Junior DevOps Engineer (f/m/d)

EoT Labs and flagship project peaq were founded under the belief that a better trajectory for humanity exists. We’re building a global, borderless, machine economy that works for all humans on earth.

More than 20 industries are already being positively shaped by this next generation of apps built on peaq. This is an opportunity to join a team of performance-driven entrepreneurs, engineers, and creatives, on a mission to unlock the Age of Abundance.

As a Junior DevOps Engineer (f/m/d) at peaq, you’ll play a meaningful role in securing and scaling the infrastructure powering the Machine Economy. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to automate systems, enhance deployment pipelines, strengthen network reliability and resilience, and contribute to the foundation on which decentralised applications thrive.

Please note: For operational alignment and effective collaboration with our globally distributed engineering and security teams, this role requires that you are based in — and work from — a location within the Eastern Time (ET) zone.

Responsibilities

• Help maintain and improve Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for various development teams.

• Collaborate with software developers to automate build and deployment processes.

• Write scripts to automate routine tasks and improve system efficiency.

• Support automation tools setup and maintenance.

• Assist in managing servers, databases, and other infrastructure components to optimise performance

• Monitor for insecure conditions and design fallback systems to support the stability of the network.

• Assessing the problems faced and performing basic troubleshooting to determine if an issue should be further escalated.

• Respond to security alerts and incorporate incident response management.

Basic Qualifications & Requirements

• Deep knowledge of UNIX/Linux system internals and computer networking such as system calls, TCP/IP, and debugging tools such as tcpdump, TShark, or Wireshark.

• Experience with rg in uncertain environments.

• Experience with hardening the security of VPC.

• Experience with instrumenting infrastructure with a variety of detections that provide high-signal, early indicators of intrusion and misconfiguration.

• Have up-to-the-minute details of cybersecurity threats and the latest software.

• Possess knowledge of the implementation of risk assessment techniques such as security detections and protections, and the latest security best practices.

• Come up with customised tools for security purposes

• Experience with containers and container orchestration systems (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience with configuration management and IAC tools.

• Have a decent knowledge of managing CI/CD pipelines.

• Fluent in English, written and spoken.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience with design, implementation, and working with hot and cold key storage systems.

• Practical experience with cryptocurrency infrastructure and proof-of-stake.

• Experience with networking protocols, such as libp2p, dat, and quic.

• Exposure to C++/Rust/Go or other system languages.

• Experience with Matrix servers.

• Interest in blockchain technologies.

• Interest in Cryptography skills.

• Remote first. You’ll be joining a team working from all over the world.

• Flexible working arrangements. Create your own journey with flexible working schedules and locations.

• The opportunity to build and contribute to high-impact projects in a new industry that will positively shape the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

• High growth potential. Room to grow professionally, while learning new skills and working at the cutting edge of the decentralized Machine Economy.

• A warm and open culture at an international organization with team members from all four corners of the globe.

• An environment that values autonomy, team spirit and open communication.

We look forward to building the future with you.