Junior DevOps Engineer

A Junior DevOps Engineer at our healthcare startup supports the reliability, security, and scalability of the cloud infrastructure that runs production healthcare applications. This role is hands-on and ideal for an engineer with foundational experience in cloud and infrastructure-as-code who wants to grow in a regulated, high-impact environment.

What You'll Do:

• Support and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Use Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure as code
• Assist with CI/CD pipelines for application deployments
• Monitor system performance, availability, alerts, logs, and events
• Help implement security best practices (IAM, least privilege, logging)
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues
• Work closely with engineering and IT teams to support production systems
• Document security controls, infrastructure, runbooks, and operational procedures

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud, or Systems Engineering

• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC)

• Working knowledge of Terraform

• Familiarity with Linux and basic networking concepts

• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and Git-based workflows

• Strong desire to learn and take ownership

• Exposure to containerization (Docker, ECS, or EKS)

• Experience with monitoring/logging tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus)

• Familiarity with HIPAA, SOC 2, or regulated environments

• Scripting experience (Bash, Python)

• Exposure to security tooling (AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, WAF)

• Experience with CI/CD security or infrastructure scanning, * Aligned with SimpliFed's mission.

• Hankering to put the relationships back in medicine

• A posture towards execution - a true operator willing to both develop the strategy and execute it.

• Ability to work remotely and communicate asynchronously via slack and email, along with thriving in virtual meetings.

• Does not suffer in silence: willingness to give it a shot but then reach out for help as needed and not waiting too long.

• Leans into items they are uncomfortable with, not avoid it.

• Defers to safe and secure security protocols always to protect SimpliFed's patients and providers.

• High personal integrity to always do the right thing for the families that we are honored to serve.

• Respect and high tolerance for bureaucracy, along with an optimistic perspective on how to operate within the bureaucratic "rules" and the healthcare regulatory environment.

• Ability to work in a fast paced, team environment.

• Have a valid Drivers License and REAL ID

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis