Junior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Softermii (https://www.softermii.com/) is an outsourcing/outstaffing company with more than 11 years of experience in web and mobile application development with a team of more than 120 specialists from 6 countries.

We have withstood multiple challenges, such as COVID-19 pandemic and war aggression against Ukraine, we have secured sustainable development processes, saved all our projects and jobs. Even more – we’re constantly growing.     

Every day we add new project to our portfolio in the following areas of expertise:

• Healthcare
• Real estate
• Livestream E-commerce
• Fintech (WealthTech, Capital Trading)
• Real-Time Communications (RTC)

In addition, we develop 2 of our own solutions that help our customers get faster applications for video or audio calls (https://www.softermii.com/solutions/vidrtc) or an application for real estate with 3D visualization

(https://www.softermii.com/solutions/apartmii)

Company’s mission:

Softermii: Succeed Without (L) imitations

We will turn any idea into a valuable product.

Our plans as a company:

We want to move from a regular outsourcing business to an ecosystem of outsourcing, education, and product development companies.

📲Project:

The logistic project dedicated to helping companies carry out goods worldwide, we create a system of managing container shipping by sea. A business-friendly digital freight forwarding service, together with the freedom and control of a user-friendly digital solution.

Type of cooperation: Full-time
 

👯Your responsibilities on the project will be:

- Deploy and maintain applications on AKS, Azure VM, Web Apps, Storage Account, Functions App, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Azure Cache for Redis, SQL Databases, MongoDB Atlas.

- Build CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to support deployments.

- Containerize applications using Docker and manage deployments with Helm.

- Manage Azure networking (LB, API Gateway, VNets, Firewall rules).

- Ensure secure access with Entra ID and role-based access control.

- Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth delivery.

👯Optional Responsibilities:

- Deploy workloads with ArgoCD for GitOps workflows.

- Maintain and harden Linux servers.

- Collaborate with SecOps on access control, monitoring, and compliance.

- Contribute to FinOps reporting and cost optimization initiatives.

- Work with Kubernetes, ECS, Helm, and monitoring tools

- Manage Terraform for Azure infrastructure automation.

- Work with AI workloads, self-hosted runners, basic scripting, compliance, and DevOps process improvements.

You can be part of the following team: 1 Devops, 4 QAs, 3 developers, 1 architect, 1 BI developer, 1 SalesForce Developer, 1 designer.

🗞Our requirements to you:
- 1-2 years of experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

- 1-2 years of experience with core Azure services, including VMs, Storage Accounts, SQL Databases, Entra ID, Web Apps, Load Balancers/API Gateways, Networking, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, MongoDB Atlas, Azure Cache for Redis, and Functions App.

- Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines (preferably Azure DevOps).

- Experience with Docker.                                                                        - Experience with Helm.
- Upper-intermediate English level.
 

💥It would be cool if you have :

- Experience with ArgoCD.

- Experience with monitoring and observability tools.

- Experience with Linux systems administration.

- Experience in SecOps (security operations).

- Experience in FinOps (financial operations in cloud environments).

👨‍💻Who will you have the opportunity to meet during the hiring process (stages):
Call, HR, Tech, Final interview. 

🥯What we can offer you:

- We have stable and highly-functioning processes – everyone has their own role and clear responsibilities, so decisions are made quickly and without unnecessary approvals. 

- You will have enough independence to make decisions that can affect not only the project but also the work of the company.

- We are a team of like-minded experts who create interesting products during working hours and enjoy spending free time together.

- Do you like to learn something new in your profession or do you want to improve your English? We will be happy to pay 50% of the cost of courses/conferences/speaking clubs.

- Do you want an individual development plan? We will form one especially for you + you can count on mentoring from our seniors and leaders.

- Do you have a friend who is currently looking for new job opportunities? Recommend them to us and get a bonus.

- And what if you want to relax? Then we have 21 working days off.

- What if you are feeling bad? You can take 5 sick leaves a year.

- Do you want to volunteer? We will add you to a chat, where we can get a bulletproof vest, buy a pickup truck or send children's drawings to the front.

- And we have the most empathetic HRs (who also volunteers!). So we are ready to support your well-being in various ways.

👨‍🏫A little more information that you may find useful:

- our adaptation period lasts 3 months, this period of time is enough for us to understand each other better;

- there is a performance review after each year of our collaboration where we use a skills map to track your growth;

- we really have no boundaries in the truest sense of the word – we have flexible working day, remote or office is up to you.

Of course, we have a referral bonus system. So if you have a friend who likes our job opening, you can give us their telegram contact, and we in turn will thank you with a bonus if we start working with them!