DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS

THE ROLE
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep AWS expertise multi-account architecture experience and strong leadership capability. This role owns our cloud infrastructure strategy CI/CD systems security posture observability stack and infrastructure governance across production and regulated environments.
This is a hands-on technical role with a strong emphasis on execution (80%) complemented by mentoring coaching and knowledge transfer (20%) to other team members. The role is responsible for designing and delivering resilient systems that meet SLAs while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.
This position will be based out of our office in Etobicoke ON and will have a hybrid work schedule.

WHAT YOULL BE DOING
Cloud Architecture & Multi-Account Strategy
Design and manage AWS Organizations across multiple accounts
Architect multi-region highly available systems aligned with defined SLAs
Design secure VPC/private subnet strategies Transit Gateways VPN/NGINX tunnels
Implement expert-level IAM governance (least privilege Verified Permissions SSO)
Continuously evolve cloud architecture to support fintech-grade reliability and
compliance

Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD Leadership

Lead advanced Terraform implementations across multi-account environments
Design scalable module architecture and state management strategies
Own and scale GitLab CI/CD pipelines and SaaS runners
Build AMI pipelines and infrastructure automation using Python Go or Bash
aiming deterministic builds
Improve deployment velocity without compromising security

Containers Orchestration & Observability

Architect and operate Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS environments
Manage ECR image scanning auto-scaling
Implement observability using Datadog (preferred) or Prometheus/Thanos
Define SLIs/SLOs aligned to business SLAs
Lead incident response and root cause analysis
Architect and operate RDS databases

Security & Compliance

Resolve CIS Benchmark and Security Hub findings
Harden AWS environments and container workloads
Manage secrets via Vault or AWS Secrets Manager
Support PCI or regulated fintech/crypto requirements
Strengthen our cloud security stack across infrastructure and pipelines

Edge Connectivity & Cloudflare

Manage Cloudflare infrastructure (Firewall WARP Zero Trust Access DNS)
Design secure edge networking and connectivity patterns
Support secure connectivity for crypto infrastructure components
Lead cloud migration efforts when required

FinOps & Governance

Implement cost optimization and tagging strategies
Clean up unused resources and reduce cloud waste
Build architecture documentation and operational runbooks
Drive infrastructure governance and platform standards

WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR
710 years in IT infrastructure/cloud engineering
5 years owning production AWS environments
Deep AWS architecture expertise (multi-account security stack networking)
Advanced Terraform experience in complex environments
Strong CI/CD architecture experience (GitLab preferred)

Strong Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS experience
Professional scripting experience (Python Go or Bash)
Experience working in PCI-compliant or regulated fintech/crypto environments
Strong understanding of SLAs and building systems around them
Leadership capability able to mentor and influence engineering standards
AWS Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C02)
Additional AWS certifications (DevOps Engineer Professional)
Hands-on Datadog experience
Experience leading FinOps programs
Experience with Cloudflare Zero Trust & WARP
Experience with HashiCorp Vault
Experience with Snowflake/dbt infrastructure

WHAT YOULL LOVE
Competitive Salary & Benefits
RRSP Group Matching Program
Hybrid Work Environment
Professional Development
Team Culture & Events
Impactful Work