Junior DevOps Engineer: Cloud & Automation

Delta Dental of New Jersey, Inc.; New Jersey; On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401k with match

Paid time off

Job summary

Delta Dental of New Jersey, Inc. is hiring a Junior DevOps Engineer to support applications and ensure reliable software delivery. The role blends application support, release management, monitoring, and automation while working with experienced engineers.

Success comes from clear communication, thoughtful troubleshooting, and ongoing learning as you contribute to incident response, deployments, and platform maintenance in a collaborative, security‑minded environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; BA/BS preferred in IT or related field.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience in technical support or DevOps-related roles.
• Experience with ticketing, monitoring, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud concepts helpful.

Responsibilities

• Monitor tickets and system alerts; troubleshoot, document findings, and escalate as needed.
• Support releases and deployments using Azure DevOps and approved processes.
• Monitor deployments, report status, and assist with post‑deployment validation.
• Develop and update scripts to automate repetitive tasks and improve reliability.
• Engage in cloud/infra support and collaborate across DevOps, security, and development teams.
• Follow security, change management, and documentation standards; maintain runbooks.

Skills

IT fundamentals

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Team collaboration

Service mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Software Dev

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring tools

Job description

Delta Dental of New Jersey, Inc. is hiring a Junior DevOps Engineer to support applications and ensure reliable software delivery. The role blends application support, release management, monitoring, and automation while working with experienced engineers.

Success comes from clear communication, thoughtful troubleshooting, and ongoing learning as you contribute to incident response, deployments, and platform maintenance in a collaborative, security‑minded environment.