DevOps Engineer

Location:
Remote Contract: Freelance / Contract Availability: Immediate start preferred About OTRAVERSEOTRAVERSE is a technology startup building an AI-powered interactive media platform that connects brands and consumers through immersive digital experiences. We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to improve the performance, reliability, security, and scalability of our cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities
• Audit and optimize our existing cloud infrastructure.
• Configure and maintain CDN solutions, caching strategies, and content delivery.
• Optimize server response times, bandwidth usage, and infrastructure costs.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage cloud deployments, storage, and application hosting.
• Configure monitoring, centralized logging, and automated alerts.
• Improve infrastructure security, access management, and backup procedures.
• Troubleshoot production issues and identify performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with backend and engineering teams to improve deployment reliability.
• Document infrastructure architecture and operational procedures. Required Qualifications
• 3+ years of professional DevOps or Cloud Engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Linux server administration.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, DigitalOcean, or similar cloud providers.
• Solid understanding of CDN architecture, HTTP caching, DNS, SSL/TLS, and networking.
• Experience with Docker and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Experience configuring Nginx or equivalent reverse proxies.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools, logs, and performance diagnostics.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and deliver measurable results. Nice to Have
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform).
• Kubernetes experience.
• Cloudflare or AWS CloudFront expertise.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis infrastructure.
• Experience optimizing high-traffic web applications.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization and automated deployments. Initial Project Objectives
• Assess the current infrastructure and identify performance bottlenecks.
• Improve CDN delivery, caching, and server response times.
• Optimize cloud resource utilization and reduce unnecessary costs.
• Strengthen deployment reliability, monitoring, and security.
• Deliver technical documentation and a prioritized improvement roadmap.