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Bluelight ConsultingDevOps / SRE / DevSecOps Engineer (AWS) - Remote, Latin America
Bluelight is a software consultancy with teams spanning the United States and Central and South America. It is hiring a DevOps, SRE or DevSecOps engineer for…
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Bluelight is a software consultancy with teams spanning the United States and Central and South America. It is hiring a DevOps, SRE or DevSecOps engineer for a remote role based in Latin America. The engineer must be able to overlap with US business hours and will work on demanding, large-scale systems for client projects. Day-to-day tooling centers on AWS services such as ECS and Fargate, RDS and Aurora, load balancers,…
Job Description
Bluelight is a software consultancy with teams spanning the United States and Central and South America. It is hiring a DevOps, SRE or DevSecOps engineer for a remote role based in Latin America. The engineer must be able to overlap with US business hours and will work on demanding, large-scale systems for client projects.
Day-to-day tooling centers on AWS services such as ECS and Fargate, RDS and Aurora, load balancers, VPC networking, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS and S3. Experience running Aurora or PostgreSQL in production is essential, including multi-AZ failover handling and watching read replica lag. Infrastructure is defined as code with Terraform or CloudFormation, containers run on Docker, and CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and rollback procedures are exercised through periodic drills.
Reliability and security carry real weight. The engineer uses OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch or similar observability tools, runs load tests with k6 or comparable software against latency targets and error budgets, scans for vulnerabilities, manages secrets, and helps assemble SOC 2 documentation while working through client security assessments. Incident handling, on-call duty and root-cause analysis are also part of the role.
The listing asks for five years or more in DevOps, SRE or DevSecOps positions and a bachelor's degree. Ownership, accountability, client commitment and meticulous detail are emphasized. Compensation includes a competitive base and bonuses, pay raises tied to performance, generous time off, flexible hours, remote work and sponsored training, exams and certifications. Preferred extras include S3 Object Lock, PostgreSQL row-level security, schema migration tools and compliance-heavy sectors.
Responsibilities
- Operate AWS infrastructure spanning container services, managed databases, load balancing, networking, identity and storage
- Run production Aurora and PostgreSQL, including failover and replica monitoring
- Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines
- Automate deployments and keep tested rollback routes ready
- Monitor services and set latency and error-budget objectives
- Carry out load testing against performance objectives
- Scan for vulnerabilities, manage secrets and support hardening efforts
- Prepare compliance documentation for SOC 2 or similar standards and take part in customer security reviews
- Handle incidents, take on-call shifts and run root-cause analyses
Requirements
- Five or more years in DevOps, SRE or DevSecOps work
- Practical AWS experience across ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora, ALB and VPC, plus IAM, CloudWatch, KMS and S3
- Production experience with Aurora or PostgreSQL, including multi-AZ failover and replica lag
- Infrastructure as code with Terraform or CloudFormation
- Container work with Docker and ECS/Fargate orchestration
- Setting up and sustaining CI/CD pipelines
- Automated deployments with rollback drills
- Observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry or CloudWatch
- Load testing with k6 or similar tools against latency and error goals
- Security-minded approach, including scanning, secrets handling and hardening
- Assembling SOC 2 or comparable compliance documentation
- Incident response, on-call and root-cause analysis
- Track record on complex, large-scale systems
- Able to keep hours that overlap the US workday
- Four-year university degree
Qualifications
- S3 Object Lock for long-term audit retention
- Multi-tenant security, such as PostgreSQL row-level security
- Database migration tools and expand-and-contract schema changes
- Sectors like fintech or telecom with TCPA rules
Core Skills
Benefits
- Competitive pay and bonuses
- Raises tied to performance
- Generous time off
- Flexible hours
- Remote work
- Continuing education, conferences and training budgets
- Sponsored coursework, exams and certifications
Frequently Asked Questions
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Where is the role based?
A remote position in Latin America, and the engineer must be able to overlap US business hours.
What AWS experience is required?
Practical work across ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora, load balancing, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS and S3.
Is a degree required?
Yes. A bachelor's degree is required.
What benefits are listed?
Competitive pay and bonuses, performance raises, generous time off, flexible hours, remote work and sponsored certifications.
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