Junior AWS DevOps Engineer

We are CirrusLabs. Our vision is to become the world's most sought-after niche digital transformation company that helps customers realize value through innovation. Our mission is to co-create success with our customers, partners and community. Our goal is to enable employees to dream, grow and make things happen. We are committed to excellence. We are a dependable partner organization that delivers on commitments. We strive to maintain integrity with our employees and customers. Every action we take is driven by value. The core of who we are is through our well-knit teams and employees. You are the core of a values driven organization.

You have an entrepreneurial spirit. You enjoy working as a part of well-knit teams. You value the team over the individual. You welcome diversity at work and within the greater community. You aren't afraid to take risks. You appreciate a growth path with your leadership team that journeys how you can grow inside and outside of the organization. You thrive upon continuing education programs that your company sponsors to strengthen your skills and for you to become a thought leader ahead of the industry curve.

You are excited about creating change because your skills can help the greater good of every customer, industry and community. We are hiring a talented to join our team. If you're excited to be part of a winning team, CirrusLabs (http://www.cirruslabs.io) is a great place to grow your career.

Junior DevOps / Cloud Engineer
Remote

Job Summary
We are looking for a Junior DevOps / Cloud Engineer with 1–2 years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and container orchestration. The ideal candidate should have a basic understanding of AWS, Kubernetes, GitOps practices, and modern DevOps tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and maintain containerized applications running on AWS EKS.
• Develop and maintain CI pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar CI tools.
• Support continuous delivery using Argo CD and GitOps-based deployment practices.
• Create and maintain infrastructure using Terraform.
• Manage application and infrastructure secrets using Doppler or similar secret-management solutions.
• Work with JFrog Artifactory or similar artifact/package repositories.
• Troubleshoot deployment, infrastructure, and CI/CD-related issues.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve deployment reliability and automation.
• Follow DevOps and cloud security best practices.

Required Skills

• AWS: Basic to intermediate knowledge, with hands-on exposure to Amazon EKS.
• Kubernetes: Understanding of pods, deployments, services, namespaces, and basic troubleshooting.
• CI: Experience with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD platforms.
• CD/GitOps: Basic experience with Argo CD or similar GitOps deployment tools.
• Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on knowledge of Terraform.
• Secrets Management: Knowledge of Doppler, AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, or similar tools.
• Artifact Management: Knowledge of JFrog Artifactory or similar artifact repositories.
• Git: Good understanding of Git and common Git workflows.
• Basic Linux/Unix command-line knowledge.
• Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to AWS services such as IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, and Load Balancing.
• Basic understanding of Docker/containerization.
• Familiarity with Helm charts.
• Basic understanding of YAML and scripting.
• Exposure to monitoring and logging tools.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.