Junior DevOps Engineer, DevOps Team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Establish, configure, test, and maintain infrastructure across development, staging, testing, and production environments.

• Contribute to the implementation of Infrastructure as Code by adhering to established modules, conventions, and review processes.

• Assist in the configuration, maintenance, release preparation, and deployment activities of the CI/CD pipeline.

• Investigate incidents by gathering logs and monitoring evidence, performing initial triage, and documenting solutions.

• Set up monitoring checks and alerts.

• Engage in backup and recovery procedures.

• Adhere to security best practices, including least-privilege access management and secure secrets handling.

• Maintain documentation related to infrastructure, deployment instructions, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.

• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, security specialists, and operations teams.

• Continuously enhance technical skills through mentoring, certifications, and participation in projects.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 1 year of hands-on experience with a public cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Strong understanding of Linux administration and networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, services, packages, and system metrics.

• Familiarity with CI/CD principles and practical experience with tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or TeamCity.

• Knowledge of containerization concepts and practical experience with container images and runtime environments.

• Experience with scripting in Shell and either Python or PowerShell.

• General understanding of Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.

• Familiarity with SDLC processes and DevOps principles.

• Basic knowledge of databases, monitoring, logging, backup, storage, and security concepts.

• Understanding of authentication and authorization concepts, TLS, and secure secrets management.

• Experience utilizing AI assistants responsibly while validating outputs and upholding data security standards.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Minimum Upper-Intermediate level of English proficiency.

• Experience with Kubernetes or other orchestration platforms.

• Practical experience with Terraform or Ansible in production settings.

• Familiarity with centralized logging and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch, or Datadog.

• Exposure to GitOps practices.

• Understanding of AI/LLM services or vector databases in infrastructure-related contexts.

• Relevant cloud or Linux certifications.

• Strong desire to learn and advance within a professional DevOps environment.

• Proactive attitude and sense of ownership.

• Ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams.

• Attention to detail and a structured approach to operational tasks.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work options available.

• Opportunities for continuous learning and mentoring.

• Support for certification growth.

• Clear career development pathways.

• Access to mentorship from Senior and Principal-level professionals.

• Participation in international projects.