Senior Devops Engineer: Aws, Kubernetes & Ci/Cd Expert
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Job summary
Darwoft is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and operate cloud infrastructure for a high‑scale cybersecurity platform. You’ll work primarily with AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, and observability tools, partnering with software engineering, security, and IT teams.
You’ll mentor engineers, contribute to platform engineering practices, and own reliability, security, and automation initiatives in a remote LATAM setting.
Qualifications
- 5–8+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Cloud Engineering.
- Strong AWS and Kubernetes production experience.
- Proficient with Terraform, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Scripting in Python or Bash; Linux administration.
Responsibilities
- Own cloud infrastructure design, automation, and reliability.
- Operate AWS EKS, S3, IAM, and related services.
- Build CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
- Develop observability with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch.
- Lead incident response, post‑mortem reviews, and automation.
- Collaborate with security, data, and ENG teams.
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Job description
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We are looking for a Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer to deploy and operationalize a new Kubernetes-based cloud environment on AWS for a short-term project.
- 5+ years of DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Engineering experience.
- 4+ years supporting Kubernetes in production environments.
- Demonstrated experience deploying and operating AWS-hosted applications.
- Experience leading technical implementation efforts with minimal supervision.
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, EKS, and Helm.
- Strong experience with Argo CD and Service Mesh technologies.
- Strong experience with ingress controllers, container networking, storage and persistence, and cluster operations and upgrades.
- Strong experience with AWS services, including VPC, EC2, EKS, IAM, Route 53, ALB/NLB, RDS, CloudWatch, S3, Secrets Manager, and Systems Manager Parameter Store.
- Experience with GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, GitOps workflows, Infrastructure as Code, and Terraform.
- Experience with Bash, Python, or Go.
- Experience with one or more of the following CNCF ecosystem technologies: Cilium, Hubble, Prometheus, Grafana, Fluent Bit, OpenTelemetry, Karpenter, Crossplane, Kyverno, Tetragon, ExternalDNS, and cert-manager.
- Experience with Backstage, Internal Developer Platforms, Self-Service Infrastructure, Golden Path Engineering, and Environment Automation.
- Experience with Robin Cloud Native Platform (Rakuten Symphony Robin).
- Experience migrating applications from on-premises environments to cloud-hosted Kubernetes.
- Experience supporting healthcare, medical device, HIPAA, or regulated environments.
- Experience integrating acquired company technology stacks into enterprise cloud platforms.
- Experience documenting operational procedures and performing technical knowledge transfer.
- Lead deployment of a new cloud environment within AWS or other Cloud provider.
- Ensure deployment follows security, reliability, and operational best practices.
- Partner with application, infrastructure, security, and operations teams throughout the implementation.
- Deploy and manage workloads running on Kubernetes platforms.
- Troubleshoot cluster, networking, ingress, storage, and workload issues.
- Support application modernization and containerization efforts where needed.
- Implement platform standards and operational guardrails.
- Design and enhance GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement deployment automation and release workflows.
- Establish GitOps deployment patterns using tools such as Argo CD.
- Improve traceability, repeatability, and deployment reliability.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and related tooling.
- Reduce manual deployment activities through automation.
- Configure platform monitoring, logging, alerting, and dashboards.
- Support production readiness reviews and operational runbooks.
- Establish reliability practices and incident response procedures.
- Identify bottlenecks and performance issues across cloud and Kubernetes environments.
- Evaluate existing deployment practices and operational processes.
- Document platform architecture, deployment procedures, and operational support requirements.
- Produce runbooks and knowledge-transfer documentation for support teams.
- Professional growth : Mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps.
- Competitive compensation : USD-based pay with education, fitness, and team activity budgets.
- Exciting projects : Modern solutions with Fortune 500 and top product companies.
- Flextime : Flexible schedule with remote and office options.
Experience 5+ years of DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Engineering experience. 4+ years supporting Kubernetes in production environments. Demonstrated experience deploying and operating AWS-hosted applications. Experience leading technical implementation efforts with minimal supervision. Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills. Kubernetes Strong experience with: Kubernetes EKS Helm Ingress Controllers Service Mesh technologies Container networking Storage and persistence Cluster operations and upgrades AWS Strong experience with: VPC EC2 EKS IAM Route 53 ALB/NLB RDS CloudWatch S3 Secrets Manager Systems Manager Parameter Store CI/CD & Automation Experience with: GitLab GitLab CI/CD GitOps workflows Argo CD Infrastructure as Code Terraform Bash, Python, or Go
We are looking for a Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer to operate and improve the cloud infrastructure and reliability layers behind an enterprise data platform in a regulated healthcare environment.
