#17 Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS / Kubernetes / Terraform)

Muttdata
Argentina
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior DevOps/SRE professionals with financial industry experience who can manage complex cloud infrastructures and collaborate with global teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 3+ years of Kubernetes production experience and a background in regulated industries like finance or payments
    β€” β€œExperience in financial services, payments or another regulated industry.”
  • Professionals who have led or mentored DevOps teams and are comfortable with enterprise-grade security and governance frameworks
    β€” β€œCollaborate with Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture teams on platform requirements and integrations.”
  • Individuals with strong Terraform and GitOps (ArgoCD) expertise, and a proven track record in high availability system design
    β€” β€œOperate and govern production-grade platforms running on Kubernetes / EKS.”

Things to consider

  • The role demands advanced English proficiency for direct collaboration with US-based teams
    β€” β€œAdvanced English, written and spoken, to work directly with US based teams.”
  • Candidates should be prepared for potential regional collaboration needs, as Spanish is a plus for LATAM teams
    β€” β€œSpanish, to work with Muttdata's LATAM teams.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in designing high availability and backup strategies for production systems
    β€” β€œDesign and maintain: Backup & restore strategies, High Availability (HA) configurations.”
  • Emphasize your ability to automate operational workflows and reduce manual toil
    β€” β€œAutomate operational workflows and deployment processes.”
  • Demonstrate your skills in managing secrets and credentials with tools like Vault
    β€” β€œIntegrate secrets and credentials management through Vault.”
  • Showcase your experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tools
    β€” β€œBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.”
  • Include specific examples of reusable Terraform modules and remote state management
    β€” β€œStrong Terraform skills, including reusable modules and remote state.”
Pace Β· Fast PacedCollaboration Β· HighAutonomy Β· MediumDecision Impact Β· Team

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What success looks like

  • Deploy and maintain infrastructure using Terraform on AWS
  • Operate and govern production-grade platforms running on Kubernetes
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
Typical background
4+ years in DevOps, SRE or cloud platform engineeringDeep hands-on AWS experienceProduction experience with ArgoCD and GitOps practices

Skills & requirements

Required

AWSKubernetesTerraformGitopsArgocdDevOpsSRECloud Platform Engineering

Preferred

DockerCI/CDMonitoringObservability

Stack & domain

AWSKubernetesTerraformGitopsArgocdVaultHelmOPA GatekeeperKyvernoRolloutsCost OptimizationCi/cd PipelinesGithub ActionsObservabilityMonitoringOperational ReliabilityOperational RunbooksPlatform StabilityScalabilityDeveloper ExperienceLeadershipMentoringCollaborationCommunicationTroubleshootingDocumentationTeamworkAWS CertificationsCloud InfrastructureData EngineeringMachine LearningBig DataAIDevOpsSRE

About the role

Original posting from Muttdata via Lever

πŸš€ Join Our Data Products and Machine Learning Development Remote Startup! πŸš€

Muttdata is a dynamic startup committed to crafting innovative systems using cutting-edge Big Data and Machine Learning technologies.

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Cloud Platform EngineerΒ to join a strategic initiative focused on deploying and operating Data & AI platforms.

You will join the client's platform team and own the cloud infrastructure that its product and data teams deploy on. The work centers on Kubernetes clusters on AWS, GitOps delivery with ArgoCD, and reliability for regulated, high availability financial workloadsπŸš€

πŸš€ What We Do:

  • Leveraging our expertise, we build modern Machine Learning systems for demand planning and budget forecasting.
  • Developing scalable data infrastructures, we enhance high-level decision-making, tailored to each client.
  • Offering comprehensive Data Engineering and custom AI solutions, we optimize cloud-based systems.
  • Using Generative AI, we help e-commerce platforms and retailers create higher-quality ads, faster.
  • Building deep learning models, we enhance visual recognition and automation for various industries, improving product categorization, quality control, and information retrieval.
  • Developing recommendation models, we personalize user experiences in e-commerce, streaming, and digital platforms, driving engagement and conversions.

🌟 Our Partnerships:

  • Amazon Web Services
  • Astronomer
  • Databricks

🌟 Our Values:

  • πŸ“Š We are Data Nerds
  • πŸ€— We are Open Team Players
  • πŸš€ We Take Ownership
  • 🌟 We Have a Positive Mindset

πŸ” Curious about what we’re up to? Check out our case studies and dive into our blog post to learn more about our culture and the exciting projects we’re working on! πŸš€

Responsibilities πŸ€“:

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Infrastructure as Code on AWS

Deploy and maintain infrastructure using Terraform on AWS.

Ensure infrastructure complies with enterprise security, networking, and governance standards.

Collaborate with Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture teams on platform requirements and integrations.

Administration & Operations of Data & AI Platforms

Operate and govern production-grade platforms running on Kubernetes / EKS.

Manage platforms such as Langfuse, LiteLLM, ClickHouse, Redis, and future Data & AI tooling.

Design and maintain:

Backup & restore strategies

High Availability (HA) configurations

Shared cache and distributed rate limiting mechanisms

Horizontal and vertical scaling strategies

Platform upgrades and dependency management

Integrate secrets and credentials management through Vault.

Troubleshoot production incidents and improve operational recovery processes.

Read and understand platform documentation to ensure optimal deployment and operation on Kubernetes environments.

DevOps / SRE Automation

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.

Automate operational workflows and deployment processes.

Improve observability, monitoring, and operational reliability.

Create operational runbooks and reduce manual toil through automation.

Continuously improve platform stability, scalability, and developer experience.

Required Skills πŸ’»:

  • 4+ years in DevOps, SRE or cloud platform engineering, with at least 3 years running Kubernetes in production.
  • Deep hands-on AWS experience: EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS and related networking.
  • Production experience with ArgoCD and GitOps practices.
  • Strong Terraform skills, including reusable modules and remote state.
  • Helm, Docker and CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins or AWS CodePipeline.
  • Scripting in Bash and Python.
  • Observability and incident management experience on high traffic, high availability systems.
  • Experience in financial services, payments or another regulated industry.
  • Advanced English, written and spoken, to work directly with US based teams.

Nice to have

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), or the CKA or CKAD certification.
  • Experience with Azure, GCP, OpenShift or on-prem Kubernetes (for example VMware Tanzu).
  • Progressive delivery with Argo Rollouts, plus policy as code with OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno.
  • Cost optimization for AWS and Kubernetes workloads.
  • Experience leading or mentoring a DevOps team.
  • Spanish, to work with Muttdata's LATAM teams

🎁 Perks:

  • πŸš€Β In-Company English Lessons.
  • πŸš€ AWS & Databricks certifications fully covered
  • πŸŽ‚ Birthday off + an extra vacation week (Mutt Week! πŸ–οΈ)
  • 🀝 Referral bonuses – help us grow the team & get rewarded!
  • ✈️🏝️ Annual Mutters' Trip – an unforgettable getaway with the team!

Source: Muttdata careers (Lever)

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