Junior DevOps Engineer

Location: Fully Remote – Must Work EST Hours
Employment Type: Contract
Experience Level: Junior (3-5 Years)

About The Role

Apex Systems is looking for a Junior DevOps Engineer to support a migration of the organization's Kubernetes ingress layer from NGINX Ingress Controller to Traefik. This includes assessing the current NGINX environment, designing the Traefik architecture, and building migration plans.

You’ll be the backbone of our cloud operations — ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance across platforms that support thousands of users. Your work directly impacts uptime, customer experience, and the modernization of enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitHub Pipelines, and Azure DevOps.
• Deploy, administer, and troubleshoot applications running on AKS, GKE, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Support and troubleshoot Informatica PowerCenter/IICS jobs, workflows, integrations, and production incidents.
• Perform incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), problem management, and performance tuning across DevOps and middleware environments.
• Communicate directly with clients, providing clear updates, technical guidance, and issue resolution.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, cloud operations, and production support.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, GitHub Pipelines, and Azure DevOps deployments.
• Strong expertise with AKS, GKE, Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud networking components.
• Experience supporting Informatica PowerCenter/IICS in production environments.
• Proven ability to lead major incidents, drive RCA, and stabilize critical systems.
• Strong client-facing communication skills.

Skills

• Knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience with cloud automation and configuration management.

Benefits

• Supplemental medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) and 401K with company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan.
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program, access to certification prep, and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars after 6+ months of tenure.
• Certification discounts and perks for associations including CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team for consultants and access to a certified Career Coach.