About US

Founded in 1993, Trafigura is one of the largest independent employee-owned commodities groups in the world with over 12,000 people working across more than 60 offices. The Trafigura Group owns global multi-metals producer Nyrstar; fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy; and joint ventures Impala Terminals, a port and logistics provider, and Nalo Renewables, investing in wind, solar and battery storage projects.

Main purpose

Within this role, the candidate will provide requirements capture and distilled business vision for multiple projects and activities within the trading division in IT department, as well as managing expectations of the key business stakeholders and working closely with the project manager for delivery of these projects.

Key responsibilities

• Focus on implementation, support and management On-Prem and Cloud (AWS mainly) infrastructure.

• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Gitlab CI or other similar platform.

• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Implement security best practices, manage secretes and ensure compliance with Traf IT Security Policies.

• Work closely with development teams to improve deployment process and systems reliability.

• Work in AI projects applied to industrial equipment productivity.

• Drive to closure new requests in parallel to on-going projects by prioritizing activities.

• Coordinate with vendors as well internal teams located all around the globe.

Required qualifications

• Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle.

• Experience DevOps practices

• Experience on OT systems, supporting industrial processes either on-site or remotely.

• Nice to have experience on implementing IoT solutions to improve operational efficiency.

• Excellent level of English, verbal and written, equivalent to C1.

• Excellent level of Spanish, verbal and written, equivalent to C2 or native.

Attributes for success

• Detail oriented

• Good communication skills (verbal and written)

• Critical thinker

• Problem solver

• Team player

• Growth mindset

Department overview

The key relationships of the role will be with the Local and Global IT Teams as well as other Local and Global departments such as IT Infrastructure, Accounting and Operations.

Montevideo IT Trading Team is a growing team leading the Digital Transformation across the Region as well as playing an active role on projects lead from the Head Quarters.

Equal opportunity employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce! We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.

This job posting comprises the law No 19691 and its decree No 73/019, which includes the people registered in the National Register of disabled people who have the skills and aptitude for the position described in the present posting.