Junior AWS Operations Engineer

About the Role

This role is designed for someone who wants to grow into a strong mid-level operations or platform engineer. You will be mentored by experienced senior engineers and work closely with another junior engineer. The position requires a FULLY IN OFFICE work schedule and proximity to our Austin, TX office.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain production AWS environments.
• Write and maintain automation and infrastructure code stored and reviewed in Git.
• Contribute to the Infrastructure as Code stack, primarily AWS CloudFormation.
• Build and improve deployment and operational tooling using Jenkins, Python, and Bash.
• Work extensively in Linux environments running Java-based applications.
• Debug and improve automation.
• Assist with maintenance activities such as AMI updates, DR testing, and environment upgrades.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to improve reliability, security, and scalability.
• Learn to operate safely in security-sensitive, audited production environments.
• As you grow, you will begin to own small operational projects end-to-end, write tooling, troubleshoot production issues, and participate in an on-call rotation.

Requirements & Tech Stack

Core technologies:

• AWS (EC2, RDS, VPC, ALB, IAM, CloudFormation, S3, Lambda)
• Linux (Amazon Linux, system-level troubleshooting)
• Programming and scripting (Python is primary; Bash is also heavily used)
• Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation)
• Configuration management (Ansible)
• CI/CD tooling (Jenkins)
• Git for version control and collaboration

Exposure to:

• Monitoring and alerting tools (Datadog, CloudWatch)
• Databases and caches (MySQL, Redis)
• Networking fundamentals (HTTP, TLS, load balancing)
• Web application and infrastructure security concepts
• Terraform (early-stage, limited usage)

Qualifications

• 0–3 years of experience in a technical role (Ops, DevOps, SRE, Systems, or similar).
• Comfortable writing real scripts or programs.
• Ability to reason about code, debug failures, and improve existing automation.
• Experience working in Linux environments.
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows (branching, pull requests, code reviews).
• Some exposure to AWS (coursework, labs, internships, or real environments).
• Strong curiosity and willingness to learn complex systems.
• Clear communication and comfort asking questions.
• A sense of responsibility when working on systems that affect customers.

Nice To Have (Not Required)

• Prior experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Coursework or hands-on work with distributed systems, networking, or security.
• Familiarity with Java-based web applications.
• Prior AWS certification.

Growth Path

This role is designed to grow into a mid-level AWS Operations / Platform Engineer position.

Compensation

• Base Salary range: $95,000-$110,000.
• This position will also be eligible for additional variable incentive compensation and competitive benefits.