Required Skills & Experience
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 0.5-3 years of DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related experience
• Experience working in Azure cloud environments
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience - must be Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or Azure DevOps
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, Shell, or JavaScript
• Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and deployment processes
• Strong passion for learning cloud and DevOps technologies
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
NICE-TO-HAVES
• Experience with GitHub Actions
• Experience with Azure DevOps
• Exposure to monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, ELK Stack, or PagerDuty
• Familiarity with APIs and modern application architectures
• Exposure to .NET, Node.js, or backend application environments
• Financial services or banking experience
Job Description
WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
A financial client is seeking a junior DevOps Engineer to support cloud engineering initiatives and the ongoing migration of applications and deployment pipelines to their larger enterprise's platform. This individual will work closely with DevOps, Cloud, and Application teams to support Kubernetes environments, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native development practices.
This role is ideal for an early-career DevOps Engineer who is passionate about cloud technologies, automation, and continuous learning. The engineer will contribute to Azure-based infrastructure, deployment automation, Kubernetes administration, and platform modernization efforts across the digital technology organization.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
• Support Azure cloud infrastructure and DevOps initiatives
• Assist with migration efforts to the larger platform
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines
• Support Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Automate operational tasks through scripting and tooling
• Partner with development teams to improve deployment processes
• Support monitoring and observability solutions
• Participate in an on-call rotation using PagerDuty
• Document deployment processes, standards, and operational procedures