Junior DevOps Engineer

Junior DevOps Engineer Job Type: Full-time | Location: Vancouver | Department: Technology | Reporting to: DevOps Manager | Work Location Type: #hybrid IREN is a leading next‑generation data centre business powered by 100% renewable energy. We build, own and operate data centres and pride ourselves on sustainable, high‑performance compute solutions that positively impact the communities we serve. Job Description You’ll join a DevOps team focused on observability, reliability, and developer productivity. Day one you’ll help keep our Grafana dashboards accurate and actionable, fix flaky data sources, and ship small‑but‑mighty improvements to our CI/CD and Kubernetes environments. You’ll participate in an on‑call rotation with a senior engineer who will mentor you through triage, escalation, and post‑incident reviews. By joining us, you contribute to the future of sustainable high‑performance compute and the local communities we care about. Job Responsibilities Observability: create, edit and version Grafana dashboards, fix broken queries and data sources, maintain runbooks, and partner with product teams to define SLIs/SLOs. Kubernetes & environments: debug services in k8s, repair and extend existing services, deploy new services to ArgoCD, contribute to Helm/Kustomize changes, and assist with routine cluster maintenance and upgrades. CI/CD & Infra as Code: add and maintain pipelines (GitLab CI, ArgoCD) for lint, build, test and deploy; keep Grafana and observability configs in Git. Reliability & on‑call: after onboarding join a paired on‑call rotation to triage, escalated incidents, communicate status, and contribute to post‑mortem reports. Job Requirements Experience in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering roles or strong projects/internships. Comfortable with Linux, shell (bash/zsh), Git and basic networking (DNS, HTTP, TLS). Monitoring fundamentals and time‑series database; ability to write or learn PromQL/LogQL quickly. Clear, concise communication and disciplined documentation/run‑book writing. Knowledge of Kubernetes (kubectl basics, workloads/services, Helm/Kustomize). Experience with the Grafana stack: Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Alerting and dashboard provisioning. Experience with IaC (Terraform) and GitOps (ArgoCD). Programming ability in Python, Node.js, TypeScript, Rust, or Go for small tooling. Basic cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure), IAM least‑privilege mindset, container image scanning and secrets hygiene. Job Benefits Compensation & Rewards Competitive salary starting at $65,000/annum, finalized based on experience and impact. Short‑ and long‑term incentive programs designed to reward results and company success. Wellbeing & Benefits Comprehensive extended health and dental coverage. Three weeks of paid vacation for salaried employees. Work Environment (Vancouver) Hybrid model: collaborate in our Vancouver office Tuesday‑Thursday, flexible elsewhere. Casual attire, bring your best self. Access to an on‑site, fully equipped gym. We value diverse perspectives and believe that skills can be developed. If you’re passionate about this role, we want to hear from you — whether you meet every criterion or not. Your unique experiences might be exactly what we need. IREN is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We evaluate qualified applicants and do not discriminate against protected characteristics under applicable legislation. This job will remain posted until filled. We appreciate all applications, but we can only contact candidates under consideration. By applying for this position and submitting your resume and application materials, you consent to the processing of your personal information in accordance with our Job Applicant Privacy Statement available on our website at www.iren.com. Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at IREN by 2x. #J-18808-Ljbffr