Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Magnet Forensics


Job Location:

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 3 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who We Are; What We Do; Where Were Going
Magnet Forensics is a global leader in the development of digital investigative software that acquires analyzes and shares evidence from computers smartphones tablets and IoT-related devices. We are continually innovating so our customers can deploy advanced and effective tools to protect their companies communities and countries.
Serving thousands of customers globally our solutions are playing a crucial role in modernizing digital investigations helping investigators fight crime protect assets and guard national security.
With employees based around the world Magnet Forensics has been expanding our global presence. As a part of Magnet Forensics you can expect to make a difference in the world no matter what role you play. Youll be supported through learning and development not to mention an incredible team with unbelievable talent and integrity.
If you think you would be the right person to join our team working towards this goal we would love to hear from you!

Role Overview

Were seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our SaaS-Ops team within Shared Services Engineering. The team owns reliability and operational excellence for our highly available SaaS platform a production Kubernetes environment serving law enforcement and government customers globally.
This role requires deep AWS expertise infrastructure-as-code discipline and CI/CD best practices. Youll work closely with Application Platform and Security teams to drive secure-by-design architectures and improve automation and reliability across our cloud environments. Youll ship infrastructure as code respond to production incidents with discipline and drive platform modernization through deliberate roadmap execution.
As part of the SaaS-Ops team youll work in a high-performing environment where members take ownership of outcomes and operate with a strong sense of trust and autonomy. Youll identify challenges contribute to solutions raise concerns proactively support improvements and navigate situations requiring timely youre looking for your next challenge where infrastructure quality directly impacts realworld outcomes this role could be a great fit!
Note: This role includes participation in an on-call rotation.

What Youll Do

  • Own and operate production Kubernetes clusters (Amazon EKS) including upgrades scaling security hardening and cluster lifecycle management;
  • Design implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform; contribute to shared module libraries and enforce IaC standards across the team;

  • Manage and evolve Helm chart definitions and ArgoCD GitOps workflows for multi-region SaaS deployments;

  • Operate and maintain observability infrastructure including Grafana alerts dashboards and log pipelines. Act to eliminate noise and surface signal;

  • Contribute to pipeline reliability: identify flaky stages reduce build times improve developer experience across CI/CD pipelines;

  • Remediate security vulnerabilities (CVEs) in container images and infrastructure components; participate in compliance work including FedRAMP support activities;

  • Develop and maintain runbooks change management procedures and operational documentation;

  • Ensure alignment with internal policies and frameworks such as ISO 27001 SOC2 and NIST;

  • Contribute to AI-assisted tooling and automation (e.g. Claude-based Terraform agents automated triage tools) as part of the teams operational efficiency roadmap;

  • Participate in on-call incident response rotation; lead or support incident command during active production incidents including root cause analysis and post-incident review.

What Were Looking For

  • 5 years of industry experience with a trajectory that demonstrates growing depth in cloud infrastructure and SRE practices;

  • Managed production Kubernetes environments at scale: not just deployed workloads but owned cluster health upgrades and failure modes;

  • Responded to production incidents in high-stakes environments where downtime has real consequences;

  • Written and maintained Terraform at the module level not just as a consumer: understands state dependencies and the operational burden of drift;

  • Operated in an environment that uses GitOps: has a good understanding of Helm chart organization ArgoCD app-of-apps patterns or equivalent;

  • Balanced reactive operational work with proactive roadmap delivery; knows how to protect time for improvements while keeping production stable;

  • Worked with observability as a first-class discipline: built meaningful dashboards eliminated alert fatigue and used metrics to make operational decisions;

  • Contributed to security hardening in a regulated or compliance-adjacent environment: FedRAMP SOC 2 or similar frameworks are a strong asset.

Compensation & Benefits

The Compensation range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. Please note that the actual compensation may vary depending on location and job-related factors such as qualifications experience knowledge and skills. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location and you are selected for an interview the Talent Acquisition Partner can share more information with you. If the compensation structure for the role includes an incentive component (i.e. most Sales roles) the range below represents total target compensation (TTC) (base salary variable).
$110000 - $160000 (CDN) a year
Position Type: Current Vacancy

Magnet is proud to offer benefits such as:
- Generous time off policies
- Competitive compensation
- Volunteer opportunities
- Reward and recognition programs
- Employee committees & resource groups
- Healthcare and retirement benefits
Indicators of Success
Were looking for someone who checks off most but not all of the boxes listed in skills and experiences. Its more important to us to find candidates who can display indicators of success through skills they have developed and experiences they have been a part of than to find folks who have been there done that. We want to be part of your development journey and well learn as much from you as you learn from us.
How We Work
At Magnet Forensics we take a hybrid-flexible approach to support your productivity and work-life balance. If youre within a comfortable travel distance to one of our offices youll occasionally join us in person. How often youll come in depends on your department and team needs typically ranging from weekly to monthly. These in-person moments help us build stronger connections spark new ideas and celebrate our successes together. Most days you can choose what works best for you while staying in tune with your teams goals.
Were excited to welcome you to our team and look forward to achieving great things together - both in the office and wherever you work best!
The Most Important Thing
Were looking for candidates that can provide examples of how they have demonstrated Magnet CODE in their previous experiences:
CARE We care about each other and our mission to make a difference in the world.
OWN We are accountable for our results while never forgetting to act with integrity empathy and respect.
DEDICATE We put our heart and soul into meeting the needs of our customers and helping them serve the people they protect.
EVOLVE We are constantly innovating and exploring new ways to work together to make an impact with our work.
Here at Magnet Forensics we are committed to continuous learning and are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. This commitment will be reflected in our hiring processes and embedded in our values and how we treat one another. If youre interested in this role but do not meet all of the qualifications listed above we encourage you to apply anyways.
Magnet Forensics is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race colour religion sex orientation national origin age disability genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal provincial or local law. We are committed to providing an inclusive accessible recruitment process and work environment. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request throughout the hiring process. Please contact emailprotectedshould you require any accommodations.
All offers of employment at Magnet are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a background check. All background checks will be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws. Magnet will consider each positions job duties among other factors in determining what constitutes satisfactory completion of the background check. Refusal to consent to a background check may be grounds for revoking an offer of employment.
US Applicants: Magnet Forensics participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Magnet Forensics handles and uses personal data of job applicants in line with itsRecruitment Privacy Policyfoundhere.
Magnet does not use artificial intelligence (defined as a machine-based system that infers from input to generate outputs such as predictions content recommendations or decisions) for screening assessing or selecting applicants. Should this practice change we will update this disclosure accordingly.

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Who We Are; What We Do; Where Were GoingMagnet Forensics is a global leader in the development of digital investigative software that acquires analyzes and shares evidence from computers smartphones tablets and IoT-related devices. We are continually innovating so our customers can deploy advanced a...

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