DevOps Engineer I

About Tekion:

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.

Job Summary

We are looking for a passionate and driven DevOps Engineer with 2–3 years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, monitoring, and containerization. The ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative environment, takes ownership of their work, and is eager to continuously improve deployment processes, infrastructure reliability, and system performance alongside development and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines for application deployments

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment activities using IaC tools

• Manage and monitor cloud infrastructure and production environments

• Work closely with developers to support application releases and troubleshooting

• Handle Linux server administration and performance tuning

• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions

• Support containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes

• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and security best practices

• Participate in incident resolution, root cause analysis, and post-mortem documentation

• Follow and contribute to team runbooks, SOPs, and internal documentation

• Raise flags proactively on infrastructure risks, capacity concerns, or recurring issues

Required Skills

• Strong experience in Linux administration

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• Knowledge of scripting languages like Bash or Python

• Experience with AWS or Azure cloud platforms

• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or Ansible

• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog

• Understanding of networking, security, and troubleshooting concepts

• Good communication, collaboration, and documentation skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities

Good to Have:

• Experience working in product-based companies

• Knowledge of microservices architecture

• Exposure to Agile/Scrum environments

• Familiarity