EnterpriseAlumni · 3 weeks ago
Head of DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure (Brazil)
United States
Full-time, Contract
Remote
Director/Executive
7+ years expEnterpriseAlumni is a market-leading provider of Corporate Alumni Management software, helping major brands stay connected with their alumni. They are seeking a seasoned Head of DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure to lead their infrastructure strategy and team, focusing on reliability, security, scalability, and cost-efficiency of their cloud infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Architect, build, and maintain scalable, secure, multi-regional cloud infrastructure on AWS
Own our Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, ensuring reproducibility and auditability
Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines across Jenkins and CircleCI, including iOS and Android build systems
Manage container orchestration via EC2/ECS/ECR and Kubernetes as well as ingress/routing through Traefik
Lead observability strategy using Grafana and Prometheus — ensuring comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and incident response capabilities
Drive high availability and disaster recovery planning across regions
Ensure infrastructure meets SOC 2, ISO 27001, and Cyber Essentials+ requirements
Implement and maintain robust security practices, including encryption at rest, in transit, and in use
Stay current on evolving compliance requirements for banking and professional services clients
Lead security audits and remediation efforts
Continuously monitor and optimize cloud spend, staying ahead of AWS pricing changes and leveraging reserved instances, savings plans, and right-sizing strategies
Establish cost visibility and accountability across teams
Present regular cost analyses and recommendations to leadership
Build, mentor, and lead the DevOps and infrastructure team
Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and support career development
Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Manage vendor relationships and negotiate contracts where applicable
Partner closely with development teams to ensure infrastructure supports application needs
Communicate infrastructure strategy, risks, and trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders
Participate in incident response and establish on-call practices that balance reliability with team well-being
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience designing and operating infrastructure on major cloud providers, with deep AWS expertise
Proven experience leading or managing infrastructure/DevOps teams
Hands-on experience with the AWS Security Stack, including Inspector, GuardDuty, Security Hub, IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, WAF, and related security services
Strong hands-on skills with Terraform, AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, CircleCI)
Experience supporting mobile build pipelines (iOS/Android)
Deep understanding of cloud security principles and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
Track record of infrastructure work in highly regulated industries such as banking or professional services
Sharp cost awareness, experience optimizing cloud spend and implementing FinOps practices
Strong application development understanding to collaborate effectively with developers
Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical concepts for executive and non-technical audiences
Comfortable with incident management, on-call responsibilities, and leading teams through outages
Fluent in English (written and verbal)
Preferred
AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, Security Specialty)
Experience with Traefik as an ingress controller
Familiarity with GCP or Azure as secondary cloud providers
Experience scaling infrastructure for multi-tenant SaaS platforms
Background in or exposure to application development
Company
EnterpriseAlumni
EnterpriseAlumni is the market leading Alumni & Retiree management platform for enterprises to manage and engage their Corporate Alumni.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Angel Academe
2022-06-07Series A
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