Location: Chile
Work Modality:This is a remote role, but candidates must be based in Chile for occasional on-site visits to the client.
Infrastructure Engineers help clients build and evolve systems that client organizations use to deliver and run software. They are comfortable working within teams of people with diverse roles and levels of experience to find solutions that meet the needs of the organization. They combine technical expertise and understanding with consideration of different situational needs. They champion technical quality and effective ways of working as a means to better outcomes for clients, rather than an end in themselves. They help clients to understand agile ways of working and DevOps as a mindset for collaboration.
- You will work within teams to launch projects through hands-on implementation, evaluate existing infrastructure and drive improvements.
- You will explore the client’s needs and collaborate on building a technical roadmap and impactful solution that will support their ambitious business goals.
- You will help shape and build Thoughtworks’ cloud and infrastructure practice through collaboration with other practitioners, business development, marketing and capabilities development teams.
- You will ensure and build the controls and processes for continuous delivery and evolution of infrastructure and applications, driving automation through all stages of the process.
- You will take a proactive role in monitoring and ensuring that technical expectations of deliverables are consistently met on projects.
- You will provide expertise and guidance in the areas of DevOps, cloud, platform and infrastructure engineering, both internally and in client sites.
- You will establish trusting and thoughtful partnerships with a client’s engineering leadership.
- You will adjust and suggest innovative solutions to current constraints and business policies.
- You can contribute to the design and implementation of enterprise and/or web-scale hosting platforms using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and can administer application servers, web servers, and databases.
- You have experience working with software delivery teams, and understand DevOps philosophies, Agile methods, Infrastructure as Code and how to apply them to your work.
- You’ve previously worked with monitoring and observability systems, including Grafana, for availability, performance or security.
- You have a deep understanding of cloud and virtualization platforms, infrastructure automation and application hosting technologies.
- You have a history of working with at least one IaaS cloud platform, and two or more application runtime platforms including physical servers, virtual servers, container clusters, serverless and databases.
- You can write scripts using at least one scripting language and are comfortable building one or more of: Linux servers, Windows servers, or container clusters.
- You have experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery tools with different tech stacks.
- You have an understanding of security concerns, threats and approaches for dealing with them, including infrastructure platform vulnerabilities, secrets management, network security and software supply chain security.
- Bonus points if you have experience with unit testing and automated testing tools, stress and performance testing.
- You have strong communication skills in English and thrive when working collaboratively with diverse, multinational teams.
- You love creating robust, scalable, flexible and relevant solutions—especially on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)—that help transform businesses and industries.
- You genuinely enjoy interacting with teammates from across the business and have a knack for communicating technical concepts to nontechnical audiences.
- You’re comfortable partnering directly with infrastructure technicians, support and network analysts, security analysts, system administrators and/or IT managers to design technical strategies while simultaneously collaborating with senior IT groups in an advisory capacity.
- You adapt effortlessly to uncertainty, embrace change, and confidently make decisions with limited information to achieve positive outcomes.
There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.
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Thoughtworks is a dynamic and inclusive community of bright and supportive colleagues who are revolutionizing tech. As a leading technology consultancy, we’re pushing boundaries through our purposeful and impactful work. For 30+ years, we’ve delivered extraordinary impact together with our clients by helping them solve complex business problems with technology as the differentiator. Bring your brilliant expertise and commitment for continuous learning to Thoughtworks. Together, let’s be extraordinary.
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Skills Required
- Design and implement hosting platforms using Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code practices and tools
- Experience with monitoring and observability systems, including Grafana
- Deep understanding of cloud and virtualization platforms, infrastructure automation, and application hosting technologies
- Experience with at least one IaaS cloud platform and two or more runtime platforms (physical, virtual, containers, serverless, databases)
- Ability to write scripts using at least one scripting language and administer Linux or Windows servers or container clusters
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools
- Understanding of security concerns: secrets management, network security, platform vulnerabilities, supply chain security
- Experience working with software delivery teams and familiarity with DevOps philosophies and Agile methods
- Strong communication skills in English and ability to work collaboratively with multinational teams; must be based in Chile for occasional on-site visits
- Experience with unit testing, automated testing, stress and performance testing
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The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thoughtworks and has not been reviewed or approved by Thoughtworks.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes vacation accrual from day one with rollover, personal/sick days, development and service days, and a long‑tenure paid sabbatical. Policies also emphasize comprehensive leave for rest, illness, and rejuvenation.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, and vision and often extends to families, complemented by mental‑health support through Lyra and Headspace. In some regions, private providers and wellness rewards further bolster healthcare access.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is positioned as generous across regions, with fully paid options in some markets and a comprehensive fertility policy. Adoption and broader family supports are also highlighted.
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