Sr. DevOps & Infrastructure Consultant

Specialized Technical Capabilities Required

Infrastructure & Platform Substrate: Deep expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) operating on AWS EKS, RDS, ingress controllers, TLS certificate automation, in addition to implementing cloud cost/capacity tuning.

Production Reliability & SRE Rigor: Proven track record defining SLOs/SLIs, establishing error budget frameworks, and building automation to drive down system toil.

Telemetry Architecture: Hands-on experience designing and operating OpenTelemetry collection and routing pipelines.

Async Communication & Advisory: Fluent professional English communication skills for effective cross-border async collaboration and code review advisory.

Projects

Engagement Overview
Inflect is engaging an independent Sr. DevOps & Infrastructure Consultant (Pessoa Jurídica / Prestador de Serviços) in Brazil through Rippling (acting as a Contractor of Record) to architect, deliver, and maintain critical cloud platform components. This is an autonomous, high-impact B2B consulting engagement focused on production reliability, platform substrate engineering, and observability pipelines. Working as an external subject matter expert, your company will provide high-level technical guidance and infrastructure delivery for Inflect's AWS EKS environment, ensuring our platform runs with high availability, efficiency, and automated resilience.

Who We Are
We are a US-based advisory and marketplace that is revolutionizing the way companies buy and sell digital infrastructure (Datacenter, cloud, and network services).

Scope of Services & Deliverables

Platform Substrate & Infrastructure: Deliver and maintain Terraform modules on AWS EKS, managed RDS instances, ingress controllers, and cost optimization architectures.

SRE & Reliability Standards: Establish SLO/SLI tracking frameworks, automate error budget monitoring, participate in post-incident technical reviews, and build automated tooling to reduce operational friction.

Telemetry Pipeline Architecture: Architect and maintain the OpenTelemetry capture pipeline feeding telemetry data to downstream Data Foundation and Trust & Intelligence pods.

Technical Advisory & Review: Provide specialized code reviews, pull-request assessments, and technical architecture recommendations to maintain high platform standards.

Paved Road Enablement: Develop reusable platform patterns and automated CI/CD tooling to streamline developer deployment workflows. Define Operating model and reflect via Global Runbook inclusive of SOP’s, regional coordination, and issue remediation/management.

Engagement Terms & Compliance Structure

Location: Brazil
Contract Type: Fixed-rate monthly Independent B2B Service Agreement executed via Rippling, $6,500-$9,000 USD/mo based on experience
Invoicing & Tax Compliance: Contractor must maintain an active corporate entity (CNPJ) and upload valid electronic service invoices (NFS-e) into the Rippling platform for monthly disbursement.
Autonomy: Complete flexibility over work schedules, location, and execution methods necessary to fulfill project SLAs and agreed milestones.
Commercial Relationship: Strictly B2B consulting engagement; no employment relationship under the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT), holiday pay, 13th salary, or employee benefit guarantees are implied.