Junior DevOps Engineer

TEKsystems; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer to support CI/CD pipeline automation, deployments, infrastructure monitoring, and observability. You will work with teams to improve automation, deployment reliability, and application observability across the software delivery lifecycle.

The role emphasizes hands-on Jenkins, Linux automation, container deployments, and monitoring platforms, with a strong interest in end-to-end DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of DevOps, Infra, or sysadmin experience.
• Hands-on Jenkins experience.
• Proficient with Linux environments.
• Familiarity with Bash/Shell scripting.
• Basic understanding of CI/CD concepts and deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of containers and container deployment.

Responsibilities

• Support CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Assist in deployment and release processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot build/deploy failures.
• Collaborate with dev, infra and platform teams to improve automation.
• Contribute to observability and monitoring initiatives.
• Participate in end-to-end application performance monitoring.

Skills

Jenkins

Linux

Bash scripting

CI/CD

Containers

Observability

APM

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

PRTG

Elasticsearch

Job description

• Fintech
• Innovative project
• Leading digital transformation project

We are looking for a Junior DevOps Engineer to support CI/CD pipeline automation, deployment processes, infrastructure monitoring, and observability initiatives. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with Jenkins, Linux automation, containerized deployments, and monitoring platforms, with a strong interest in understanding how applications are built, deployed, monitored, and optimized across the entire software delivery lifecycle.

This role will work closely with development, infrastructure, and platform engineering teams to improve automation, deployment reliability, and application observability.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD & DevOps Automation

• Support and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Understand and troubleshoot the complete software delivery pipeline:
  • Source code retrieval
  • Code quality and vulnerability scanning
  • Container image build and packaging
  • Deployment to target environments
• Assist in developing and maintaining automated deployment workflows.
• Monitor build and deployment processes and identify failures or bottlenecks.
• Work with containerized applications and cloud‑native deployment practices.

Linux & Scripting

• Develop and maintain Linux shell scripts for operational automation.
• Automate tasks such as:
  • SCP file transfers
  • Remote command execution
  • Deployment verification checks
  • Log collection and reporting
• Analyze script execution results and implement automated success/failure handling.

Monitoring & Observability

• Support monitoring platform integration and maintenance.
• Understand the purpose and differences between various observability data types:
  • Metrics
  • Logs
  • Traces
• Assist in monitoring infrastructure and applications using tools such as:
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • PRTG
  • Elasticsearch
  • Other cloud‑native monitoring platforms
• Participate in initiatives to enhance application monitoring and observability.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

• Support implementation of end‑to‑end application monitoring capabilities.
• Help improve visibility across the application journey:
  • Browser/User Layer
  • Web Server
  • Backend Services
  • Database Layer
• Assist in integrating tracing and performance monitoring solutions to improve application troubleshooting and performance analysis.

Required Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, System Administration, or related fields.
• Hands-on experience with Jenkins.
• Experience working with Linux environments.
• Knowledge of Bash/Shell scripting.
• Basic understanding of CI/CD concepts and deployment pipelines.
• Familiarity with containers and container deployment concepts.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and DevOps practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot and analyze operational issues.