Senior DevOps Engineer (Talent Pipeline)

SantiagoFull-Time Permanentsenior

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ABOUT APPLY DIGITAL Apply Digital is a global AI-native transformation partner, client-obsessed and built for a new era of client services. We bring together industry expertise and elite talent to connect strategy, agentic experiences, technology, and data for the world's most ambitious…

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ABOUT APPLY DIGITAL

Apply Digital is a global AI-native transformation partner, client-obsessed and built for a new era of client services. We bring together industry expertise and elite talent to connect strategy, agentic experiences, technology, and data for the world's most ambitious organizations.

With the agility to move fast and the experience to deliver with precision, Apply Digital works with clients like Arc'teryx, Lululemon, and Kraft Heinz.

For more information, visit applydigital.com

LOCATION: Apply Digital is hybrid/remote-friendly. The preferred candidate should be based in Latin America, preferably working in hours that align to PT (Pacific Timezone) or ET (Eastern Timezone). Candidates located in Santiago, Chile are able to work out of our Santiago office as remote/hybrid employees. Candidates located outside of Santiago, Chile will be fully remote employees.

THE ROLE:

Apply Digital is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our globally distributed team. You’ll be a key contributor in a fast-paced environment, architecting, building, and optimizing cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines to support modern Composable digital platforms. You bring a deep understanding of DevOps best practices, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native systems (especially on Google Cloud), with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and security. This senior-level IC role is ideal for someone who thrives in distributed teams, mentors junior engineers, and collaborates effectively across disciplines to streamline deployments and enhance operational efficiency.

You'll bring extensive experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code, along with strong communication skills and a passion for mentoring. This is a senior-level hands-on IC role, ideal for someone who excels in distributed teams and can architect scalable cloud solutions while implementing robust automation and deployment strategies.

Strong English language proficiency and experience working with remote teams across North America and Latin America are required, as this role requires clear communication and coordination across distributed teams.

Design cloud infrastructure components (network, compute, storage, orchestration, security etc) based on application architecture and requirements (typically containerized microservice applications)

Build and deploy these components using an infrastructure as code platform such as Terraform

Set up CI/CD pipelines

Mentor other team members on good practices and problem resolution

Stay current with and adapt to emerging technologies, infrastructure, and frameworks to maintain industry-standard systems and processes

Be ready to work as the ultimate subject matter expert (SME) during incidents and support the team on resolution and root cause analysis

Have the opportunity to design and implement processes and tools with our team

Work with the latest technologies in the Google Cloud Platform and keep your skills current while you innovate

Apply different deployment strategies and their implementations like blue/green deployments, canary deployments depending on the requirement to avoid any downtimes when working with applications while testing new code versions

Manage and optimize cloud platforms such as Google Cloud, Azure, or AWS, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency

Work in a small team environment within a large, stable, and successful company that is growing fast

Lead the creation of automation and deployments pipelines for applications to all environments

Enforce best security practices, ensuring infrastructure and applications are compliant with industry standards.

Deploy new and existing applications to production and lower environments as per the release schedule

Implement and maintain monitoring solutions to ensure system health and performance

Investigate and troubleshoot complex issues and help support applications in all environments

Work closely with developers, QA engineers, and other IT teams to promote DevOps culture

Strong proficiency in English (written and verbal communication) is required

3+ years of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or equivalent experience

Experience with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).

Expert proficiency with Terraform

Very good understanding at least in one of the three main cloud platforms (GCP, AWS or Azure)

Strong experience with CI/CD and tools like GitHub Actions and GitLab

Solid understanding of networking, security best practices, and system administration

Ability to analyze metrics from distributed applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding

Ability to consult on cost effective solutions for the present, and how they will evolve in the future as needs scale

Strong experience with scripting - shell, Python, etc.

Excellent customer service attitude, communication skills (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. You should feel comfortable explaining technical concepts in simple terms