell, Python or Bash
- Monitoring, incident response and site reliability practices
Career Path and Advancement
In Arlington the path usually runs from help desk or junior development to systems administrator or software engineer, then to DevOps or site reliability engineer, senior SRE, platform lead and cloud architect. GM Financial's Arlington postings this year run from SRE I up to AVP of SRE and Cloud Solutions, so the whole ladder exists inside one local employer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do you need a license to be a DevOps engineer in Texas?
No. Texas does not license DevOps engineers. Employers look for cloud and Kubernetes certifications and a record of building pipelines and automation for production systems.
How much do DevOps engineers make in Arlington?
Estimates run about $85,000 to $105,000 to start, $110,000 to $145,000 with experience, and $150,000 or more for senior SREs and leads. The BLS national median for software developers was $135,980 in May 2025.
Are DevOps jobs in Arlington remote?
Most are hybrid. GM Financial posts its Arlington site reliability and automation roles as hybrid, so plan on a few days a week on site and a commute by car, since Arlington has no fixed-route bus.
Is DevOps the same as site reliability engineering?
They overlap heavily. DevOps focuses on automating how code is built and released, while site reliability engineering focuses on uptime and incident response. In Arlington postings the SRE title is common for work many people would call DevOps.
How long does it take to become a DevOps engineer?
Most people reach a DevOps or SRE title after three to five years in development, systems administration or cloud work, plus one or two cloud certifications. A computer science degree from a school like UT Arlington can shorten the path but is not always required.
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