Hauler Hero

Senior DevOps Engineer – Contractor

Hauler Hero

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Brazil

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudDistributed SystemsDNSGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKotlinKubernetesLinuxPostgresPythonRedisSQLTerraform

About the role

  • Design, operate, and maintain production infrastructure on GCP
  • Manage and optimize GKE (Kubernetes) clusters, workloads, and networking
  • Administer Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) and Redis
  • Own IAM roles, service accounts, and least-privilege access
  • Manage DNS using OctoDNS across Google DNS and Cloudflare
  • Ensure infrastructure security, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
  • Lead migration from bash-based provisioning to Terraform / OpenTofu
  • Introduce and maintain Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments
  • Eliminate click-ops through declarative, version-controlled infrastructure
  • Review and improve Kubernetes manifests and deployment practices
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Google Cloud Build and GitHub Actions
  • Support automated builds, testing, and deployments for Java/Kotlin/Python services
  • Improve deployment safety through rollout strategies, health checks, and rollback mechanisms
  • Configure monitoring and alerting using Google Operations (Cloud Monitoring & Logging)
  • Act as an escalation point for production incidents
  • Diagnose complex system issues using logs, metrics, and traces
  • Improve observability and reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR)
  • Manage secrets using Google Secret Manager, GKE Secrets, and Keeper
  • Enforce secure configuration and credential rotation
  • Partner with engineering to ensure secure runtime and deployment patterns

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
  • Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
  • Deep production experience with Kubernetes (GKE preferred)
  • Strong Linux and bash fundamentals
  • Production experience with Terraform or OpenTofu
  • Experience creating and maintaining Helm charts
  • Experience with Cloud Build and/or GitHub Actions
  • Strong troubleshooting skills in distributed systems
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis
  • Solid understanding of IAM, DNS, networking, and cloud security.
Benefits
  • This is a contractor role, not full-time employment
  • Candidates must be based in LATAM
  • Senior-level ownership and communication are expected
  • Consistent overlap with US time zones is required
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Hard Skills & Tools
Google Cloud PlatformKubernetesGKETerraformOpenTofuHelmCloud BuildGitHub ActionsPostgreSQLRedis
Soft Skills
troubleshootingleadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solving