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Senior DevOps Engineer – Contractor

DevOps EngineerDevOps EngineerContractRemoteSeniorTeam 11-50Since 2020H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Brazil

Posted

97 days ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Senior DevOps Engineer – Contractor

Hauler Hero

• Design, operate, and maintain production infrastructure on GCP • Manage and optimize GKE (Kubernetes) clusters, workloads, and networking • Administer Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) and Redis • Own IAM roles, service accounts, and least-privilege access • Manage DNS using OctoDNS across Google DNS and Cloudflare • Ensure infrastructure security, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency • Lead migration from bash-based provisioning to Terraform / OpenTofu • Introduce and maintain Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments • Eliminate click-ops through declarative, version-controlled infrastructure • Review and improve Kubernetes manifests and deployment practices • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Google Cloud Build and GitHub Actions • Support automated builds, testing, and deployments for Java/Kotlin/Python services • Improve deployment safety through rollout strategies, health checks, and rollback mechanisms • Configure monitoring and alerting using Google Operations (Cloud Monitoring & Logging) • Act as an escalation point for production incidents • Diagnose complex system issues using logs, metrics, and traces • Improve observability and reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) • Manage secrets using Google Secret Manager, GKE Secrets, and Keeper • Enforce secure configuration and credential rotation • Partner with engineering to ensure secure runtime and deployment patterns

Job Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
  • Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
  • Deep production experience with Kubernetes (GKE preferred)
  • Strong Linux and bash fundamentals
  • Production experience with Terraform or OpenTofu
  • Experience creating and maintaining Helm charts
  • Experience with Cloud Build and/or GitHub Actions
  • Strong troubleshooting skills in distributed systems
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis
  • Solid understanding of IAM, DNS, networking, and cloud security.

Benefits

  • This is a contractor role, not full-time employment
  • Candidates must be based in LATAM
  • Senior-level ownership and communication are expected
  • Consistent overlap with US time zones is required

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