Devops Engineer

Overview

Global Rabbits is a true Nearshore provider, attracting the best talent from LATAM and providing our customers with top tier results while offering a cost effective solution. We partner with our clients by building digital teams that extend their capabilities and allow them to leverage our nearshore resources.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Systems Engineer contractor with deep expertise in AWS infrastructure and security best practices. This role will support our Infrastructure & Operations team, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security of our systems, with a focus on implementing and maintaining AWS security controls.

• Manage and optimize AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, Guard Duty, Security Hub, etc.) with a strong emphasis on security best practices.
• Implement and maintain security monitoring, logging, and alerting in alignment with AWS Data Lake Security Monitoring Recommendations.
• Automate infrastructure tasks using Power Shell, Terraform, or equivalent tooling.
• Maintain and improve system hardening, patching, and configuration standards.
• Assist in troubleshooting escalated infrastructure issues and providing root cause analysis.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and high availability configurations for critical workloads.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure infrastructure security requirements are met for all projects.
• Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation for systems, processes, and configurations.

• 5+ years in systems engineering roles, with strong AWS cloud infrastructure experience (IaaS and PaaS).
• Proven experience implementing AWS security controls, including IAM policy design, key management, encryption, logging, and monitoring.
• Familiarity with AWS Data Lake architectures and security monitoring best practices.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Power Shell, etc.).
• Strong understanding of system hardening (Windows and Linux), patch management, and security compliance frameworks (NIST, CIS, PCI, etc.).
• Experience with monitoring tools and alerting systems (Cloud Watch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar).
• Strong troubleshooting skills in hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Strong communication skills in English.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
• Experience with security event correlation tools (SIEM) and integration with AWS logging services.
• Experience with ELK Stack (Elastic Stack) management and/or implementation.
• Familiarity with data lake security in large-scale analytics environments.
• Knowledge of ITIL processes and change management.
• Contract role, full-time hours (PST).
• Expected to be available for escalations and urgent troubleshooting when needed.
• Remote for LATAM-based applicants.