DevOps Engineer AWS Sr
Softtek
- Location
- Onsite (Ensenada, B.C.,MX · Aguascalientes, Ags.,MX · Santiago de Querétaro, Qro.,MX)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
Posted 1 day ago
About the role
Softtek is seeking a proactive DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines on AWS. The role focuses on ensuring system scalability, reliability, and security through autonomous ownership and continuous improvement.
Skills
AWS
DevOps
Kubernetes
Terraform
GitOps
ArgoCD
GitHub Actions
Docker
Linux
Infrastructure as Code
Cloud Engineering
Site Reliability Engineering
Networking
IAM
Secrets Management
Monitoring
Full job details
DevOps Engineer (AWS Cloud & Platform Automation)
Position Summary
We are looking for a highly proactive, self-motivated, and self-managed DevOps Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate thrives in autonomous environments, takes ownership of deliverables, proactively identifies opportunities for improvement, and requires minimal supervision. This role will be responsible for building, automating, and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and operational excellence across AWS environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS.
- Manage and optimize Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) clusters.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform.
- Implement and support GitOps practices using ArgoCD.
- Design, build, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Monitor system performance, availability, security, and reliability.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and application issues across environments.
- Collaborate with development and architecture teams to improve deployment processes and platform stability.
- Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and operational risks.
- Continuously evaluate and implement best practices in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, DevOps, and platform engineering.
- Participate in incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.
Required Technical Skills
Must Have
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services.
- Experience administering and supporting AWS EKS in production environments.
- Advanced experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
- Strong experience implementing GitOps workflows using ArgoCD.
- Hands-on experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
- Solid understanding of containerization technologies, especially Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with Linux system administration.
- Knowledge of networking, cloud security, IAM, secrets management, and monitoring best practices.
- Experience with version control systems and collaborative development workflows.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Helm, Kustomize, or Kubernetes operators.
- Knowledge of observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
- Experience with multi-account AWS environments.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity and compliance practices.
- Experience supporting high-availability and mission-critical applications.
Soft Skills & Behavioral Competencies
We are specifically seeking a professional who is:
- Highly proactive and action-oriented.
- Autonomous and self-driven.
- Self-managed and capable of prioritizing work independently.
- Comfortable working with minimal supervision.
- A strong problem solver with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Accountable and committed to delivering high-quality results.
- Collaborative while maintaining ownership of assigned initiatives.
- An effective communicator capable of interacting with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- HashiCorp Terraform Certification
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a self-starter who identifies problems before they impact operations, proactively proposes solutions, automates repetitive processes, and takes full ownership of the DevOps platform. This person should be comfortable operating independently in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards of reliability, security, and operational excellence.