Overview
Role Description
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This is a contract remote role for a DevOps Engineer based in Brazil. The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for managing and automating infrastructure, developing software, maintaining continuous integration pipelines, and system administration tasks. This cross-functional role hands-on expertise in building, automating, and managing complex cloud environments on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative, agile environment and work closely with analysts, developers, and architects to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, deploy, and maintain infrastructure, applications, and services on Microsoft Azure.
- Build and optimize
- DevOps pipelines (CI/CD)
using Azure DevOps, leverage YAML-based and Classic releases- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using ARM, Bicep, and Terraform for repeatable, secure deployments
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure environment performance across compute, networking, storage, and data services
- Implement governance, security, and compliance best practices with services such as Azure Key Vault, Managed Identities, and RBAC
- Support integration and administration of Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Function Apps, Logic Apps and other services
- Develop monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, with a focus on distributed tracing and telemetry
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field is a plus
- Strong written, presentation, and verbal communication skills
- 5+ years of experience deploying, configuring, and administering applications and services in Microsoft Azure
- Strong expertise in automation, source control, CI/CD, configuration management, and Azure DevOps practices
- Hands-on experience creating and managing both YAML-based and Classic Azure DevOps pipelines
- Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, and Bash for automation and scripting
- 3+ years of direct experience with Azure cloud resource configuration and administration
- Demonstrated knowledge of monitoring principles and implementation of observability solutions
- Working knowledge of the Azure Data Ecosystem (ADF, Databricks, Synapse, AKS, Service Bus, Event Hubs, Key Vault, Purview, Function Apps, Logic Apps, Azure Storage)
- Previous experience in systems, database, or application administration is highly desirable
Job Mode: Full-time
Work Mode: Work from home
About Encora
Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.
At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.
Cloud Operations Engineer Pleno (AWS)
Context
We are a fast-growing startup that has experienced tremendous growth over the past months. As we continue this upward trajectory, we are expanding our team to ensure our products remain reliable, intuitive, and delightful for our ever-growing user base.
Mission
As a DevOps/Infrastructure team member, your primary mission will be to help ensuring that our infrastructure is scalable, reliable, and cost-effective, supporting the company’s rapid growth and evolving needs. You will play a critical role in both day-to-day operations and long-term strategic planning, helping shape our platform's future.
Key Responsibilities:
- Infrastructure Scaling and Stability: Contribute to the continuous scaling of our infrastructure to handle increasing loads while maintaining stability and performance. This includes designing and implementing robust and scalable architectures, automating deployment processes, and optimizing resource allocation.
- Performance Optimization: Monitor and analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement, and optimize infrastructure for low-latency, high-throughput operation.
- Cost Management: Implement strategies to optimize infrastructure costs without compromising performance.
- Enhancing Observability: Improve monitoring and observability capabilities, developing dashboards, alerts, and logs for the engineering team.
- Collaboration and Support: Work with developers and stakeholders to ensure seamless integration between infrastructure and applications.
- Security and Compliance: Contribute to security and compliance by implementing best practices.
- Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Stay current with industry trends and proactively suggest improvements.
Who We Are Looking For
We seek a highly skilled DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer with strong background in managing complex environments across cloud providers and bare-metal servers, comfortable working in high-performance settings.
Key Qualifications:
- Kubernetes Mastery: Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing Kubernetes clusters in production.
- Multi-Cloud and Bare Metal Expertise: Experience with at least one primary cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and bare-metal management.
- Infrastructure at Scale: Ability to architect and manage scalable infrastructure with distributed systems.
- Cost Optimization & Resource Management: Proficient in monitoring resource usage and cost-saving measures.
- Programming and Automation: Scripting in Bash, Python, or Go.
- Monitoring and Observability: Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Elastic Stack.
- Problem-Solving Mindset:
- Collaboration and Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience with Media Processing, Node.js at scale, configuration management tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet).
Summary
We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to help us build and scale the foundation behind cutting-edge immersive entertainment experiences. You will play a key role in shaping our infrastructure-as-code, streamlining deployments, and ensuring our systems are secure, observable, and resilient.
Core Requirements
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code using Pulumi (TypeScript).
- Strong understanding of AWS services (IAM, VPC, S3, EC2, EKS, security groups).
- Solid knowledge of Kubernetes fundamentals (pods, services, deployments, ingress).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Familiarity with containerization using Docker and deployment workflows with Helm, Kustomize, and FluxCD.
- Understanding of networking concepts and securely integrating managed services with Kubernetes.
- Proven experience in monitoring and observability with Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus.
Nice to Have
- Experience with build & release management for TypeScript and/or Rust applications.
Other Traits
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams with engineers from multiple disciplines.
- Passion for automation, scalability, and infrastructure best practices.
Job Description
About you
You are someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests and be able to grow professionally.
You bring to Applaudo the following competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 3+ years of experience in a DevOps or related role.
- Proficiency in AWS cloud services, specifically IAM, RDS, and EKS.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform.
- Strong background in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools, especially Datadog.
- Knowledge of SOC2 compliance standards and security best practices.
- Experience with VPN configuration, Cloud IdP (JumpCloud), and network security.
- Certifications in AWS or security are desirable.
- Experience with additional cloud providers is a plus.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (Python, Bash).
- Familiarity with microservices and container orchestration.
- Advanced English proficiency.
You will be accountable for the following responsibilities:
- Infrastructure Management: Manage infrastructure to ensure seamless operations.
- VPN Configuration & Management
- Cloud IdP Management
- Employee Onboarding & Offboarding
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform for deployments
- AWS IAM Management
- Database Cluster Management with AWS RDS
- Microservices Infrastructure on AWS EKS
- Monitoring & Alerting with Datadog
- CI/CD development and maintenance
- SOC2 Compliance
- Information and Network Security
- Penetration Testing & Audits
Additional Information
At Applaudo Studios values include trust, communication, respect, excellence and teamwork. Perks include Celebrations, Entertainment area, Modern Work Spaces, Great work environment, Private medical insurance.
*Benefits may vary according to location. Request further information when applying.
We’re Flowmentum and our clients are fast-moving teams building reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure for companies shaping AI, fintech, cloud services, and beyond.
We truly appreciate all the hard work our team makes every day at Flowmentum.