Hi there! We are South and our client is looking for a DevOps / Platform Engineer!

Note To Applicants

- Eligibility: This position is open to candidates residing in Latin America.
- Application Language: Please submit your CV in English. Applications submitted in other languages will not be considered.
- Professional Presentation: We encourage you to showcase your professional experience by including a Loom video in the application form. While this is optional, candidates who provide a video presentation will be given priority.
- Interview Policy: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools during interviews are strictly prohibited.
- Note: As part of the final stages of our hiring process, candidates may be asked to provide professional references for a reference check. If hired, you may also be asked to update your LinkedIn profile :)

About The Role

We are a growing SaaS platform running on cloud infrastructure, supporting a Python backend, React frontend, and data-intensive workloads. Reliability, scalability, and secure deployments are critical to our success.

We are seeking a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer to own the infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud environment. This is a hands‑on role where you will design deployment systems, manage AWS resources, and ensure the engineering team can ship quickly, safely, and reliably.

Responsibilities

CI/CD & Deployment Pipelines

- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
- Automate testing, building, and deployment for backend and frontend systems.
- Ensure safe, repeatable, and efficient release processes.

Infrastructure & Cloud Management

- Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services.
- Configure and maintain services such as IAM, S3, ECS/EC2, CloudWatch, and Secrets Manager.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Containerization & Environments





- Own Docker-based containerization and deployment workflows.
- Maintain consistent environments across development, staging, and production.
- Support local development environments and onboarding.

Data Infrastructure & Analytics

- Manage AWS Athena query infrastructure, including workgroups and cost controls.
- Administer Snowflake environments (roles, warehouses, access control).
- Optimize performance and cost for large-scale analytical queries.

Monitoring, Logging & Reliability

- Implement centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting systems.
- Proactively detect and resolve system issues.
- Ensure system observability and operational transparency.

Security & Compliance

- Enforce best practices for cloud security and access control.
- Manage secrets securely and implement rotation policies.
- Apply least-privilege principles across all infrastructure components.

Requirements

Required

- 4–7 years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles.
- Strong experience with AWS (IAM, S3, ECS/EC2, CloudWatch, VPC, Secrets Manager).
- Hands‑on experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD preferred).
- Experience with Docker (builds, multi‑stage images, container deployment).
- Experience managing AWS Athena and/or Snowflake environments.
- Strong understanding of cloud security best practices.
- Experience managing production systems and deployments.

Nice to Have

- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CDK).
- PostgreSQL administration (backups, monitoring, connection pooling).
- Experience supporting Python (FastAPI) and Node.js applications.
- Familiarity with multi‑tenant SaaS infrastructure.
- Experience managing cloud costs and optimizing usage.

Stack

AWS (IAM

- S3
- ECS/EC2
- Athena
- CloudWatch
- Secrets Manager
- GitLab CI/CD
- Docker
- PostgreSQL
- Sn4owflake
- Python/FastAPI
- React

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📌 DevOps / Platform Engineer (Medellín)
🏢 Ottomatik.io
📍 Medellín