Junior DevOps Engineer
Job description
Looking for a Junior DevOps / Cloud Engineer to join an engineering team supporting a strategic API Marketplace platform.
This is an early-career DevOps opportunity suited to candidates with foundational experience in GCP, Linux, Git, scripting, CI/CD, containers and cloud infrastructure, who are looking to grow into a Cloud/Platform/DevOps Engineering role.
The role involves supporting cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, monitoring and API platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Support deployment, configuration and maintenance of GCP cloud infrastructure.
- Assist with CI/CD pipeline development, maintenance and deployment automation.
- Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) activities using Terraform.
- Work with Docker and Kubernetes/GKE environments.
- Support the operation and enhancement of an API Marketplace platform.
- Assist with platform upgrades, configuration changes and service onboarding.
- Support monitoring, logging, alerting and observability activities.
- Troubleshoot application, infrastructure and container-related issues.
- Participate in incident management and production support.
- Automate repetitive/manual operational tasks using Bash, Python, PowerShell or similar scripting.
- Follow cloud security, IAM and infrastructure governance practices.
- Maintain technical documentation, runbooks and operational procedures.
Must-Have Skills
Candidates should have practical exposure to several of the following:
- Cloud: GCP / Google Cloud Platform
- Linux and command-line tools
- Git / GitHub
- CI/CD concepts and pipelines
- Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar
- Docker / Containers
- Basic Kubernetes knowledge
- Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
- Basic networking: DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP
- Understanding of DevOps and software delivery lifecycle
- Basic monitoring / observability concepts
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Good-to-Have
- GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
- GitHub Enterprise
- Harness
- GitHub Actions / Jenkins / GitLab CI
- Apigee / API Gateway
- REST APIs and API lifecycle
- Cloud monitoring and observability tools
- Cloud security and IAM
- Agile / DevOps delivery experience
Interested in this role?