DevOps Engineer (Junior)

About Us

We operate in the review sites niche, hosting and managing a large portfolio of websites, landing pages, and backend services for multiple projects, primarily on WPEngine, DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, and other cloud providers. You’ll be part of a hands-on DevOps team that manages production environments, implements automation pipelines, oversees monitoring and security, and ensures high availability for our services.
What You’ll Do

1. Infrastructure & Hosting

• Manage and optimize production VPS hosting for multiple environments (Linode, DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP).
• Migrate websites, services, and domains between providers and environments.
• Configure and maintain Nginx, PHP-FPM, Docker containers, and shared hosting setups.
• Handle reverse proxy, CDN integrations (Cloudflare), SSL/TLS setup, and performance tuning.
  
   

2. CI/CD & Automation

• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub.
• Implement new pipelines for deployments, backups, monitoring integrations, and proxy management.
• Automate hosting and infrastructure tasks via scripts (Bash, Python, Terraform).
• Integrate CI/CD workflows with third-party tools like Monday.com for status updates and process automation.
  
   

3. Monitoring & Troubleshooting

• Set up and manage Zabbix, Grafana, and other monitoring tools for proactive alerting.
• Investigate and resolve infrastructure issues (network problems, high CPU load, memory issues, storage limits).
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures.
  
   

4. Security & Backups

• Implement and manage antivirus scanning (ESET, Linux security hardening).
• Maintain and improve backup strategies for websites, databases, and logs (AWS S3, GCP Storage).
• Manage permissions and access control for production environments.
• Audit and update firewall rules (iptables) for security compliance.
  
   

5. Special Projects & Integrations

• Deploy and maintain Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Manage IP Proxy Pool automation across multiple providers.

Configure analytical dashboards and performance metrics reporting.
 

Required Skills & Experience

• 1+ year in Infrastructure Ops/DevOps or system administration (internship or freelance experience also counts).
• Basic knowledge of Linux server administration.
• Understanding of Docker fundamentals
• Experience with at least one CI/CD tool (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions — knowing all is not required).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, Linode).
• Basic understanding of Nginx, PHP-FPM, and web hosting environments.
• Introductory scripting skills (Bash or Python).
• Knowledge of or willingness to quickly learn monitoring tools (Zabbix, Grafana, New Relic).
• Good written and spoken English.
  
   

Nice to Have

• Experience running or working with Kubernetes in test or learning projects.
• Basic understanding of PHP frameworks (Symfony, Laravel) for hosting setup.
• Knowledge of Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipeline fundamentals for multiple environments.