MarketVector Indexes GmbH - the international index company of VanEck and a leading provider of equity, thematic, digital asset, and multi-asset‑ benchmarks - is seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer for our Technology department. In this role, you will support the automation and day-to-day operation of the platforms behind our global equity, bond, digital asset and custom indexes - spanning CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as-code, containerized services, and monitoring/alerting - so our index calculation engines, real-time data pipelines, and client‑-facing‑ APIs run securely and reliably. Guided by senior engineers, you’ll contribute to environment provisioning, release management, incident response, and observability; write simple automation scripts (e.g., Bash/Python); maintain runbooks and documentation; and help improve developer experience and platform stability. Working closely with colleagues in IT, Index Research, Operations, Product, Marketing, and Legal, you will coordinate across Frankfurt and New York, as well as with external consultants to ship high quality‑ technology that ensures the accuracy and performance of our benchmarks.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Infrastructure Support
- Assist in managing cloud resources, mainly in Azure, with some use of AWS.
- Help maintain and improve server environments, containers, and networking basics.
- Work with infrastructure-as-code tools under supervision.
CI/CD Pipelines
- Support the building and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines.
- Fix pipeline issues, update configurations, and automate simple tasks.
- Help streamline development workflows for engineers.
Monitoring & Operations
- Monitor application performance and system health dashboards.
- Participate in incident response with guidance.
- Help improve alerting and logging systems.
Automation & Scripting
- Write basic automation scripts (Bash, Python, PowerShell, etc.).
- Automate routine operational tasks.
Security & Compliance
- Support basic security practices (secret management, IAM permissions, encryption).
- Follow internal guidelines for secure infrastructure and deployments.
Collaboration
- Work closely with the Senior DevOps Engineer for task assignments and learning.
- Communicate with development teams to support deployment processes.
- Follow documentation, procedures, and best practices.
Continuous learning through courses, workshops, or technical training in modern software engineering practices, cloud technologies, and architecture.
Qualifications
Required (Entry-Level):
- Understanding Linux systems, networking basics, and cloud concepts.
- Some exposure to CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
- Basic scripting skills (Bash or Python).
- Familiarity with Git and version control workflows.
- Curiosity, willingness to learn, and strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to interact effectively with all levels of staff and clients.
- Dedicated team player.
- Detail oriented, well organized, and striving for excellence and proactively seeking areas to improve.
- Passionate about technology and how it evolves.
Preferred (Nice-to-Have)
- Experience with Docker or Kubernetes.
- Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep/ARM, CloudFormation, etc.).
- Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
- Knowledge of application deployment processes.
MarketVector Indexes GmbH - A VanEck Company
MarketVector Indexes develops, monitors and markets the MarketVector Indexes, a focused selection of pure-play and investable indexes designed to underlie financial products. They cover several asset classes including hard assets and international equity markets as well as fixed income markets.
MarketVector Indexes is the index business of VanEck, a US-based investment management firm and provider of the VanEck Vectors ETFs. Approximately USD 110 billion in assets under management are currently invested in financial products based on MarketVector Indexes. Many of those products are the largest in their investment category. MarketVector Indexes also develops and maintains customized indexes for third parties that aim to track specific investment themes.
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