About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, IT.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Position overview

This is a remote, entry-level DevOps Engineer role open to qualified candidates located in the United States. You will support automation, deployment, and operational reliability for cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure for a Confidential Client technology team. This role is a strong fit for candidates with foundational software development experience who are eager to grow technical skills in Azure, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and container platforms.

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What You’ll Do

• Support implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to enable consistent, fast software delivery.
• Assist with cloud infrastructure provisioning, deployment automation, and environment management in Microsoft Azure.
• Work closely with software developers, QA, and senior DevOps engineers to improve release processes, monitoring, and platform stability.
• Troubleshoot deployment, infrastructure, and application issues to help meet release commitments.
• Contribute to automation initiatives and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) efforts using tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Support containerized application environments and related tooling.

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What we’re looking for (minimum qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent experience.
• Foundational software development knowledge from coursework, internships, projects, or early-career roles.
• Strong interest in DevOps, cloud technologies, automation, and modern software delivery practices.
• Basic understanding of Azure cloud services and cloud computing concepts.
• Familiarity with CI/CD principles and software release management.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Scripting experience (PowerShell or similar).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and collaboration skills.

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Preferred / Nice-to-have

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (PaaS and IaaS).
• Experience building, supporting, or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exposure to .NET application environments.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools (e.g., Chef).
• Experience with developer platform tooling (e.g., Backstage.io).
• Internship, project, or professional experience supporting cloud, automation, or DevOps initiatives.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $77,000 - $85,000 per year (depends on experience and qualifications).
• Eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program (subject to plan terms).
• Benefits include medical/dental/vision, life insurance, paid holidays and PTO, 401(k) plan, disability coverage, paid parental leave, and employee stock purchase plan (subject to eligibility).

Applicants will be accepted until 2026-09-18. The Confidential Client will only consider applicants who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship. This role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future.

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Why join?

This position offers a strong foundation for growth into DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, and Platform Engineering. You’ll learn from experienced engineers and expand your skills in cloud infrastructure, automation, and modern delivery tooling while contributing real impact to production systems.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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