Junior DevOps Cloud Engineer – AWS/Azure & CI/CD

Novacruitix; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Novacruitix in Austin is seeking a motivated Junior DevOps / Cloud Engineer to support cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, monitoring, and CI/CD activities. This entry-level role is suitable for recent graduates and early-career candidates with hands-on academic, internship, or project experience.

You will work with AWS or Azure, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and scripting to automate deployments and maintain IaC templates, while collaborating with development and infrastructure teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• 0-2 years of relevant experience.
• F1 OPT / STEM OPT candidates welcome.
• Strong willingness to learn DevOps and cloud technologies.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cloud infrastructure deployment and maintenance.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and application deployments.
• Monitor cloud resources and troubleshoot basic infrastructure issues.
• Work with Docker containers and Kubernetes environments.
• Create and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code templates.
• Support automation using Python or shell scripting.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams.
• Follow cloud security, backup, and monitoring best practices.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS or Azure)

Linux

Git / GitHub

CI/CD experience (Jenkins, GitHub A…

Docker

Kubernetes basics

Scripting (Bash or Python)

Networking fundamentals

Monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Grafana,

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Job description

Novacruitix in Austin is seeking a motivated Junior DevOps / Cloud Engineer to support cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, monitoring, and CI/CD activities. This entry-level role is suitable for recent graduates and early-career candidates with hands-on academic, internship, or project experience.

You will work with AWS or Azure, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and scripting to automate deployments and maintain IaC templates, while collaborating with development and infrastructure teams to