Junior DevOps

Job summary

Join a high-performing DevOps team focused on innovation and excellence in cloud technologies and scalable solutions. This role involves building and shaping the future of products, tackling complex challenges, and delivering innovative solutions with a global impact.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of experience in IT engineering, IT operations, systems administration, or a similar role (internships and substantial side projects count).
• Working knowledge of SSO and identity concepts: SAML, OIDC, SCIM, MFA.
• Understand the difference between authentication and authorization.
• Comfortable working in a terminal.
• Proficient in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Ability to write, test, and commit code using Git.
• Possess a security-first mindset.
• Understand least privilege principles.
• Do not share credentials.
• Take audit trails seriously.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Ability to explain technical fixes to non-technical teammates.
• Ability to document processes clearly.
• Demonstrate ownership by investigating and resolving issues proactively.
• Availability to work hours that overlap with the US Central Time (CST) zone (at least 4-5 hours daily).
• English and Russian language proficiency at B2 level for communication with stakeholders and team.
• Experience with an identity provider such as Okta or Google Cloud Identity (plus).
• Hands-on experience administering Google Workspace and a chat platform (Slack/Teams) (plus).
• Experience with SaaS security tooling, SIEM, or endpoint detection (e.g., CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Sumo Logic, Datadog) (plus).
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA (plus).

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain SSO integrations (SAML, OIDC, SCIM) across the SaaS stack.
• Maintain a clean and well-governed identity provider.
• Provision, modify, and deprovision accounts across productivity and engineering tools.
• Manage groups, roles, and permission boundaries.
• Triage and fulfill access requests with appropriate approvals.
• Document access grants and review them regularly.
• Equip new hires with accounts, tools, hardware, and access before day one.
• Walk new hires through their setup.
• Execute clean and auditable offboarding.
• Revoke access, recover assets, and preserve data per policy during offboarding.
• Administer Google Workspace, Slack, identity providers, MDM, password managers, and other SaaS productivity tools.
• Provide first-line support for employee IT issues.
• Resolve, escalate, and document IT issues.
• Enforce baseline security configurations across SaaS applications, endpoints, and identity (MFA, conditional access, least privilege).
• Monitor security tooling for anomalies and alerts.
• Investigate, triage, and escalate security incidents.
• Maintain clean records of access, changes, and reviews for audit readiness.
• Automate repetitive tasks using scripting.
• Write Python, Bash, or TypeScript glue code.
• Interact with SaaS APIs.

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