Junior Platform Engineer (DevOps)

Kforce Inc is seeking a hands-on Junior Platform Engineer with a strong DevOps and automation mindset to support a modern, cloud-native environment. This role works closely across infrastructure and application teams to improve deployment workflows, system reliability, and operational visibility.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting and enhancing CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment reliability and consistency
• Automating operational tasks to reduce manual effort through scripts, runbooks, and self-service tooling
• Assisting with the maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of cloud and container environments (AWS and Kubernetes, including EKS where applicable)
• Partnering with engineering teams to investigate production issues and improve observability and system health
• Contributing to infrastructure-as-code, platform standards, and technical documentation

Requirements:

• 1-3+ years of experience in a DevOps, platform engineering, or SRE-adjacent role (flexible for strong junior candidates)
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, IAM, networking concepts, and container services (ECS or EKS)
• Working knowledge of containers and Kubernetes concepts (hands-on experience preferred)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred; CloudFormation acceptable)
• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) and basic scripting or automation
• Ability to troubleshoot across distributed systems with strong communication and follow-through
• Hands-on experience with Amazon EKS
• Exposure to service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio or similar)
• Experience using automation or AI-assisted tools to improve troubleshooting, scripting, runbooks, or pipeline workflows