Job Description

We are looking for a Platform Engineer based in Latin America to work on a long-term project for one of our clients, a software company based in Los Angeles, California. Our client is an Emmy award-winning global expert in connectivity and data management services, focusing exclusively on the media and entertainment market.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform across 8+ AWS accounts, including reusable module libraries and layered state architecture.
• Design and implement reusable Terraform modules consumed by multiple product teams while driving standards for state management, provider configuration, and security scanning.
• Evolve and maintain the Kubernetes platform on EKS, leveraging technologies such as Cilium CNI, Karpenter, KubeBlocks, and VictoriaMetrics.
• Build and improve golden paths that enable engineering teams to efficiently deploy, operate, and scale services on Kubernetes.
• Own and enhance the CI/CD platform, including development and maintenance of CircleCI orbs, deployment automation, and pipeline architecture improvements.
• Evaluate, recommend, and support migrations to new CI/CD platforms and tooling where appropriate.
• Improve developer experience by building self-service tooling and internal platforms that reduce operational overhead for product engineering teams.
• Design infrastructure abstractions that empower teams to manage their services independently without requiring deep AWS expertise.
• Design and maintain security architecture across a multi-account AWS environment, including IAM strategies, WAFv2 rule sets, and compliance/security tooling such as Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, and CloudTrail.
• Drive security and reliability improvements identified through incident reviews and post-mortems.
• Research, evaluate, and recommend new technologies, tools, and approaches through structured technical investigations and proof-of-concept initiatives.
• Document findings, provide technical recommendations, and drive adoption of new platform and infrastructure solutions across the organization.

Requirements

• Advanced Level of English
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (HCL), including complex module authoring, multi-provider configurations, layered state architecture, remote state management, and infrastructure security scanning practices.
• Extensive AWS experience across a broad range of services, including ECS, EKS, EC2, Lambda, VPC networking, WAFv2, Route 53, RDS, Aurora, ElastiCache, S3, IAM, KMS, ACM, and AWS security/compliance services such as Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, AWS Config, and Inspector.
• Strong Kubernetes experience, including EKS cluster lifecycle management, Karpenter, Cilium CNI, Helm, workload orchestration patterns, Kubernetes Operators, and storage management.
• Strong CI/CD and deployment automation experience, including CircleCI orb development, pipeline design, Docker containerization, ECR management, and deployment strategies for ECS, EC2/ASGs, and Lambda-based workloads.
• Working proficiency in Python 3 for operational tooling, Lambda functions, and CLI development, with familiarity in boto3, pytest, type annotations, and modern Python packaging practices.
  

Bonus Points

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering or related fields
• Experience with Grafana, PromQL, and dashboard-as-code practices using Terraform.
• Familiarity with FinOps and AWS cost optimization strategies.
• Experience managing Cloudflare DNS/CDN configurations via Terraform.
• Exposure to GitLab CI, OPA/Conftest, ECS Service Connect, and AWS SCPs.
• Familiarity with Renovate, OpenTofu, and Golden AMI strategies.

What we Offer

• Long term positions
• Compensation in USD
• Paid time off
• Cool clients and products
• Work with great engineers

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