- 5+ years of professional experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering.
- Strong hands‑on experience operating AWS infrastructure in production environments.
- Advanced experience with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS, including workload operations, troubleshooting, access, observability, capacity, and reliability.
- Hands‑on experience administering and troubleshooting Argo Workflows or comparable workflow orchestration platforms.
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform and source‑controlled infrastructure practices.
- Experience building, hardening, and supporting CI/CD pipelines and production release processes.
- Strong experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident‑routing tools such as Splunk, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, or comparable platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex incident resolution, perform root‑cause analysis, and translate findings into preventive improvements.
- Proficiency in automation and scripting using Python, Shell, Bash, or similar languages.
- Ability to make well‑reasoned technical decisions, identify tradeoffs, estimate work, and drive improvements across a complex platform.
- Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating effectively with Data Engineering, Security, Governance, Analytics, and business stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to work directly with client stakeholders.
- Availability to work within the LatAm service window of approximately 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time and participate in an agreed on‑call rotation.
- Experience supporting data‑platform infrastructure involving Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, HVR, Tableau Cloud, or custom ingestion pipelines.
- Familiarity with data‑specific observability platforms such as SYNQ.
- Experience modernizing or migrating legacy orchestration and ingestion solutions such as Boomi or AWS Data Pipeline.
- Experience with service‑management and change‑control tools such as Freshservice and Jira.
- Experience operating in healthcare, life sciences, financial services, or another regulated environment.
- Familiarity with HIPAA, GDPR, FDA‑related controls, least‑privilege access, separation of duties, and audit‑ready operational practices.
- Provide senior technical ownership for the Cloud / DevOps service tower during the LatAm coverage window, including day‑to‑day operations, complex troubleshooting, and L2/L3 escalation.
- Operate, maintain, and improve AWS infrastructure supporting the Data Platform, including Amazon EKS, S3, EventBridge, SQS, API Gateway, Lambda, and related services.
- Administer Kubernetes‑hosted workloads and Argo Workflows, including deployment, scheduling, monitoring, troubleshooting, capacity management, resiliency, and recovery.
- Define and improve standards for Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, CI/CD, release execution, rollback, and environment consistency, primarily using Terraform and Git‑based delivery practices.
- Lead the consolidation and improvement of observability across infrastructure and data workloads, linking alerts to operational evidence from Argo, dbt, Snowflake, and supporting runbooks.
- Improve alert routing and escalation workflows across tools such as Splunk, Opsgenie, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, and data‑specific observability platforms.
- Lead or support major incident response, root‑cause analysis, post‑incident reviews, and corrective actions, with clear communication to technical and service stakeholders.
- Design and implement reliability improvements such as selective auto‑remediation, dependency‑aware alert correlation, impact analysis, and automation of repetitive operational work.
- Track and contribute to service metrics including availability, SLA compliance, alert volumes, workflow reliability, deployment outcomes, and mean time to restore service.
- Apply disciplined change‑management, access‑control, secrets‑management, auditability, and documentation practices appropriate for a HIPAA‑, GDPR‑, and FDA‑regulated environment.
- Create and maintain runbooks, operating procedures, architecture context, recovery procedures, and knowledge‑transfer materials.
- Mentor Middle‑level engineers, review technical work, improve team practices, and promote consistent execution across the distributed team.
- Participate in the Cloud / DevOps on‑call rotation for critical incidents outside staffed service hours.
- Professional growth : Mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps.
- Competitive compensation : USD‑based pay with education, fitness, and team activity budgets.
- Exciting projects : Modern solutions with Fortune 500 and top product companies.
- Flextime : Flexible schedule with remote and office options.
- Location: Anywhere in LATAM
- Work Model: 100% Remote
- Engagement: Full‑time Contractor
- Payment: USD
- Project: Identity Security / Cybersecurity Platform
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Anywhere in LATAM
- Work Model: 100% Remote
- Engagement: Full‑time Contractor
- Payment: USD
- Project: Identity Security / Cybersecurity Platform
- Seniority: Senior
- English Level: B2 / C1
At Darwoft, we build custom software solutions and partner with international companies to create high‑impact digital products.
We are a Latin American technology company with a people‑first culture, strong professional standards, and a long‑term partnership mindset. We work with distributed teams, complex technical challenges, and clients whose technology has a direct impact on their businesses and users.
We are partnering with an innovative cybersecurity company developing a modern Identity Security and Identity Observability platform.
The product enables enterprise security teams to monitor identity activity, identify security gaps, detect suspicious behavior, and reduce identity‑related risks across cloud, SaaS, network, and on‑premise environments.
