Junior AWS Operations Engineer
$75,000–$85,000 year
On-site · Austin, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Join the Operations team at AssetMark as a Junior AWS Operations Engineer responsible for maintaining and improving AWS production environments. This role requires a strong technical foundation, scripting capabilities, and familiarity with Git workflows. You will assist in operating AWS environments, writing automation scripts using Python and Bash, debugging issues, and learning about reliability and security in production systems. Ideal candidates have 0-3 years of experience in technical roles and a eagerness to grow in infrastructure and operations.
Required Qualifications
- 0–3 years of experience in a technical role (Ops, DevOps, SRE, Systems, or similar)
- Comfortable writing real scripts or programs, not just small one-liners
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- 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
Additional Requirements
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US to be considered
- We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position
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