DevOps Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our growing team on a contract basis. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, and Cloudflare, and will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines to support our cloud-native applications and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and manage scalable and secure AWS-based cloud infrastructure using Terraform (IaC).
• Configure and manage Cloudflare WAF, CDN, DNS, and Zero Trust services to optimize and secure web applications.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using industry-standard tools and best practices (GitOps preferred).
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure and services to ensure high availability and performance.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to ensure reliable and secure deployments.
• Implement infrastructure and application monitoring/observability (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK).
• Participate in incident management and root cause analysis.
• Automate repetitive tasks and improve development workflows using scripting (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Ensure cloud security best practices are applied across all environments.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or Site Reliability Engineer (SRE).
• Proven experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Strong hands-on expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Experience with Cloudflare, including WAF, DNS, CDN, and access/security configurations.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD).
• Experience managing Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS/GKE or self-hosted).
• Good scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog).
• Familiarity with Git and source code versioning practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently in a remote or hybrid setup.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Cloudflare Workers, Load Balancing, Bot Management, or Zero Trust.
• Knowledge of Service Mesh (e.g., Istio) or API Gateways (e.g., Kong).
• Certified AWS or Kubernetes credentials (e.g., CKA, AWS DevOps Engineer).
• Previous experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Familiarity with programming languages like Java, JavaScript, or C#.

Languages

• Fluency in English is mandatory.
• Portuguese or Spanish proficiency is a plus.