Fractional DevOps Engineer – Argentina

About Remote Labs SRL

Remote Labs SRL is a Romanian education and training company, founded in 2019, that makes hands-on technical training available to anyone, anywhere. We connect real laboratory equipment, servers and test devices to the internet, so students, professionals and company teams can practise on real infrastructure from wherever they are. Around these remote labs we run interactive courses, practical workshops, mentoring and certifications in IT and engineering, helping schools and businesses train people without the cost of building and maintaining physical labs.

About the Role

You will work in a fractional DevOps Engineer role on a part-time basis, supporting the setup and improvement of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code. The role focuses on helping maintain and develop the delivery and infrastructure practices that support engineering work. At Remote Labs SRL you will help build and run the cloud infrastructure behind our remote-lab environments, online courses and client projects, working with us on a fractional basis from Argentina.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines.

• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code.

• Help improve deployment and delivery workflows.

• Contribute to the reliability and consistency of infrastructure practices.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins.

• Manage cloud infrastructure as code with Terraform on AWS or Azure.

• Containerise services with Docker and run them reliably on Kubernetes.

• Set up monitoring, logging and alerting so issues are caught before users notice.

• Automate the provisioning of lab environments, servers and test devices for learners and clients.

• Apply security best practices such as secrets management, least-privilege access and regular patching.

Requirements

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience working with infrastructure as code.

• Ability to contribute effectively in a part-time, fractional capacity.

• Based in Argentina.

• 3+ years of hands-on DevOps or platform engineering experience.

• Strong experience with Terraform and at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP).

• Solid knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and Linux administration.

• Scripting skills in Bash or Python.

• Ability to work independently on a part-time schedule.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Ansible, Helm or Argo CD.

• Cloud or Kubernetes certifications (AWS, Azure, CKA).

• Experience building virtual lab or sandbox environments for training.

How You Will Work

• Fractional freelance (B2B) engagement, about 10–25 hours per week.

• Remote, open to candidates based in Argentina, with working hours that overlap with Central European Time.

• Remote Labs SRL does not offer visa sponsorship or visa support.

Skills we're looking for

Technical skills

• DevOps
• Continuous Integration
• Infrastructure as Code
• Terraform
• Platform Engineering

Interpersonal skills

• Work Autonomy
• Process Improvement
• Resilience
• Accountability