Senior Staff Engineer - DevOps (AWS, Kubernetes)

TL;DR

Senior Staff Engineer - DevOps (AWS, Kubernetes): Designing and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure with an accent on Kubernetes orchestration and Infrastructure as Code. Focus on automating CI/CD pipelines, implementing autoscaling solutions with Karpenter and KEDA, and ensuring high availability of cloud-native services.

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Company

hirify.global is a global digital product engineering company with over 18,000 experts across 36 countries, focusing on building scalable products and experiences.

What you will do

• Design and manage scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and manage containerized workloads.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions and Jenkins.
• Implement autoscaling with Karpenter and KEDA and event-driven architectures using SQS and RabbitMQ.
• Collaborate with development and security teams to improve deployment and operational efficiency.
• Monitor system performance and lead incident response and root cause analysis.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native architectures.
• Expertise in Kubernetes administration, troubleshooting, and Helm.
• Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Strong skills in Bash/Shell scripting and Docker.
• Experience with messaging systems like Amazon SQS and RabbitMQ.

Nice to have

• GitOps experience with Argo CD.
• Knowledge of AWS CloudFront and CDN architectures.
• Familiarity with Node.js, Next.js, and FastAPI (Python).
• Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.

Culture & Benefits

• Dynamic and non-hierarchical work culture.
• Opportunity to work in a rapidly scaling global organization.
• Collaborative environment working across all devices and digital mediums.