Junior DevOps Engineer
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Job overview
Insight Global is hiring a Junior DevOps Engineer. The Platform DevOps Engineer will join the client's Operations team, focusing on Platform Operations. This role is designed for an early-career individual with strong technical aptitude and a passion for learning. The successful candidate will expand technical knowledge across cloud, infrastructure, Kubernetes, automation, and production support environments, working alongside senior engineers to maintain and improve containerized application environments.
Key focus areas include Maintain containerized application environments, Support containerized application environments, and Troubleshoot containerized application environments.
Successful candidates bring Foundational Knowledge Of Kubernetes, Basic Infrastructure As Code Experience, and Fundamental Cloud Knowledge. Important skills include Kubernetes Pods, Kubernetes Deployments, Kubernetes Services, Kubernetes ConfigMaps, Kubernetes Secrets, and Docker. Preferred (not required): Helm Chart Configuration and Operational Documentation Creation.
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Full job description
Job Description
Our client is seeking a Platform DevOps Engineer to join our client's Operations team. This is a position with a newly defined skill set designed to align with the organization's evolving operations structure. This operations team is divided into two focus areas: Application Operations and Platform Operations, allowing team members to develop deeper subject matter expertise while continuing to support the broader Operations organization.
This role sits within the Platform Operations team and is ideal for someone early in their career who possesses strong technical aptitude, a passion for learning, and a desire to grow into a long-term career opportunity. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to expand their technical knowledge across cloud, infrastructure, Kubernetes, automation, and production support environments. This individual will join the Platform Operations team supporting critical Ordering Back Office (OBO) systems and infrastructure. The Engineer II will work alongside senior engineers to maintain, support, troubleshoot, and improve containerized application environments while gaining exposure to cloud platforms, Kubernetes operations, automation, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and infrastructure management. They will assist with production support activities, investigate system and application issues, analyze logs and monitoring metrics, participate in incident response efforts, and contribute to operational documentation and runbooks. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, eager to learn, and excited to develop deep technical expertise while growing within a team-oriented and highly collaborative environment.
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected] learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.
Skills and Requirements
- 1-2 years of experience in Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Operations, or a related technical field
• Foundational knowledge of Kubernetes including:
○ Pods
○ Deployments
○ Services
○ ConfigMaps
○ Secrets
• Experience with Docker and containerization fundamentals
• Linux administration experience
• Experience using Git and source control best practices
• Understanding of CI/CD pipeline concepts and tools such as GitLab or Harness
• Basic Infrastructure as Code experience utilizing Terraform
• Fundamental cloud knowledge within AWS and/or GCP
• Networking fundamentals including DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS, and Load Balancing
• Basic scripting skills using Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Experience troubleshooting applications, infrastructure, or Kubernetes environments
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated willingness and ability to learn new technologies • Helm chart deployment and configuration experience
• Blue/Green deployment experience
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as:
○ Datadog APM
○ Splunk
○ Prometheus
○ Grafana
○ AppDynamics
• Knowledge of certificate management practices
• Understanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM) and RBAC concepts
• Experience supporting production systems and responding to incidents
• Exposure to operational documentation and runbook creation
• Knowledge of database connectivity concepts including Oracle, MongoDB, Redis, and PostgreSQL
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