Senior DevOps Engineer

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- **JOB TYPE**: Freelance, Contract Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
- **LOCATION**: Remote - **Costa Rica only** (TimeZone: PST/CIST, MST| Full day overlap)
- **HOURLY RANGE**: Our client is looking to pay $40 - $55/hr
- **ESTIMATED DURATION**: 40h/week - Long term
- **BRAINTRUST JOB ID: 6802**

ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS:
**THE OPPORTUNITY**

**Requirements**:

- As the
- **Senior DevOps Engineer,** you will report to the
- **Manager of DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure **and continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most critical technical problems.
- **Required Experience & Technical Skills**:

- At least 6+ years as a DevOps Engineer with strong experience using AWS and Terraform
- Strong foundation in core networking, security, and compliance
- Familiar with building infrastructure to support Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture using Serverless, Lambda, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Proficient with CI/CD pipelines, shell scripting, and instrumentation/monitoring solutions (i.e., Datadog)
- A proponent of infrastructure-as-code, least privilege access, observability, and other DevOps best practices
- Experience working with Software Engineers developing serverless and containerized platforms

**Company Core Values**:

- Friendly Strength - Good Person, Thoughtful, Kind, Helpful, Non-judgmental, Looks out for the greater good
- Master Craftsman - Skilled, Learning Everyday, Client-centered, Impact-focused, High Standards, Business-focused
- Doggedly Persistent - Overcome obstacles, Remove Blockers, High Energy, Follow through, Proactive, Not afraid to get into the mud, Acts with urgency
- Steady - Measured, No Drama, No Panic, Consistent, Listens and Adapts, Coachable, Keeps Commitments, Takes Ownership
- Forward Looking - Truthful, See solutions, Sets the Agenda, No Cynicism

**What you’ll be working on**:
**You Will**:

- Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, Kubernetes, and other relevant tools.
- Implement strategic architecture, systems, and projects on the roadmap.
- Responsible for influencing technical decisions within the team and supporting cross-functional teams.
- Champion infrastructure code quality, reusability, scalability security, and help make strategic software architecture decisions with the cloud architect.
- Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure the health, performance, and security of the infrastructure.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Conduct systems design and infrastructure reviews.
- Mentor and provide guidance to junior team members, sharing your expertise in AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and monitoring and security tools.
- Optimize and automate existing processes to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
- Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in DevOps practices and technologies, and proactively recommend improvements.
- Partner with engineering teams to be a “trusted advisor” for DevOps and implementing established architecture patterns.
- Participate in on-call rotations and provide support during incidents as needed.
- Care about who you work with and how work is done. Our client hire carefully, and the entire team is given the opportunity to take part in evaluating potential hires.
- Relate to our core values (see below), and would like to contribute to a positive working environment and culture.

Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

This is a remote position.