Senior Cloud & Platform Infrastructure Engineer - LATAM

Senior Cloud & Platform Infrastructure Engineer Cloud Infrastructure | Kubernetes | AWS | Terraform | Platform Engineering Location Requirement: Latin America (LATAM) Work Setup: Fully Remote About Andela Andela exists to connect brilliance and opportunity. Since 2014, we have been dedicated to breaking down global barriers and accelerating the future of work for technologists and organizations worldwide. For technologists, Andela offers competitive long-term career opportunities with leading global organizations, access to an international community of professionals, and educational opportunities with leading technology providers. After successfully completing Andela’s technical assessment and interview process, you will join our Talent Network, giving you access to this opportunity and future roles that match your expertise. Our roles are typically filled quickly, so we encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. Andela's Benefits • Competitive compensation in USD. • Fully remote opportunity. • Long-term contractor engagement. • Access to opportunities with leading global organizations. • Membership in Andela’s global Talent Network. About the Role We are looking for a Senior Cloud & Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and operate a modern cloud-native infrastructure platform on AWS. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building production-ready infrastructure from the ground up, enabling scalable microservices, automated deployments, and secure, reliable platform operations. You will help establish the cloud foundation that development teams will use to build and deploy services, creating reusable infrastructure patterns, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes platform capabilities, observability, and networking solutions that support long-term platform growth. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys building infrastructure rather than maintaining existing environments and who has deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, and cloud platform engineering. Key Responsibilities Cloud Infrastructure & Kubernetes • Design and provision production-grade AWS infrastructure using Terraform. • Build and maintain production Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) clusters. • Configure networking, IAM, security groups, node management, autoscaling, and cluster lifecycle management. • Design scalable Kubernetes architectures including namespaces, RBAC, Network Policies, resource quotas, and governance. • Establish operational standards for cluster upgrades, reliability, and security. Infrastructure as Code • Design and maintain reusable Terraform modules for shared infrastructure components. • Implement infrastructure state management and multi-environment deployment strategies. • Build standardized infrastructure patterns that development teams can easily consume. • Maintain infrastructure versioning and best practices across environments. CI/CD & GitOps • Design and maintain GitHub Actions pipelines for automated build, testing, and deployment workflows. • Implement GitOps deployment practices using ArgoCD or similar technologies. • Build automated deployment pipelines supporting multiple environments. • Improve deployment reliability, rollback strategies, and release automation. Networking & Platform Services • Design secure AWS networking architectures including VPCs, subnets, routing, DNS, ingress, and load balancing. • Implement connectivity between cloud environments and existing infrastructure. • Optimize networking for security, scalability, and cost efficiency. • Configure platform services supporting application deployment and communication. Observability & Reliability • Implement monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, and alerting across the platform. • Configure Datadog and other observability tooling to provide infrastructure and application visibility. • Build reusable dashboards and monitoring standards. • Improve platform reliability through proactive monitoring and automation. Platform Engineering • Support cloud platform evolution by implementing reusable infrastructure capabilities. • Collaborate with software engineers to improve developer experience and deployment workflows. • Document infrastructure architecture, operational procedures, and platform standards. • Participate in architecture discussions and continuous platform improvements. Required Qualifications • 6+ years of professional experience in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, or Platform Engineering. • Strong production experience with AWS services including EKS, VPC, IAM, RDS, ALB, ECR, S3, and networking. • Deep Kubernetes experience including cluster provisioning, RBAC, Helm, autoscaling, and production operations. • Strong Terraform experience designing reusable modules and managing infrastructure as code. • Experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions. • Hands-on experience implementing GitOps using ArgoCD or Flux. • Strong networking knowledge including VPC design, DNS, ingress controllers, routing, and load balancers. • Experience implementing observability using Datadog, OpenTelemetry, or similar platforms. • Experience working with PostgreSQL in cloud environments. • Familiarity with Go applications running in Kubernetes environments. • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. • Ability to work independently and take ownership of infrastructure initiatives. • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. • Availability to overlap eight hours with the US Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Nice to Have • Experience building greenfield cloud infrastructure platforms. • Experience supporting large-scale microservices architectures. • Experience with Kafka or Amazon MSK. • Experience with Karpenter or Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler. • Experience implementing cost optimization strategies in AWS. • Experience with distributed tracing and OpenTelemetry. • Experience integrating secrets management platforms such as Doppler. • Familiarity with platform engineering best practices and Internal Developer Platforms. • Previous experience supporting cloud migration initiatives. Required Skills • Amazon Web Services (AWS) • Kubernetes (EKS) • Terraform • GitHub Actions • ArgoCD or Flux • Datadog • Go • PostgreSQL • VPC Networking • Infrastructure as Code • Platform Engineering • CI/CD • GitOps Job Details • Role: Senior Cloud & Platform Infrastructure Engineer • Function: Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering • Contract Duration: 6 months • Work Setup: Fully Remote • Commitment: Full-time, 40 hours per week • Main Time Zone: US Eastern Time (UTC-4) • Required Overlap: Eight hours per working day • Leadership Experience Required: No • Eligible Locations: Latin America • Preferred Region: LATAM Offer Estimated Duration: 6-month contractor position Work Setup: Fully remote Full-time dedication: 40 hours per week At Andela, we know our strengths lie in our diverse community, whose talents, perspectives, backgrounds, and orientations we take pride in. Andela is committed to nurturing a work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Andela provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to factors including, but not limited to, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, medical status, family or parental status, marital status, or veteran status. Andela is home for all. Come as you are.