Senior DevOps Engineer, Platform Foundations at HopHR

Argentina

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Financial Services, InsurtechIndustries

Requirements

AWS expert: VPC, IAM, ALB, CloudWatch, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, Secrets Manager
Terraform expert: authored modules, complex state mgmt, multi-environment design
CI/CD builder: pipelines designed or rebuilt from scratch (GitHub Actions preferred)
Docker + ECS: deployed containers with autoscaling, health checks, log routing
Ability to set up basic monitoring, logs, metrics, and alerts for ECS-based services (CloudWatch preferred)
Experience maintaining a monorepo or creating deployment boilerplate/templates
Strong experience with secret and key management (IAM policies, KMS, SSM)

Responsibilities

A monorepo structure with clear conventions for all services
A fully working example service that shows developers how everything should be built and deployed
Terraform modules for all infrastructure (networking, compute, storage, IAM)
CI/CD pipelines that define the standard path from build → test → deploy
Docker image standards and ECS/Fargate deployment patterns
Secret management (IAM, KMS, SSM/Secrets Manager), you control and maintain secure keys
Baseline monitoring, logging, metrics, and alerting for all services
Documentation and runbooks that make onboarding and scaling easy

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

AWSVPCIAMALBCloudWatchS3RDSDynamoDBSecrets ManagerTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsDockerECSFargateKMSSSM

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the employment type and duration for this position?

This is a 1-year contract position with extensions based on performance.

Is this role remote, and are there any location requirements?

The role is remote and available to candidates in Latin America (EST timezone).

What are the key required skills for this Senior DevOps Engineer role?

Key requirements include AWS expertise (VPC, IAM, ALB, CloudWatch, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, Secrets Manager), Terraform expertise (authored modules, complex state management, multi-environment design), CI/CD pipeline building (GitHub Actions preferred), Docker + ECS deployment, and experience with monorepos and secret management.

What compensation can I expect for this role?

Competitive USD hourly rates aligned to experience are offered.

What experience makes a candidate stand out for this position?

Candidates with prior startup or high-growth experience, cost optimization on AWS, security hardening, IAM least-privilege, image scanning, or experience with Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, or CloudWatch dashboards will stand out.

HopHR

Talent matching for data professionals

About HopHR

HopHR excels in the field of talent acquisition for data science and big data professions, offering a robust data infrastructure and advanced software tools that enhance the precision of candidate-company matchups. This environment fosters a dynamic workplace culture, centered on technological prowess and industry-specific expertise, making it an exemplary organization for professionals passionate about data-driven technology and innovation.

1990 N California Blvd Ste 836, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USAHeadquarters

2016Year Founded

$100KTotal Funding

DEBT_GENERALCompany Stage

Data & Analytics, AI & Machine LearningIndustries

11-50Employees