# DevOps Engineer

> Pavago · Brazil (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-05-15

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

### **DevOps Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD & Cloud Infrastructure) – Remote | U.S. Hours**

**Position Type:** Full-Time, Remote  
**Working Hours:** U.S. Client Business Hours _(flexibility for deployments, incidents, and on-call rotations)_

### **About the Role**

At Pavago, one of our clients is hiring a **DevOps Engineer** to build, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and automation systems.

This role is focused on:

-   Cloud infrastructure
-   CI/CD pipelines
-   Kubernetes & containerization
-   Monitoring & reliability
-   Infrastructure automation
-   Security & scalability

You’ll work closely with engineering teams to ensure systems are:

-   Secure
-   Reliable
-   Scalable
-   Fast to deploy

If you enjoy automating infrastructure, improving deployment workflows, and solving production-scale reliability challenges, this role is a strong fit.

### **What You’ll Own**

### **Cloud Infrastructure & Infrastructure-as-Code (Core Focus)**

-   Provision and manage infrastructure on:

-   AWS
-   GCP
-   Azure

-   Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using:

-   Terraform
-   Pulumi
-   CloudFormation

-   Configure:

-   Networking
-   Compute resources
-   Storage systems
-   Scaling environments

-   Optimize infrastructure reliability and cost efficiency

### **CI/CD Pipeline Automation**

-   Build and maintain pipelines using:

-   GitHub Actions
-   Jenkins
-   GitLab CI
-   CircleCI

-   Automate:

-   Builds
-   Testing
-   Deployments

-   Support:

-   Zero-downtime deployments
-   Rollback strategies
-   Multi-environment deployments

### **Containerization & Kubernetes**

-   Manage:

-   Docker containers
-   Kubernetes clusters

-   Deploy and support microservices environments
-   Monitor cluster health and performance
-   Optimize containerized workloads for:

-   Performance
-   Scalability
-   Reliability

### **Monitoring, Logging & Incident Response**

-   Implement observability tools such as:

-   Prometheus
-   Grafana
-   Datadog
-   New Relic

-   Configure:

-   Logging pipelines
-   Alerts
-   Monitoring dashboards

-   Participate in:

-   Incident response
-   Root cause analysis
-   On-call rotations

### **Security & Compliance**

-   Apply cloud security best practices:

-   IAM
-   Least privilege access
-   Encryption

-   Support compliance initiatives:

-   SOC 2
-   HIPAA
-   PCI
-   GDPR

-   Run vulnerability scans and proactive patching

### **Automation & Collaboration**

-   Partner with developers to improve deployment workflows
-   Eliminate bottlenecks through automation
-   Document:

-   Infrastructure
-   Pipelines
-   Operational runbooks

-   Continuously improve reliability and deployment speed

### **What Makes You a Strong Fit**

-   You enjoy solving infrastructure and automation challenges
-   You stay calm during incidents and troubleshoot methodically
-   You care deeply about reliability, scalability, and security
-   You proactively automate repetitive operational work
-   You collaborate effectively with engineering teams

### **Required Experience & Skills**

-   3+ years of experience in:

-   DevOps
-   SRE
-   Infrastructure engineering

-   Strong experience with:

-   AWS, GCP, or Azure
-   CI/CD pipelines
-   Docker
-   Kubernetes

-   Experience with:

-   Infrastructure-as-Code
-   Monitoring systems
-   Deployment automation

-   Strong understanding of:

-   Cloud networking
-   System reliability
-   Production infrastructure

### **Nice to Have**

-   Strong Terraform or Pulumi expertise
-   Experience in:

-   SaaS
-   Fintech
-   Healthcare
-   Enterprise applications

-   Exposure to:

-   Serverless architecture
-   AWS Lambda
-   Cloud Functions

-   Cloud or DevOps certifications:

-   AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
-   CKA
-   Kubernetes certifications

### **What a Typical Day Looks Like**

-   Monitor infrastructure and production systems
-   Improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
-   Provision or modify infrastructure with Terraform
-   Troubleshoot deployment or performance issues
-   Collaborate with developers on scaling and reliability
-   Review logs, alerts, and system metrics
-   Update documentation and operational runbooks

**In short:**  
You ensure infrastructure stays automated, scalable, secure, and reliable while enabling fast and safe product delivery.

### **Key Metrics (KPIs)**

-   Deployment speed and reliability
-   System uptime _(99.9%+ target)_
-   Reduced incident recovery time _(MTTR)_
-   Infrastructure cost optimization
-   Developer satisfaction with deployment workflows
-   Automation and operational efficiency improvements

### **Why This Role Stands Out**

-   High ownership over cloud infrastructure and automation
-   Work on modern DevOps and Kubernetes environments
-   Direct impact on scalability and engineering velocity
-   Opportunity to grow into:

-   Senior DevOps Engineer
-   Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
-   Cloud Infrastructure Architect

-   Remote flexibility with strong technical exposure

### **Interview Process**

-   Initial Phone Screen
-   Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
-   Technical Task _(CI/CD or Terraform-based assessment)_
-   Client Interview with Engineering Leadership
-   Offer & Background Verification

### **Apply Now**

If you:

-   Enjoy infrastructure automation and cloud engineering
-   Have strong DevOps and CI/CD experience
-   Thrive in reliability-focused environments
-   Want ownership over scalable cloud systems

This role is a strong fit for experienced DevOps and infrastructure professionals.

## Apply

[Apply at Pavago](https://apply.workable.com/pavago/j/9D89F6F329/apply)

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