DevOps Engineer (Part-time / Contract)
4–6 weeks · ~20 hrs/week
Part-time Contract
Remote
Infrastructure Focus
Mission
Stand up cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and observability that can survive launch-day traffic and keep financial data safe.
Key Outcomes
| Goal | Deliverables |
|---|---|
Infrastructure | Provision cloud resources (AWS or Vercel + Postgres + Redis + S3/Blob + CDN) |
CI/CD | GitHub Actions pipeline: tests → staging → prod, rollback hooks |
Security | SSL, WAF/firewall, IAM least-privilege, automated backups |
Performance | Autoscaling policies, caching layers, load balancer rules |
Observability | Dashboards & alerts (DataDog/New Relic/Grafana) for app, DB, infra |
Toolkit
- AWS / GCP / Azure (choose one)
- Docker (Kubernetes or ECS nice-to-have)
- IaC: Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins
- Postgres & Redis administration
- Scripting for backup & DR automation
Experience Profile
- 3+ yrs DevOps/SRE on large-scale platforms
- Proven record securing PII/payment workloads
- Comfortable in lean, remote-first startup teams
Engagement & Milestones
4–6 weeks, part-time (~20 hrs/week)
Weekly deliverable review with Team Lead
Extension or retainer possible based on system health
How to Apply
Send CV + infra portfolio (GitHub/Gists) to kevin@bauplan.com.au
Subject line: "DevOps – Your Name"