Junior DevOps Engineer
Smyrna Ready Mix, LLC
- Location
- Onsite (Murfreesboro, TN)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid Level
About the role
Smyrna Ready Mix is seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer to design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines within Microsoft Azure. This role focuses on automation, system reliability, and collaboration with engineering teams to support the company's nationwide operations.
Skills
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About the Opportunity
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer who is adaptable, curious, and excited to learn through practical application in a fast-paced environment. This role is ideal for someone who isn’t siloed into a single language or toolset but instead approaches problems with an open mind.
This individual will work closely with engineering, data, and application teams to design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines primarily within Microsoft Azure. This role blends infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, and operational support, with room to grow into new technologies over time.
Success in this role will be measured by is repeatable, automated, and well-documented infrastructure, continuously improvement of CI/CD pipelines, reduction of deployment friction for development teams, and adoption of new tools and patterns as the enterprise’s needs evolve.
The ideal candidate is:
Highly adaptable and comfortable with change
- Curious and motivated to learn new tools, platforms, and patterns
- A problem solver who enjoys figuring things out independently
- Collaborative and able to work across teams
- Pragmatic — values working solutions over perfect theory
Your Mission & Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
- Create, manage, and enhance Terraform modules for reusable infrastructure patterns
- Support and manage Azure PaaS services, ensuring reliability, scalability, and cost awareness
- Automate infrastructure and operational tasks using PowerShell and Python
- Assist in troubleshooting build, deployment, and infrastructure issues across environments
- Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment strategies and system reliability
- Support basic Linux-based workloads and cloud-hosted services
- Document processes, pipelines, and infrastructure standards
- Participate in continuous improvement of DevOps practices, tooling, and workflows
What Sets You Apart
A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or at least 3 years of relevant professional experience
- Microsoft Azure Cloud Fundamentals (2–3 years)
- Azure DevOps Pipelines (1–2 years)
- Strong understanding of Azure PaaS offerings and how to manage them
- Terraform (1–2 years)
- Solid understanding of Terraform modules, variables, and state management
- PowerShell (1–2 years)
- Python (1–2 years)
- SQL (1-2 years; basic querying and troubleshooting)
- Basic Linux fundamentals (0–1 years)
Nice-to-Have Skills (Not Required)
- Kubernetes
- iOS / Android build and deployment strategies
- Windows administration, including IIS
- Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipeline administration
About SRM
SRM Concrete is a national leader in the ready-mix concrete industry, committed to quality products, dependable service, and strong relationships. Our success is built on the dedication of our team members and a shared commitment to serving our customers and communities.
Our technology teams support a growing nationwide network of plants, quarries, terminals, shops, and offices. Join SRM to help improve the technology behind our operations while developing your career in cloud infrastructure, automation, and DevOps engineering.