DevOps Engineer (Automation Systems) - Freelance AI Trainer in Italy, Texas at Jobgether

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a DevOps Engineer (Automation Systems) - Freelance AI Trainer in Italy.

This role focuses on building, scaling, and maintaining robust infrastructure that powers automation workflows in a hybrid AI-human environment. You will be responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability of systems that support large-scale automated processes. Working in a remote freelance setup, you will combine DevOps expertise with automation systems knowledge to design scalable architectures and optimize system performance. The position involves hands-on infrastructure management, monitoring setup, and troubleshooting in high-load environments. You will collaborate with AI-driven agents while ensuring systems remain stable, observable, and fault-tolerant. This is a highly technical opportunity for engineers who enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and improving automation at scale.

• Deploy, configure, and maintain self-hosted automation environments such as n8n or similar workflow systems.
• Design and manage scalable infrastructure to support high-volume automation workflows and data processing tasks.
• Ensure system reliability, uptime, and fault tolerance across distributed automation pipelines.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to track performance and detect failures.
• Set up alerts for critical system events such as node failures, performance degradation, or workflow disruptions.
• Optimize infrastructure to handle concurrent workloads and performance-intensive operations.
• Support scaling strategies to ensure systems remain stable under increasing demand.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and independently resolve system-level performance problems.
• Continuously improve deployment workflows and automation reliability.

Requirements:

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or backend systems management.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms, server environments, and deployment pipelines.
• Proven ability to design and maintain high-availability and scalable systems.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (metrics, logs, uptime monitoring).
• Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker or equivalent technologies.
• Solid understanding of system performance optimization, scaling strategies, and fault tolerance principles.
• Experience supporting automation platforms or high-frequency workflow systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to work independently in complex environments.
• High attention to detail and strong focus on system reliability and stability.
• Ability to manage infrastructure in remote and self-directed work environments.
• Upper-intermediate or higher English proficiency (B2+ required).
• Nice to have: portfolio or examples of infrastructure, monitoring, or scaling systems.

Benefits:

• Fully remote freelance opportunity with flexible working schedule.
• Work on cutting-edge AI + automation hybrid infrastructure systems.
• Opportunity to build and scale high-impact, real-world automation environments.
• Competitive compensation of up to $60/hour depending on experience and contribution.
• Performance-based bonus opportunities.
• Exposure to advanced infrastructure, DevOps, and AI-driven workflows.
• High autonomy with ownership over infrastructure design and reliability.
• Opportunity to work on scalable, high-availability systems in a fast-growing technical field.