Its architecture relies heavily on distributed systems, real‑time data processing, cloud‑native infrastructure, advanced analytics, and an increasingly AI‑driven security roadmap.
As the platform continues to scale, infrastructure reliability, automation, observability, security, and developer productivity are critical engineering priorities.
We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, automate, operate, and continuously improve the cloud infrastructure and deployment platform supporting a high‑scale cybersecurity product.
You’ll work primarily with AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, and observability technologies, partnering closely with Software Engineering, QA, Security, and IT teams.
This role goes beyond maintaining infrastructure. You’ll actively contribute to platform engineering, helping engineers ship software faster and more reliably while improving automation, security, operational visibility, scalability, and cloud cost efficiency.
You’ll have a high degree of ownership over production infrastructure and participate directly in architectural decisions, incident resolution, platform improvements, and DevOps best practices.
- Design, build, and operate highly available and scalable cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Deploy, manage, scale, and troubleshoot workloads running on Kubernetes, particularly Amazon EKS.
- Develop automation for infrastructure provisioning, environment configuration, and application deployment.
- Build and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
- Improve deployment processes, release reliability, and developer experience across engineering teams.
- Manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Design and improve observability across infrastructure and applications.
- Implement monitoring, dashboards, alerts, and centralized logging using technologies such as:
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- AWS CloudWatch
- OpenSearch / Elasticsearch
- ELK
- Participate in production incident response, troubleshooting, mitigation, and root cause analysis.
- Identify recurring operational issues and automate their resolution.
- Implement AWS and Kubernetes security best practices.
- Collaborate with Security teams to strengthen infrastructure security and support compliance initiatives.
- Improve platform resilience, high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery capabilities.
- Optimize AWS resource utilization and contribute to cloud cost optimization and FinOps initiatives.
- Automate operating system and infrastructure configuration using Ansible or similar tools.
- Develop operational tooling and automation using Python and Bash.
- Collaborate with Engineering teams on platform architecture and deployment strategies.
- Continuously evaluate new DevOps, cloud, Kubernetes, observability, and platform engineering technologies.
- 5–8+ years of experience working in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or similar roles.
- Strong hands‑on production experience with AWS.
- Strong experience managing Kubernetes clusters, ideally Amazon EKS.
- Advanced experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Strong experience with Docker and containerized environments.
- Hands‑on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with:
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI
- or similar platforms
- Strong Linux administration skills.
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible.
- Good scripting and automation capabilities with:
- Python
- Bash
- Experience implementing observability using technologies such as:
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- CloudWatch
- OpenSearch / Elasticsearch
- ELK
- Strong understanding of networking concepts including:
- VPCs
- Subnets
- Load Balancers
- DNS
- VPNs
- Firewalls
- Routing
- Security Groups
- Experience troubleshooting complex distributed systems and production environments.
- Solid understanding of cloud security and infrastructure security best practices.
- Experience supporting highly available, production‑grade cloud environments.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with engineering, security, QA, and business stakeholders.
- High degree of autonomy, ownership, and analytical problem‑solving ability.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
You’ll work with technologies including:
- AWS
- Kubernetes / EKS
- Docker
- Terraform
- Ansible
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- Linux
- Python
- Bash
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- CloudWatch
- OpenSearch / Elasticsearch
- Experience with HashiCorp Nomad.
- Experience with HashiCorp Consul.
- Broader experience with the HashiCorp ecosystem.
- Experience operating Kafka in production.
- Experience supporting data infrastructure based on:
- ClickHouse
- Elasticsearch
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Experience with distributed systems and high‑volume data platforms.
- Previous experience in cybersecurity, identity security, or security SaaS platforms.
- Experience working with cloud security controls and compliance frameworks.
- Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization.
- Experience designing internal developer platforms or platform engineering capabilities.
- Exposure to infrastructure supporting AI‑ML or LLM‑based applications.
Success in this role means:
- Increasing infrastructure reliability and availability.
- Reducing deployment friction, improving engineering velocity.
- Increasing infrastructure automation, reducing manual operational work.
- Improving observability, reducing mean time to detection and resolution.
- Operating Kubernetes workloads reliably at scale.
- Strengthening security throughout cloud infrastructure and deployment processes.
- Improving AWS cost efficiency without compromising reliability.
- Contributing reusable platform capabilities that allow engineering teams to move faster.
- Continuously improving production readiness as the platform scales.
- Contractor agreement with payment in USD
- 100% remote work
- Argentina's public holidays
- English classes
- Referral program
- Access to learning platforms
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