Junior DevOps Engineer, DevOps Team

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

📋 Description

• Set up, 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.

• Provide support for CI/CD pipeline configuration, maintenance, release preparation, and deployment activities.

• Investigate incidents by gathering logs and monitoring evidence, conducting initial triage, and documenting resolutions.

• Configure monitoring checks and alerts.

• Participate in backup and recovery procedures.

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

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of 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 project involvement.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 1 year of hands-on experience with at least one public cloud platform: 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 using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or TeamCity.

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

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

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

• Knowledge of SDLC processes and DevOps principles.

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

• Familiarity with 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.

• At least an Upper-Intermediate level of English proficiency.

• Experience with Kubernetes or other orchestration platforms is advantageous.

• Hands-on experience with Terraform or Ansible in production settings is a plus.

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

• Exposure to GitOps practices is a plus.

• Familiarity with AI/LLM services or vector databases in infrastructure-related scenarios is beneficial.

• Cloud or Linux-related certifications are advantageous.

• A strong desire to learn and grow within a professional DevOps environment.

• A proactive and ownership-oriented mindset.

• Ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams.

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

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Continuous learning support.

• Mentoring from Senior and Principal-level professionals.

• Support for certification growth related to cloud/Linux certifications.

• Transparent career development opportunities.

• Access to experienced DevOps mentorship.

• Opportunities for participation in international projects.