Junior DevOps Engineer
Job Description
Department:
Engineering / Infrastructure
Employment Type:
Full-Time
Reports To:
Senior DevOps Engineer / DevOps Manager
We are looking for a motivated Junior DevOps Engineer with 3–4 years of hands-on experience to join our growing infrastructure and platform team. In this role, you will help build, maintain, and optimize our CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and monitoring systems. You will collaborate closely with development teams to accelerate delivery, improve system reliability, and champion DevOps best practices across the organization.
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Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
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Automate repetitive operational tasks using shell scripts, Python, or Ansible playbooks.
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Support code deployment processes across development, staging, and production environments.
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Provision and manage cloud resources on AWS, Azure, or GCP using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation).
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Monitor and optimize cloud costs; right-size compute and storage resources.
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Assist with architecture of scalable and resilient infrastructure for microservices and applications.
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Build and maintain Docker images; manage container registries.
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Deploy and operate workloads on Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, or AKS); assist with cluster management.
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Troubleshoot container networking, storage, and scheduling issues.
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Set up and manage observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK / OpenSearch, Datadog).
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Define SLOs, SLIs, and alerts; participate in on-call rotations.
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Conduct root-cause analysis for incidents and drive post-mortem action items.
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Implement DevSecOps practices: secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager), image scanning, and SAST/DAST integration.
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Ensure infrastructure configurations comply with security policies and industry standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001).
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Partner with software engineers to improve deployment workflows and developer experience.
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Maintain up-to-date runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational documentation.
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Participate in sprint ceremonies and contribute to DevOps roadmap planning.
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3–4 years of professional experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability, or Platform Engineering role.
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Strong proficiency with Linux/Unix administration and shell scripting (Bash/Python).
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Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP acceptable).
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Practical knowledge of Infrastructure as Code — Terraform or CloudFormation.
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Solid understanding of Docker and Kubernetes for containerized workloads.
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Experience with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI.
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Familiarity with configuration management tools: Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
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Working knowledge of Git version control and branching strategies (GitFlow, trunk-based).
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Experience with monitoring/alerting tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent.
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Good understanding of networking fundamentals: DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP/S, load balancing, VPNs.
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AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CKA/CKAD, or HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification.
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Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
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Exposure to GitOps workflows and tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
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Knowledge of databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis) and their operational aspects.
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Experience with cost management and FinOps practices.
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
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Equivalent practical experience with a strong portfolio will also be considered.
