Tight Line

DevOps Engineer

Tight Line Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Software Development · 51-200 employees

9 h ago
Remote devops Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time Nigeria
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About the role

The role involves architecting and managing serverless applications at the edge, maintaining high-performance reverse proxies, and overseeing Kubernetes cluster migrations. Additionally, the engineer will design automated CI/CD pipelines and provide system troubleshooting and incident response for production environments.

What they look for

Kubernetes CI/CD Docker Python Node.js C# Helm Kafka RabbitMQ OpenTelemetry Elasticsearch Grafana PostgreSQL Nginx Cloudflare Workers GitLab

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 3 years of experience in DevOps and software development with strong proficiency in Kubernetes, containerization, and CI/CD platforms. Expertise in infrastructure as code, messaging architectures, and scripting languages like Python, Node.js, and C# is required.

Full description

Working Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM EST

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Experience: 3+ years in DevOps and General Software Development Engineering (SDE).
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Solid experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.(CKAD certification preferred)
  • CI/CD: Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub, GitLab), including deep knowledge of building, testing, and deploying pipelines via YAML templates.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Expertise in IaC management using Helm.
  • Messaging & Architecture: Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
  • Monitoring & Observability: Proficiency with monitoring and logging solutions (OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch, Grafana, etc.).
  • Scripting & Development: Strong scripting and coding skills in Python, Node.js, and C#.
  • Databases: Practical experience with PostgreSQL database management.
  • Operations: Experience with production support, incident management, and on-call rotations.
  • Agile & Development Processes: Familiarity with Agile development methodologies, including daily standups, sprint planning, and MR reviews.

Key Responsibilities

  • Edge Computing & Serverless Management: Architect, deploy, and manage serverless applications at the edge using Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare Wrangler 4 CLI.
  • Traffic Routing & Nginx Development: Maintain and extend high-performance reverse proxies using Nginx, leveraging Lua scripting for custom request routing and dynamic processing.
  • Kubernetes Manifest Authoring: Construct accurate Kubernetes YAML configurations across key Kubernetes objects with a strong understanding of core object architecture and connectivity.
  • Cluster Replatforming & Migration: Migrate of production workloads from legacy Kubernetes environments (such as RKE v1) to modern RKE2 setups
  • Containerization: Write optimized, multi-stage Dockerfiles, enforce image security best practices, and maintain minimal container footprints.
  • CI/CD Pipeline Development: Design, build, and maintain robust automated integration and deployment pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
  • Cross-Language Collaboration: Read, debug, and support codebases written in JavaScript and C# to effectively troubleshoot application-level container and pipeline failures.
  • System Troubleshooting & Incident Response: Rapidly diagnose and resolve failed deployments, broken Docker builds, pipeline bottlenecks, and application runtime errors.

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