Cloud Engineer

GuideMeds develops tele‑health platforms and AI‑driven clinical decision tools for clinics and hospitals across Chile, offering virtual consultations, electronic prescriptions, and patient‑engagement apps to improve access to quality healthcare.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, implement, maintain, and optimize the cloud infrastructure supporting our healthcare technology platforms.

The successful candidate will work closely with software engineers, DevOps professionals, security teams, and product stakeholders to build reliable, scalable, secure, and highly available cloud environments. The role requires strong technical expertise and an understanding of the importance of security and reliability when supporting healthcare-related applications and data.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Manage cloud environments across platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Build and maintain automated deployment and CI/CD pipelines.
• Configure and manage cloud networking, compute, storage, databases, and related services.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, availability, capacity, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, networking, and application-related issues.
• Implement appropriate cloud security, access controls, encryption, and monitoring practices.
• Collaborate with software-development teams to improve application deployment and cloud architecture.
• Support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes where applicable.
• Develop automation scripts to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual processes.
• Establish monitoring, logging, alerting, and disaster-recovery solutions.
• Identify opportunities for cloud performance and cost optimization.
• Maintain technical documentation covering cloud architecture, configurations, procedures, and operational standards.
• Participate in incident response and continuous-improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven professional experience as a Cloud Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Solid understanding of cloud architecture, networking, security, and infrastructure management.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or another infrastructure-as-code technology.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and automated deployment processes.
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems administration.
• Experience with Docker and containerized applications.
• Strong scripting skills using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or a similar language.
• Familiarity with Git and modern software-development workflows.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong attention to security, reliability, and operational quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, and CloudWatch, or equivalent Azure/GCP services.
• Experience designing highly available and fault-tolerant cloud architectures.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and cloud security frameworks.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK/Elastic Stack.
• Familiarity with microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization and capacity planning.
• Knowledge of backup, disaster recovery, and business-continuity practices.
• Experience supporting healthcare, telehealth, SaaS, or other regulated technology environments is an advantage.
• Familiarity with data privacy and security requirements relevant to healthcare technology.
• Relevant cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator/Architect, or Google Cloud certifications are an advantage.
• Strong English communication skills are an advantage.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation of CLP 17,000–24,000 per hour.
• Opportunity to work with modern cloud and healthcare technologies.
• Exposure to telehealth platforms, AI-driven clinical tools, and digital healthcare solutions.
• Collaborative and technically challenging working environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and cloud certification.
• Opportunity to contribute to technology that improves healthcare accessibility across Chile.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV/resume highlighting their cloud-engineering experience, cloud certifications, technical skills, and relevant infrastructure or cloud projects.

Sueldo: $17.000 - $24.000 la hora

Lugar de trabajo: Viajar de manera regular