Junior DevOps Engineer

Sprocket Security; Alabama; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

401k with company match

Health insurance (75% employee, 50% on

Dental and vision 100% company-covered

Job summary

Sprocket Security is seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure. You will contribute to CI/CD pipelines, IaC with Terraform, and collaboration across software and IT teams to enhance deployment processes.

Ideal candidates have AWS experience, Linux administration skills, and familiarity with Terraform, Bash, Python, and Git. Opportunity for growth in a fast-growing startup with flexible hours.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS.
• Familiarity with Terraform.
• Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with administrating source control platforms.
• Linux System Administration experience.
• Basic programming experience in Python.
• Experience with Bash scripting.
• Strong familiarity with Git and source control practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain scalable and secure infrastructure in AWS.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, ensuring end-to-end deployments.
• Maintain Infrastructure-as-Code environments using Terraform.
• Administer Linux-based systems and ensure system stability.
• Collaborate with software engineers to improve deployment processes.
• Respond to infrastructure-related incidents and monitor security controls.
• Create and maintain documentation for system configurations and DevOps practices.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Linux System Administration

Python

Bash scripting

Git and source control practices

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Packer

Docker

CloudFormation

Ruby on Rails

Job description

Company Mission

Our mission is to help secure as many companies as possible, by using the best way of doing so, penetration testing. Sprocket Security prioritizes offensive security for enterprises, empowering them to build robust defense strategies based on individual business risk.

How

At Sprocket Security, we’ve built an expert-driven Continuous Penetration Testing platform that blends cutting-edge automated and manual testing methods.

Your Mission

As a Junior DevOps Engineer at Sprocket Security, your primary role is to help design, implement and maintain scalable and secure infrastructure environment in AWS. You will grow as a professional and contribute to DevOps practices and innovation within Sprocket Security. Sprocket has created an offensive security platform to support our continuous penetration testing mission. The primary goal of this position is to maintain, secure, and assist with deploying the infrastructure associated with this platform.

Responsibilities

• Help design, implement and maintain scalable and secure infrastructure in AWS.
• Basic systems administration tasks in cloud and potentially on-prem environments, with responsibilities growing as skills improve.
• Basic administration of cloud environments, including IAM responsibilities, monitoring alerts, investigating/triaging issues, managing server hardening processes, and so on.
• Help manage and maintain CICD pipelines in Gitlab, ensuring full end-to-end deployments are successful, timely, and efficient.
• Help manage, maintain, and improve Infrastructure-as-Code environments using Terraform.
• Conduct research and apply out-of-the-box-thinking into new and novel ways to solve weird problems.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure logging, security controls, and system health.
• Administer Linux-based systems, addressing performance bottlenecks and ensuring system stability.
• Contribute to the standardization, documentation, and maintainability of our AWS infrastructure environment.
• Collaborate with software engineers to enhance the deployment process of company applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the business, including Software Engineering, Service Delivery, and IT.
• Make a meaningful impact on our security posture by participating in security configurations.
• Respond to infrastructure-related incidents.
• Create and maintain documentation for system configurations and DevOps practices.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Experience with AWS.
• Familiarity with Terraform.
• Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with administrating source control platforms.
• Linux System Administration experience.
• Basic programming experience in Python.
• Experience with Bash scripting.
• Strong familiarity with Git and source control practices.

Preferred

• Familiarity with other DevOps frameworks such as Ansible, Packer, Docker and CloudFormation.
• Experience as an AWS administrator.
• Experience with Ruby and Ruby on Rails.
• Involvement in security configurations.
• Experience participating in code reviews.
• Enjoys the innovation, thrills, and speed of a growing start-up.
• Previous experience in a small and agile Development organization.
• Cybersecurity experience.

Benefits

• Unlimited and mandatory PTO for healthy work/life balance.
• Company matched 401k (immediate eligibility, no one should have to wait to start saving).
• 75% company contribution for health insurance for employees and 50% for dependants.
• 100% company contribution for dental and vision.
• Flexible working hours.
• Hardware and tools of your choice
• Support for your career development with paid training, conferences, certifications, etc.

Location

Currently residing or able to relocate to Madison, WI