DevOps / SRE Engineer – Technical Debt Remediation - Remote in Mexico

Summary

Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer leading technical debt remediation initiatives with hands-on work in automation, CI/CD, and reliability, collaborating with globally distributed teams primarily using Azure/AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC.

Important IT company At the Latin American level, growth requires:

DevOps / SRE Engineer – Technical Debt Remediation

We are looking for a Senior DevOps / SRE Engineer to lead and execute technical debt remediation initiatives while remaining hands‑on with engineering and problem-solving.

The role will work closely with global teams and stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and remediate technical debt while ensuring alignment with engineering standards, governance, security, and compliance requirements.

A Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer who can combine strong hands‑on engineering with technical leadership, particularly in technical debt remediation, reliability, automation, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and execute technical debt remediation initiatives.
  • Remain hands‑on with implementation, troubleshooting, automation, and problem‑solving.
  • Identify, assess, and prioritize technical debt, risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities.
  • Provide technical guidance and support engineering decisions.
  • Develop remediation plans and track progress against priorities.
  • Ensure solutions align with enterprise engineering standards, governance, and compliance requirements.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and globally distributed engineering teams.
  • Promote DevOps/SRE best practices, automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.
  • Support technical planning, reporting, and knowledge sharing.

Required Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Cloud, Software Engineering, or Platform Engineering.
  • Proven hands‑on experience with technical debt identification and remediation.
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
  • Experience making technical decisions and providing engineering leadership.
  • Experience managing technical risks, dependencies, priorities, and stakeholders.
  • Strong understanding of engineering standards, governance, security, and compliance.
  • Experience with DevOps practices, automation, CI/CD, and production environments.

Nice to Have

  • Azure and/or AWS experience.
  • Infrastructure as Code and automation.
  • Kubernetes / containers.
  • Enterprise architecture exposure.
  • Agile/Scrum.
  • Observability, SRE metrics, and reporting.
  • Coaching and mentoring experience.

Schedule

  • Mexico candidates: Start time is 7:00 AM Mexico City time.
  • The role requires some overlap with GDS teams in India.

ADVANCED CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH AND SPANISH ESSENTIAL (Will be evaluated).

If you are a foreingner residing in Mexico, you must have a valid INE, CURP, NSS and RFC.

Job type: Remote

Location: México.

Salary: $100,000 gross

Benefits: Excellent superior benefits.

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