Junior Cloud Operations Engineer: AI-Driven, Hands-On Growth

JumpMind; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

JumpMind in Columbus, OH is hiring a Cloud Operations Engineer I (Junior) to help maintain the company’s production cloud environment. You will work under mentorship with the Senior Cloud Operations Engineer and use AI tools to speed up troubleshooting, scripting, and runbook updates.

The role emphasizes hands-on learning and growth toward senior operations or SRE paths, with exposure to Terraform/OpenTofu configs and automated workflows.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of IT operations or related technical work
• Basic understanding of cloud concepts
• Comfort with Linux CLI
• Practical experience using AI tools for technical tasks
• Genuine interest in learning to build and use AI agents

Responsibilities

• Monitor dashboards and alerts for infrastructure health
• Respond to production alerts and incidents under guidance
• Execute routine patching and maintenance
• Assist with backup verification and DR tests
• Maintain and update runbooks and documentation

Skills

Linux CLI

Cloud concepts

Incident comms

AI tooling usage

Scripting (Python|Bash)

IaC learning

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

AI agents automation

Job description

JumpMind in Columbus, OH is hiring a Cloud Operations Engineer I (Junior) to help maintain the company’s production cloud environment. You will work under mentorship with the Senior Cloud Operations Engineer and use AI tools to speed up troubleshooting, scripting, and runbook updates.

The role emphasizes hands-on learning and growth toward senior operations or SRE paths, with exposure to Terraform/OpenTofu configs and automated workflows.