Junior DevOps Engineer

MUST RESIDE IN THE USA FOR THIS JOB, PREFERABLY EASTERN OR CENTRAL TIME ZONES


Our client is a company specializing in very high tech intelligent traffic systems, including advanced traffic management systems, tolls technologies and signals technologies and systems


THIS JOB IS 100% REMOTE WORK-FROM-HOME IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


FOR A CANDIDATE WITH 1-3 YEARS OF DEVOPS ENGINEERING


Most important prior experience is in Kubernetes and Application Support


RESPONSIBILITIES

  • As a member of the DevOps team, this junior engineer will support the development and operations teams as well as customers by assisting with software updates, software troubleshooting, code deployments and automation of various tasks.
  • The position is the foundation for understanding the collaboration between software development and IT operations.
  • Assist in the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to enable quick and reliable code deployment
  • Coordinate with development teams, support teams and customers to resolve complex application and system issues
  • Support the automation of infrastructure provisioning and configuration to ensure reproducibility and scalability
  • Troubleshoot and rectify application issues.
  • Monitor system performance, troubleshooting issues and contributing to incident response and resolution
  • Plan and execute strategies and configuration changes to ensure optimal quality assurance for all applications
  • Respond and manage tickets submitted by customers, support team and software development to resolve infrastructure and software related issues
  • Provide support to clients and team members in other departments
  • Participate in the creation and maintenance of documentation for DevOps processes and tools
  • Learn and adopt new tools and technologies to improve the DevOps workflow
  • Contribute to the development of security protocols to protect against cyber threats
  • Debug any server issues that impact application performance.
  • Engage in performance analysis and system optimization to enhance user experience
  • Facilitate communication between software developers and IT operations staff to resolve technical issues
  • Support the development of automated testing frameworks to minimize defects in production
  • Assist in the evaluation and implementation of containerization and orchestration technologies
  • Prepare and maintain documentation for all issues and implementation solutions.
  • Recommend ways to optimize business performance by presenting solutions to existing challenges


EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

  • 1-3 years assisting in designing, deploying and maintaining on-premises and hosted solutions
  • Linux Fundamentals and Scripting
  • Version Control with Git
  • Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Practices
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
  • Containerization with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Cloud Services Management (AWS, Azure, GoogleCloud (GCP)
  • Configuration Management with Ansible, Puppet or Chef
  • Monitoring and Logging with tools like Prometheus, Grafana and/or ELK Stack
  • Networking, Security and Compliance basics
  • Programming Skills in languages such as Python, Ruby, Bash, PowerShell, Go, etc.

Post Date
2025-05-14
Job Type
REMOTE
Employment type
Full-time
Category
Information Technology
Level
Associate
Country
United States
Industry
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