Senior DevOps Engineer at Experian - Remote Costa Rica — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This role is explicitly listed as remote in Costa Rica, meaning candidates must be based in Costa Rica — it is not open to applicants in other countries. This limits traditional nomadic flexibility, but Costa Rica itself is a popular base for location-independent professionals in the Americas.
Schedule & Timezone: The job doesn't specify fixed hours, but on-call rotation duties are required, meaning you'll need to be reliably reachable — likely aligned to Central Time (CT/CST, UTC-6). This makes it best suited to residents in Costa Rica or nearby time zones rather than those traveling to distant regions like Southeast Asia or Europe.
Visa Considerations: Costa Rica offers a Digital Nomad Visa (Rentista/Remote Worker Visa) that allows remote workers employed by foreign companies to legally reside and work remotely. If you're a non-citizen already living in Costa Rica, this may be a relevant pathway. Citizens of Costa Rica working for a US-based company like Experian may benefit from USD-equivalent compensation, which can stretch further given Costa Rica's cost of living.
- San José, Costa Rica: Monthly costs for a comfortable lifestyle run ~$1,500–$2,200 USD — competitive for a senior tech role salary range typical of global companies.
- Nosara/Tamarindo: Beach-town remote-work hubs in Costa Rica; slightly higher cost but highly appealing for lifestyle balance.
No travel perks or equipment stipends were mentioned in the posting. The on-call requirement is worth factoring in if you plan to travel domestically within Costa Rica.
Company Description
Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.
Job Description
Experian Consumer Services — Powering Innovation Through Scalable, Intelligent Platforms
At Experian Consumer Services, we build data-driven products that help millions of consumers make smarter financial decisions. Innovation, reliability, and speed are core to how we operate — and our platform engineering teams are at the center of it all.
We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who is passionate about cloud architecture, automation, and operational excellence — and excited about leveraging AI-driven tooling to modernize how platforms are built and operated. If you thrive in high-scale, high-availability environments and enjoy turning complexity into elegant automation, we'd love to meet you.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will design, implement, and evolve cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD platforms that power customer-facing digital products. This is a hands-on role focused on building resilient systems, enabling developer self-service, accelerating delivery pipelines, and integrating intelligent automation to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
You'll collaborate with Engineering, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure our cloud environments are scalable, secure, and observable.
What You'll Do
Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering
- Design, deploy, and support AWS-based cloud platforms using best practices for high availability, fault tolerance, and security
- Develop Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Optimize platform performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
- Improve reliability across distributed systems
CI/CD, Automation & AI Integration
- Design modern CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub, Harness, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
- Promote automation of infrastructure provisioning and application deployments
- Champion the use of AI-powered tooling to enhance:
- Pipeline optimization
- Intelligent testing and deployment strategies
- Incident detection and root cause analysis
- Operational insights and anomaly detection
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort through intelligent automation and platform improvements
Observability & Operational Excellence
- Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions
- Leverage advanced analytics and AI-assisted observability tools to improve system diagnostics
- Perform advanced troubleshooting across cloud and production environments
- Participate in an on-call rotation to support critical systems
Leadership & Collaboration
- Lead technical projects from design through implementation and operational support
- Promote DevOps best practices and a culture of continuous improvement
- Partner with Engineering, Security, and Data teams
- Contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and platform standards
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Systems Engineering roles
- 2+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and artifact management tools (GitHub, GitLab, Harness, Artifactory, CodePipeline)
- Expertise in AWS services and Linux-based environments
- Proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages
- Advanced English communication skills
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
- Experience with distributed systems, system architecture, and networking fundamentals
- Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Additional Information
Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's people-first, inclusive, and purpose-driven culture is multi award-winning: World's Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 26 countries, and more. Check out Experian Life on social or explore our Careers Site to understand why.
Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
This is a remote role in Costa Rica. No relocation available.
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