The DevOps Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams in Chile and internationally to deploy, monitor, and maintain services, troubleshoot operational issues, and contribute to ongoing improvements in infrastructure and workflows. This role requires a proactive mindset, a solid technical foundation, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to solve moderately complex technical problems, operate independently, contribute to system design discussions, and support production environments. Occasional after-hours responsibilities may be required, as well as collaboration across multiple time zones.
Essential Functions:
- Develop, deploy, configure, test, and maintain DevOps services
- Support infrastructure deployment and provisioning processes
- Implement and maintain monitoring and reporting tools
- Maintain and improve configuration management solutions
- Contribute to test automation frameworks with the team
- Support performance tuning and availability of infrastructure
- Build and maintain tools to improve developer and operational workflows
- Manage urgent operational issues by leading or collaborating within teams to deploy essential services and resolve critical outages.
- Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing within the team
- Mentoring less experienced engineers
Work Modality
This position may be offered in one of the following formats, in accordance with AURA’s Teleworking Protocols:
- On-site in La Serena, Chile
- Full or Hybrid Teleworking
Other Functions:
- Other duties as assigned
- All AURA employees are responsible for the proper management and control of all AURA property within their work area, whether assigned to them or someone else. This responsibility includes reporting any known missing, stolen, or non-working property in their work area to their supervisor or the AURA Property Officer.
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with government award terms and conditions assigned to this position or subordinates of this position as defined in the Vela Award Management system, https://cas.aura-astronomy.org/Awards.
Required Education/Experience/Skills/Abilities:
- 3–6 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or related technical roles
- Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Go, or Ruby
- Experience with unit testing frameworks (e.g., pytest, go test)
- Experience working with distributed systems and cloud-based environments
- Hands-on experience with version control systems such as Git, including pull requests and code reviews.
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern development workflows
- Working knowledge of Agile methodologies
- Strong presentation, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
- Spoken and written English
- Clean driving record
- Experience mentoring junior engineers
Preferred Education/Experience/Skills/Abilities:
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code
- Experience writing Helm charts.
- Extensive experience with Kubernetes.
- Hands-on experience with a hosted CI/CD system such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Travis CI
- Hands-on experience with software-defined storage platforms such as Ceph
- Experience with Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible in production environments.
- Experience with monitoring and log-aggregating frameworks such as Prometheus, Icinga, Grafana, Telegraf/InfluxDB, Kafka, Logstash, Splunk, OpenSearch, and Kibana.
- Vast experience with an Enterprise Linux (AlmaLinux, etc.) distribution or Fedora
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Kubernetes, Linux) are a plus
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl.
- The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Must possess - sufficient mobility, strength, or dexterity in both arms and hands and both legs to a) reach upward, sideways, downward to work with paper files; b) sufficient mobility and dexterity to utilize computer systems, fax machines, copiers, and other office machines.
- Must possess –
- ability to read and understand instructions, drawings, safety guides, and other written materials necessary to perform job;
- sufficient visual capacity to perform the applicable functions without assistance of visual aids other than eye contacts or eyeglasses;
- sufficient spoken aural capacity to hear and understand instructions, warning bells, fire alarms, or shouted instructions without assistance of auditory aids other than a hearing aid; and
- ability to impart information orally so that others understand and can respond appropriately.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required by personnel so classified. This Institute promotes Equal Employment Opportunity workplace that includes reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified, disabled applicants and employees.
Salaries for positions hired in Chile meet Chile national market rates and internal scales for AURA.
Work Modality
This position may be offered in one of the following formats, in accordance with AURA’s Teleworking Protocols:
- On-site in La Serena, Chile
- Full or Hybrid Teleworking
Why Join AURA:
AURA offers an excellent benefits package including paid time off and retirement plan contributions, competitive salary commensurate with experience, and a very attractive work environment. Details on benefits can be found at Benefits by Location - Aura Human Resources.
Also we offer a multicultural and collaborative work environment, committed to scientific and operational excellence. Joining our team means contributing to the success of globally significant astronomical projects, within an organization that values safety, integrity, and continuous improvement.
How to Apply
Apply by Friday, August 28, for priority consideration. This position will remain open until it is filled.
Please submit a cover letter and a CV or resume, PDF fines preferred.
Individuals needing assistance with the employment process can request assistance here.