Overview
Location: LATAM (Remote)
Mode: Contract
About the Role:
We are hiring a DevOps Automation Engineer to join our database engineering team and lead the development of tools infrastructure automation and CICD workflows that power our database platforms You will partner closely with database architects to convert infrastructure and deployment needs into scalable maintainable production ready code
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on infrastructure as code Python development Kubernetes automation and GitOps delivery not direct database administration You will play a critical role in enabling the team to deliver fast safe and repeatable database solutions
Key Responsibilities
Design implement and maintain infrastructure as code for database environments using Terraform
Build and manage CICD pipelines for database tools and platform deployments using GitHub Actions and Argo CD
Develop and maintain Helm charts for deploying database operators and internal services to Kubernetes
Write Python automation for provisioning patching backups secrets and compliance across platforms
Manage GitOps based Kubernetes deployments and environments using Argo CD
Implement and standardize secrets management integrations eg. Vault AWS Secrets Manager KMS
Integrate observability into database platforms eg Prometheus Grafana New Relic
Partner with DB engineers to support automated test environments mocking and validation tooling
Create and maintain internal tooling libraries templates and reusable modules
Produce and maintain documentation for workflows standards and L2 onboarding
Core Qualifications
Infrastructure Cloud
Proficiency with Terraform for AWS andor multicloud infrastructure modular DRY design remote state
Strong understanding of cloud fundamentals IAM roles VPC networking EC2 storage monitoring KMS
Handson experience with Helm chart creation customization lifecycle management
Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes workloads StatefulSets PVCs RBAC node affinity
Proficient with Argo CD and GitOps principles for Kubernetes application delivery
Automation Tooling
Strong Python development skills for platform automation tool creation and libraries
Experience building and managing CICD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tools
Familiarity with configuration and parameterization of database operators CNPG Percona Redis etc
Experience integrating secrets automation workflows with Vault External Secrets or similar tools
Observability Monitoring
Experience integrating tools such as Prometheus Grafana New Relic and custom exporters
Understanding of SLOs SLAdriven alerting and metrics pipelines
Operational Excellence
Ability to translate infrastructure and platform needs into scalable code
Comfortable creating documentation onboarding guides and reusable templates
Effective communicator able to collaborate with DB engineers SREs and platform teams
Ownership mindset deliver solutions endtoend proactively identify gaps and lead improvements
Bonus Skills
Familiarity with PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Redis or other database platforms
Experience with secrets management via Vault Agent or External Secrets Operator
Exposure to load testing frameworks or validation tooling for infrastructure components
Experience supporting internal developer platforms or selfservice tooling layers
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