Remote Junior Backend & DevOps Engineer

Worky; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Junior Back-End/DevOps Developer to join our engineering team in Arlington, VA (REMOTE, US). In this role you will support backend services, cloud infrastructure, and automated deployment pipelines, growing skills in Python/Java/Node.js, AWS, and DevOps practices within a collaborative environment.

The position involves designing and maintaining backend services, building RESTful APIs, contributing to CI/CD pipelines, writing IaC with Terraform, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in back-end development using Python, Java, Node.js, or similar languages.
• 2+ years of hands-on Python experience.
• 1+ year of experience building or integrating RESTful APIs using standard API design principles or OpenAPI.
• 1+ year of experience using Git/GitHub for source control, branching, and pull requests.
• 1+ year of experience working with relational or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.
• Ability to obtain/maintain a Public Trust Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining back-end services and applications.
• Help build and maintain RESTful APIs using standard API design principles and OpenAPI specifications.
• Work with AWS cloud services such as Lambda, SQS, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and S3.
• Participate in DevOps workflows to support development, testing, deployment, and monitoring processes.
• Help develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, tests, and deployments.
• Assist in writing and maintaining basic Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or similar tools.
• Use Git and GitHub for branching, pull requests, code reviews, and collaboration.
• Support database integrations and write simple queries for relational or NoSQL systems.
• Assist in implementing logging, metrics, dashboards, and troubleshooting application issues.
• Learn and apply secure coding practices and responsible dependency management.
• Contribute to code reviews and help write automated tests.
• Maintain clear, accurate technical documentation for APIs, cloud resources, deployment processes, and troubleshooting steps.
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers, architects, and project managers to deliver integrated solutions.
• Assist with production deployments, issue investigation, and bug fixes.
• Stay current with emerging back-end, cloud, and DevOps tools and best practices.

Skills

Back-end development

Python

Java

Node.js

API design

Git/GitHub

OpenAPI

AWS

DevOps practices

Terraform

Education

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

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Docker

GitHub Actions

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a Junior Back-End/DevOps Developer to join our engineering team in Arlington, VA (REMOTE, US). In this role you will support backend services, cloud infrastructure, and automated deployment pipelines, growing skills in Python/Java/Node.js, AWS, and DevOps practices within a collaborative environment.

The position involves designing and maintaining backend services, building RESTful APIs, contributing to CI/CD pipelines, writing IaC with Terraform, and collaborating with