1965 - Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Softgic; Buenos Aires; On-site; ARS 61,130,000 - 106,978,000; Full time

Job summary

Softgic in Buenos Aires is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong AWS, automation, CI/CD, and production-grade scalability skills. You will design and operate secure, highly available infrastructure, manage container workloads, and own end-to-end infrastructure projects.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in DevOps/SRE, Terraform mastery, Jenkins/Groovy expertise, and robust data infrastructure experience (Kafka, EMR, Airflow).

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering for 24/7 production environments.
• Advanced AWS skills across ECS/Fargate, ALB/NLB, VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, IAM, KMS, and more.
• Terraform expertise with modular, multi-environment deployments.
• Containerization with Docker and ECS.
• CI/CD experience with Jenkins, Groovy, and Jenkinsfiles; Shift-Left security.
• Kafka (AWS MSK), Aerospike, EMR/EMR Serverless, Flink, Airflow, Athena, and S3 Tables.
• Monitoring/observability: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Logstash, Fluent Bit, Slack, SNS.
• Automation: Python (boto3), Bash, AWS Lambda.
• Security: vulnerability management, patching, credential protection, least privilege.
• Git, PRs, Jira, Confluence; data-driven decisions; collaboration.
• Independent work and proactive communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, highly available AWS infrastructure.
• Manage containerized workloads using ECS/Fargate, ALB/NLB, and autoscaling.
• Develop and maintain reusable Terraform modules and Jenkins/Groovy CI/CD pipelines.
• Operate and optimize streaming platforms, data infrastructure, and distributed systems.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and proactive incident resolution.
• Continuously optimize AWS costs through resource right-sizing and cost-conscious architecture.
• Automate operational processes using Python, Bash, and AWS Lambda.
• Strengthen infrastructure security and CI/CD security controls.
• Own infrastructure projects end-to-end, from design to documentation and support.
• Create runbooks and technical docs for first-level support teams.
• Manage infrastructure changes via reviewed Pull Requests on main branch.
• Use performance metrics and cost analysis to guide decisions and leadership.
• Leverage AI tools to improve productivity while maintaining code quality.

Skills

Strong problem solving

Independent work

Proactive communication

Data-driven decisions

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

Terraform

Jenkins

Groovy

Python

Bash

Docker

ECS/Fargate

AWS

CloudFormation

Kafka

EMR

Airflow

Flink

Athena

OpenSearch

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Fluent Bit

Logstash

Slack

SNS

Job description

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in AWS, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and managing high-availability, high-throughput, low-latency production environments.

The ideal candidate will ensure infrastructure scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency while supporting mission-critical systems operating 24/7.

Requisitos

• Experience: 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering, supporting 24/7 production environments.
• Advanced AWS: ECS/Fargate, ALB/NLB, Auto Scaling, VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, ACM, CloudFront, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, SSM, and CloudTrail across multiple AWS accounts.
• Infrastructure as Code: Advanced Terraform expertise, including reusable versioned modules, S3 remote state, version pinning, and multi-environment deployments (Dev, QA, Integration, Prod).
• Containerization: Docker, Dockerfiles, ECR image management, base images, and ECS task definitions.
• CI/CD: Jenkins, Groovy, Jenkinsfiles, shared libraries, Java/Maven builds, and Shift-Left security practices.
• Streaming & Data Infrastructure: Production experience with Kafka (AWS MSK), Aerospike, and Multi-AZ architectures. Experience with EMR/EMR Serverless, Flink, Airflow, Athena, and S3 Tables.
• Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Graphite, CloudWatch, Fluent Bit, Logstash, OpenSearch, Slack, and SNS alerting.
• Automation: Strong Python (boto3), Bash scripting, and AWS Lambda.
• Security: Vulnerability management, system patching, credential protection, API key security, and least-privilege access.
• Tools & Collaboration: Git, Pull Requests, Jira, Confluence, and AI-powered development tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills, independent work capabilities, proactive communication, and data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, highly available AWS infrastructure.
• Manage containerized workloads using ECS/Fargate, ALB/NLB, and autoscaling.
• Develop and maintain reusable Terraform modules and Jenkins/Groovy CI/CD pipelines.
• Operate and optimize streaming platforms, data infrastructure, and distributed systems.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and proactive incident resolution.
• Continuously optimize AWS costs through resource right-sizing, waste reduction, and cost-conscious architecture decisions.
• Automate operational processes using Python, Bash, and AWS Lambda.
• Strengthen infrastructure security, vulnerability management, and CI/CD security controls.
• Own infrastructure projects end-to-end, from design and deployment to documentation and ongoing support.
• Create clear technical documentation and step-by-step runbooks for first-level support teams.
• Manage infrastructure changes through reviewed Pull Requests using a single main branch.
• Use performance metrics, operational data, and cost analysis to guide technical decisions and advise leadership.
• Leverage AI tools to improve productivity while maintaining code quality and review standards.

Nice to Have

• Experience in AdTech or Real-Time Bidding (RTB) environments.
• AWS CloudFormation.
• Java development experience.