Junior DevOps Engineer

Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Toronto ON
Job Term: Permanent
Salary Range: $65K-$80K

Junior DevOps Engineer

Role Overview

We are currently seeking a Technical Environment Support Engineer to join our DevOps and Automation team supporting one of our major financial clients.

You will support the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, automation tasks, and cloud infrastructure using tools such as Ansible, OpenShift, ArgoCD, Azure DevOps (ADO), and AWS. This role is ideal for someone with 1–3 years of hands-on experience who is eager to learn, grow, and contribute to reliable, automated delivery workflows alongside senior team members.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist in creating and maintaining pipelines and templates using Ansible, Azure DevOps (ADO), and other CI/CD tools based on established standards.
  • Support the development and refinement of automation tasks using Ansible playbooks.
  • Work with ArgoCD to implement GitOps deployment patterns, assist with application sync and drift-detection workflows.
  • Support OpenShift environments by helping manage build configurations, deployments, and image streams.
  • Participate in maintaining and troubleshooting AWS resources used in build and deployment workflows.
  • Help monitor and maintain the objects created on these platforms to ensure reliability and compliance.
  • Collaborate with senior engineers to troubleshoot issues and learn best practices.
  • Contribute to documentation of pipelines, configurations, and deployment processes for training and operational reference.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 1–3 years of experience working with DevOps, automation, or cloud technologies.
  • Hands-on experience or familiarity with:
    • Ansible (playbooks and basic automation patterns)
    • OpenShift (deployment basics and understanding of pods/builds)
    • ArgoCD (GitOps workflows)
    • Azure DevOps (ADO) for pipelines and templating
    • AWS fundamentals (cloud services usage & deployment support)
  • Basic understanding of CI/CD principles and automation workflows.
  • Willingness to learn new tools, processes, and DevOps practices in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working in a collaborative DevOps team with senior engineers.
  • Familiarity with Git, version control workflows, and branching strategies.
  • Strong desire to grow in cloud and automation technologies.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
  • Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of formal education

We thank all applicants for your interest and referral. However, only qualified candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Must reside in Toronto area.

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