Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

Vacancy details

Argentina|Costa Rica|MexicoArgentina|Costa Rica|Mexico

RemoteRemote

Role overview

Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer, DR Platform (AWS) for a full-time position (40 hours per week) on a short-term basis (16 weeks) in LATAM. Our client is an established, third-generation family business with more than 80 years of history in wholesale protein distribution across the Pacific Northwest. Known for rigorous food-safety standards and a customer-first culture.

As the DR Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the AWS-based disaster recovery environment of a 24/7 US food distribution business. This includes networking, identity and access management, virtual desktops, replication and monitoring — all of which must function reliably to enable business operations to run from AWS during a disaster recovery event.

The role focuses on remediating gaps identified during discovery, implementing infrastructure as code where practical, and executing failover and failback procedures alongside the DR Lead Engineer.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or DevOps, with strong hands-on expertise in AWS networking and identity management.

• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including EC2, VPC, site-to-site VPN, Route 53, IAM, Amazon WorkSpaces, AWS Directory Service, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, EBS and S3 snapshots.

• Experience managing Amazon WorkSpaces at scale, including image management, user profiles, capacity planning and authentication flows.

• Experience with VMware and Zerto or similar replication technologies, as well as Rubrik or comparable backup and recovery platforms.

• Strong knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory and DNS.

• Practical experience with Terraform or CloudFormation, PowerShell and Python.

• Hands-on experience participating in disaster recovery tests, ideally including a full production failover and subsequent failback.

• Methodical and detail-oriented, particularly when implementing changes to production environments.

• Comfortable working as part of a two-person engineering team under strict, time-bound testing windows.

• Strong written English skills, particularly for technical documentation, operational runbooks and change requests.

• Proactive in identifying, communicating and escalating risks before they affect production.

• Will be a plus

• Experience with SQL Server log shipping.

• Experience with Rubrik backup and recovery solutions.

• Familiarity with network discovery tools.

• AWS Advanced Networking or SysOps certification.

• Willingness to travel to the US for scheduled DR testing weekends

Responsibilities

• Review Zerto replication coverage and health, remediate replication gaps, and right-size recovery servers.

• Configure AWS networking, including VPCs, security groups, site-to-site VPN connectivity, Route 53 DNS cutover, firewall rules, public IP addresses, and inbound connectivity for EDI partners and remote users.

• Assess and implement AWS identity services, including AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (AWS Managed Microsoft AD), as appropriate.

• Prepare Amazon WorkSpaces capacity, golden images and user profiles to support the entire user base during recovery.

• Automate database recovery procedures and update connection strings, license server configurations and scheduled jobs as required.

• Implement monitoring and alerting for replication health and the overall recovery environment.

• Define and implement infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation where practical.

• Plan and execute isolated, load, ransomware-recovery and production failover/failback tests, measuring actual recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs).

• Contribute to DR architecture documentation and operational runbooks, and transition monitoring responsibilities to the client's IT team.

• We offer

• US and EU projects based on advanced technologies.

• Competitive compensation based on skills and experience.

• Regular performance appraisals to support your growth.

• Flexibility in workspace, either remote or our welcoming office.

• Bonuses for article writing, public talks, other activities

• Generous time off, including vacation, national holidays, sick leaves, and family days.

• Personalized learning programs tailored to your interests and skill development.

• Free tech webinars and meetups organized by Svitla.

• Regular corporate online activities.

• Awesome team and a friendly, supportive community!

• Why join Svitla

• Svitla Systems is a global digital solutions company headquartered in the U.S. and operating across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and APAC. Since 2003, we have served a wide range of clients - from innovative start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Our success is built on partnership. By integrating seamlessly with clients' teams, we create lasting collaborations that drive real results. We are strong advocates of workplace flexibility, remote culture, individual approach to professional and personal growth.

• Our global mission is to build a business that contributes to wellbeing of our partners, personnel, and their families, improves our communities, and makes a lasting difference in the world. Together, we are coding a brighter tomorrow - and living it.

• Join us!