Job Title: DevOps Lead
Location Remote – Latin America Preferred
Type of Contract Full-Time | Contractor
Salary Range Market Rates
Language Requirements Professional English required
We are seeking a skilled DevOps Lead with deep expertise in bare metal infrastructure, cloud platforms, and disaster recovery to join our growing team. You will play a key role in defining infrastructure strategy, ensuring platform reliability, and leading high-availability operations across hybrid environments. Your work will directly impact system uptime, scalability, and the organization’s ability to operate resilient, production-grade platforms.
Key Responsibilities
• Own the design, provisioning, and operations of self-hosted bare metal infrastructure, including server configuration, storage, and network topology
• Architect and manage hybrid cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), ensuring seamless integration with on-premise systems
• Define and implement disaster recovery strategies, including RTO/RPO standards, backups, replication, and failover mechanisms
• Lead CI/CD platform development, optimizing pipelines for Java-based services and broader engineering workflows (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Drive containerization and orchestration strategies using Docker and Kubernetes in self-hosted environments
• Establish infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform, Ansible) as the single source of truth across all environments
• Build and lead a DevOps team, including defining on-call rotations, incident response processes, and operational best practices
Must-Have Qualifications
• 8+ years of experience in DevOps or infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Proven experience managing bare metal or on-premise infrastructure at production scale
• Strong expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and hybrid infrastructure design
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• Proficiency with Kubernetes and Docker in production, self-hosted environments
• Solid experience with CI/CD tools and release engineering practices
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL operations, including replication, backup, and recovery
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience implementing and leading disaster recovery programs with defined RTO/RPO metrics
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack
• Understanding of security best practices including IAM, secrets management, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, GDPR)
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience collaborating closely with software architecture teams to align infrastructure with application design
We help US companies rapidly build and scale remote and in person teams in Latin America. With our deep understanding of both the US and Latin American markets, we ensure smooth collaboration, seamless integration, and cultural alignment.
