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Staff DevOps Engineer roles in the United States are available to qualified professionals through J-1 visa sponsorship, most commonly under the Trainee or Research Scholar program categories. Designated sponsors issue the DS-2019 and oversee your training plan, while the hiring employer serves as your U.S. host organization.
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INTRODUCTION
Hajoca Corporation is the nation’s largest privately held wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, industrial pipe-valve-fitting, and pool supplies. Founded in 1858, Hajoca operates more than 450 locations nationwide. What sets Hajoca apart is its decentralized business model, where each location, known as a Profit Center, is led by a manager who runs the business with an entrepreneurial mindset; managing strategy, financial performance, customer relationships, and local growth. With more than 165 years of success, Hajoca combines the strength of a national organization with the agility and customer focus of a locally operated business.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Management Trainee position is a rotational four-year training program built for sales driven, entrepreneurial-minded individuals who want to run their own business, without the risk of starting one from scratch. Over four years, you'll rotate through progressively greater levels of responsibility, warehouse, counter, sales, customer ownership, and business leadership, building the skills to become a Profit Center Manager: Hajoca's version of a business owner.
This is not a desk job and not a generic corporate training track. From day one, you'll be immersed in the operational and commercial heartbeat of a Profit Center: quoting jobs, growing accounts, and negotiating with contractors. Trainees who complete the program are positioned to lead their own Profit Center, managing a multi-million-dollar business and sharing directly in its financial success.
The Four-Year Rotation
Phase 1 (1 year) Warehouse and Counter
Start by learning the business from the ground up. You'll gain hands-on experience across our operations, from warehouse logistics to customer service, giving you a firsthand understanding of how our business runs. Along the way, you'll build product knowledge, work directly with customers, and spend time in the field learning about the wholesale distribution industry and developing the foundation for a successful career in sales and leadership.
Phase 2 (9 months) Inside Sales
Develop customer relationships and problem-solving skills. You'll work directly with customers, understand their needs, provide solutions, and build lasting relationships through exceptional service.
Phase 3 (2 years) Outside Sales
Move into the field as an outside sales representative focused on prospecting contractors, bidding jobs, and winning new accounts. This rotation is where the entrepreneurial mindset takes hold; you're building your own book of business and learning to think like an owner about where growth comes from.
Phase 4 (3 months) Leadership & Operations
Step into a leadership rotation focused on the full operating picture of a Profit Center: P&L management, inventory and margin strategy, staffing and team leadership, and vendor negotiations. You'll work directly with a Profit Center Manager as a business partner, preparing to lead a location and its sales team on your own.
WHAT YOU'LL GAIN
- Entrepreneurial runway. Graduates are positioned to run a Profit Center with real P&L ownership and financial upside tied to performance.
- Sales-focused development. Roughly three of four years are spent in sales; prospecting, bidding, negotiating, and managing accounts.
- Dedicated coaching. Every trainee is paired with an experienced manager-coach throughout the program.
- Network exposure. Rotate through Profit Centers and markets to see different business models, leaders, and customer bases.
- Clear path to ownership. A defined path from trainee to Profit Center Manager, with many graduates leading a location in four years.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- A bachelor's degree
- A competitive, self-starting mindset; you want to create something meaningful and be measured by the results you achieve, not simply by showing up.
- Genuine interest in relationship-building, sales, and the mechanics of running a business.
- Willingness to relocate during and after the program, based on business need and career opportunity.
- Strong communication skills and comfort working in the field with contractors, tradespeople, and customers.
- Demonstrated leadership in professional, educational, and/or social experiences
- No industry experience required, we'll teach you the business.
PAY AND APPLICATION DEADLINE
The pay for this position is $70,000 per year, plus benefits, with increases after each phase and eligibility for profit sharing. The application deadline is August 30, 2026.
Hajoca Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer (Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected category pursuant to federal, state or local laws and will not be discriminated against on the basis of any such categories/status. Hajoca values diversity, equity and inclusion and this policy applies to all employment practices at Hajoca. Hajoca is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities including, but not limited to, during the application process. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.
We are a drug-free workplace. Employment is contingent upon pre-employment drug screening, and successful completion of a criminal background investigation subject to any federal, state and local laws.
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Align your training plan to DevOps competencies
Your DS-2019 training plan must map your DevOps skills to specific U.S. host activities. Document prior experience in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud platforms before applying so designated sponsors can draft an accurate, approvable plan.
Identify host employers with active J-1 programs
Search Migrate Mate to find U.S. companies already partnered with State Department-designated sponsors. Firms with existing J-1 visa host relationships move faster through DS-2019 issuance than those setting up a new arrangement from scratch.
Verify your DevOps role qualifies under Trainee or Research Scholar
J-1 Trainee category suits early-career engineers who graduated within the past 12 months or have fewer than one year of post-degree experience. Research Scholar fits those joining university or national-lab DevOps infrastructure teams on a research mandate.
Check the two-year home residency requirement early
Some J-1 participants funded by government grants or from specific countries must return home for two years after their program ends. Confirm your eligibility for a 212(e) waiver with your designated sponsor before accepting a host employer offer.
Benchmark your offer against OFLC Wage Search data
Your host employer must pay the prevailing wage for your DevOps role and location. Cross-reference your offer against OFLC Wage Search and the O*NET profile for Software Developers or Systems Administrators to confirm compliance before your training plan is submitted.
Request written confirmation of sponsor SEVIS compliance procedures
Ask your designated sponsor how they handle SEVIS reporting, 30-day check-ins, and program extensions. Sponsors like Cultural Vistas and CIEE have established compliance workflows, but you need to understand the exact reporting obligations your host employer must meet.
Staff Devops Engineer J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category applies to Staff DevOps Engineer positions?
The Trainee category covers DevOps engineers who completed a degree or professional training within the past 24 months and want structured U.S. work experience. Research Scholar applies when the role is housed within a university, federal lab, or research institute. Staff-level roles at commercial tech companies most commonly fall under Trainee, with the designated sponsor issuing the DS-2019 and overseeing a formal training plan.
Who actually sponsors the J-1 visa for a DevOps engineering role?
The visa sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, not your hiring employer. Organizations such as IIE, CIEE, Cultural Vistas, and AIPT issue the DS-2019 form and are legally responsible for program compliance. Your employer is the host organization. This distinction matters because you must identify a designated sponsor separately from your job search, and both parties must agree to your training plan before SEVIS can be activated.
Does the J-1 two-year home residency requirement affect DevOps engineers?
It can. The 212(e) home residency requirement applies if your J-1 program is funded by a U.S. or home-country government agency, or if your home country is on the Exchange Visitor Skills List. DevOps engineers coming from certain tech-workforce-priority countries may be subject to it. Your designated sponsor will confirm your 212(e) status before issuing the DS-2019, and a waiver is possible through specific channels including a no-objection statement from your home country.
How do I find U.S. employers open to hosting a J-1 DevOps engineer?
Use Migrate Mate to search for DevOps and infrastructure engineering roles at companies familiar with J-1 host obligations. Employers who have hosted J-1 participants before understand the training plan requirements and the designated sponsor relationship, which significantly reduces onboarding friction. Targeting those employers shortens the time between offer and DS-2019 issuance compared to approaching companies with no prior J-1 experience.
Can a Staff DevOps Engineer on J-1 change host employers mid-program?
Changing host employers requires your designated sponsor's approval and a revised training plan. The new host must meet the same J-1 host requirements as the original employer, and SEVIS records must be updated before you begin work. If the program category no longer fits the new role, you may need to end the current program and reapply under a different designation, which resets the DS-2019 and program timeline.