Entry-Level DevOps Engineer —
Location - Florida
Job type - Fulltime & Contract
An Entry-Level DevOps Engineer supports development and infrastructure teams by helping automate application deployments, maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud environments, monitor applications, and troubleshoot deployment or infrastructure issues. The role typically works under the guidance of senior DevOps or platform engineers.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Support and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
- Assist with application deployments across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
- Work with AWS or Azure services such as EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Azure VMs, and Azure Monitor.
- Build and maintain Docker containers for application deployment and environment consistency.
- Support basic Kubernetes deployments, services, configuration, logs, and troubleshooting.
- Write and maintain Terraform scripts for provisioning repeatable cloud infrastructure.
- Perform Linux administration, including log analysis, permissions, processes, disk utilization, and basic shell scripting.
- Use Git for source control, branching, pull requests, and deployment workflows.
- Monitor application and infrastructure health using CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
- Troubleshoot failed builds, deployment errors, connectivity issues, and configuration problems with development teams.
- Assist with Bash or Python scripting to automate repetitive operational tasks.
- Support environment configuration, secrets management, access controls, and basic cloud security practices.
- Maintain deployment procedures, troubleshooting guides, and technical documentation.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, incident discussions, code reviews, and release activities.
Core Skills for an Entry-Level Candidate
Cloud: AWS or Azure
CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
Containers: Docker, basic Kubernetes
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
Operating Systems: Linux
Scripting: Bash, Python
Version Control: Git, GitHub/GitLab
Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana
Networking: DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, Load Balancers, VPC basics
Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SDLC
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.