Hire a DevOps Engineer from Latin America
Infrastructure and automation experts for 50-60% less. Keep your systems reliable and your deploys fast.
DevOps Engineer Salary Comparison
US vs Latin America — monthly rates
| Seniority | US Salary | LATAM Salary | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior (1-3 yrs) | $7,500/mo | $3,000/mo | 60% |
| Mid-Level (3-5 yrs) | $11,500/mo | $5,000/mo | 57% |
| Senior (5+ yrs) | $16,000/mo | $7,500/mo | 53% |
Source: Nexus placement data & Levels.fyi averages. Updated February 2026.
Transparent Pricing
No hidden fees. What you see is what you pay.
Placement
We source and vet DevOps Engineers. You integrate them into your engineering team.
- ✓Sourcing & vetting
- ✓Infrastructure & CI/CD assessments
- ✓English proficiency tests
- ✓Candidate shortlist (3-5)
Staffing
Full-service: hiring, onboarding, payroll, and compliance handled by Nexus.
- ✓Everything in Placement
- ✓Onboarding support
- ✓Payroll management
- ✓Compliance & contracts
Teams
Build a platform/infrastructure team with DevOps, SRE, and cloud specialists.
- ✓Everything in Staffing
- ✓Team coordination
- ✓On-call rotation support
- ✓Scalable on demand
Key Skills We Vet For
How Nexus Vets DevOps Engineer Candidates
Only the top 3% of applicants pass our process
Infrastructure Challenge
Hands-on assessment: set up a CI/CD pipeline, containerize an app, and deploy to a cloud environment.
English Proficiency
Conversational evaluation for incident communication, documentation writing, and cross-team collaboration.
Cultural Fit
Assessment of incident response mindset, on-call reliability, and experience in fast-paced engineering organizations.
Reference Checks
Verification of uptime records, deployment frequency, and feedback from previous engineering managers.
3 Steps to Your New DevOps Engineer
Tell Us What You Need
1 day
Share your infrastructure — cloud provider, deployment targets, team size, and key challenges.
Review Pre-Vetted Candidates
7-14 days
We present 3-5 DevOps Engineers with experience in your cloud stack and toolchain.
Start Working Together
Day 21
Your DevOps Engineer gets access to your infrastructure. We support secure onboarding.
Frequently Asked Questions
LATAM DevOps Engineers cost $3,000-$7,500/month depending on seniority, versus $7,500-$16,000/month in the US. Savings of 53-60%. Transparent pricing, no hidden markups.
Many do. We have engineers with AWS Solutions Architect, GCP Professional, and Azure certifications. We can filter for certified candidates if required.
Yes. Our LATAM DevOps Engineers work in US-aligned time zones and many are experienced with on-call setups, PagerDuty, and incident response protocols.
Terraform, Pulumi, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Helm, and more. We match to your existing toolchain.
Average 21 days. DevOps is a specialized role, so it takes slightly longer to match. We present candidates within 7-14 days.
We vet for security awareness and all candidates sign NDAs. You control IAM permissions and access levels. We recommend least-privilege access during onboarding.
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