Junior DevOps Engineer: Cloud, CI/CD & Automation

Nisum; Johns Creek (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional Development

Health & Wellness Benefits

Volunteerism Pay

Additional Benefits

Job summary

Nisum is seeking a motivated Junior DevOps Engineer to support enterprise application delivery and DevOps platform operations. You will work with application development, DevOps, SRE, and platform teams to support CI/CD pipelines, deployments, cloud environments, monitoring, and automation.

The candidate should have foundational DevOps experience, Linux skills, scripting abilities, and a willingness to learn in a large enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Proficient in CI/CD concepts and tools like GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins.
• Experience with Git and source-control practices including branching and PRs.
• Basic Linux/Unix troubleshooting and scripting skills in Shell/Bash/Python.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (GCP preferred).
• Understanding of IaC tools such as Terraform and Helm.
• Knowledge of observability tools and incident management processes.

Responsibilities

• Support CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment.
• Assist onboarding and deployment via standardized DevOps pipelines.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and deployment issues with guidance from seniors.
• Support incident, change, and release management within SLAs.
• Contribute to RCA and preventive actions for recurring issues.
• Maintain runbooks, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides.
• Follow security, change, and production support standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including QA and SRE.
• Participate in knowledge-transfer sessions and continuous improvement.

Skills

CI/CD concepts

Git and SCM practices

Linux/Unix troubleshooting

Shell/Bash scripting

Python scripting

Cloud fundamentals

Agile/Scrum experience

Incident management basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

ArgoCD

Terraform

Helm

Dynatrace

GCP Monitoring

ServiceNow Jira Confluence

Job description

Nisum is seeking a motivated Junior DevOps Engineer to support enterprise application delivery and DevOps platform operations. You will work with application development, DevOps, SRE, and platform teams to support CI/CD pipelines, deployments, cloud environments, monitoring, and automation.

The candidate should have foundational DevOps experience, Linux skills, scripting abilities, and a willingness to learn in a large enterprise setting.