Junior AWS DevOps Engineer
Job in
Fair Lawn, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07410, USA
Listed on 2026-06-22
Listing for:
Hightouchtalentsolutions
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-22
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
SRE/Site Reliability, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, AWS, Systems Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About the job Junior AWS Dev Ops Engineer
We are seeking a Dev Ops / SRE Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable AWS infrastructure with a strong emphasis on deployments, automation, and CI/CD. This role prioritizes enabling fast, reliable software delivery while maintaining high system availability and performance. You will work closely with development teams to streamline deployment pipelines, improve release velocity, and enforce infrastructure best practices.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and manage AWS-based Linux infrastructure for scalable application deployments
- Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, repeatable, and fast deployments
- Manage application releases, deployments, and rollback strategies across environments
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and application delivery using Infrastructure as Code
- Collaborate with development teams to improve build, test, and deployment workflows
- Troubleshoot deployment failures, pipeline issues, and production incidents
- Implement blue/green, canary, and rolling deployment strategies
- Maintain system reliability, monitoring, and alerting for production services
- Optimize performance, scalability, and cost of cloud infrastructure
- Enforce security best practices across infrastructure and deployment pipelines
- Maintain runbooks, deployment documentation, and operational procedures
- Participate in on-call rotation supporting production systems
Required Skills
- 5+ years of Linux system administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, Rocky/CentOS)
- 3+ years of AWS experience (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EKS, ALB/NLB, Cloud Watch)
- Strong experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Jenkins)
- Hands‑on experience with application deployments in cloud environments
- Proficiency in Bash and Python for automation
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred, Cloud Formation acceptable)
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS)
- Solid understanding of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, firewalls)
- Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Open Search, Datadog)
- Strong troubleshooting skills across pipelines, infrastructure, and applications
Nice to Have
- Limited exposure to Windows environments
Profile
- Strong focus on automation, deployment efficiency, and developer enablement
- Comfortable working in fast‑paced environments with frequent releases
- Collaborative mindset with strong communication across Dev Ops and engineering teams
- Ownership‑driven with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence
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