Senior Devops Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer who will play a role in updating the state of our infrastructure, automation, and operational excellence. This role requires a deep understanding of systems, networking, monitoring, and security, with a strong bias toward automation, reliability and scale. The ideal candidate will be a technical leader, helping to shape the direction of infrastructure and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Implementation of infrastructure automation, monitoring, and system reliability practices committed to providing 100% service availability.
• Able to perform forensic system administration, troubleshooting unfamiliar Linux systems and services.
• Demonstrates a SecOps mindset with a focus on secure automation and hardened Linux system administration.
• Champion the use and advancement of DevOps best practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and zero-touch provisioning.
• Utilize best practices in release management, incident management, capacity planning, and operational readiness.
• Instrumentation of services with visualization to speed triage (lower MTTR) allowing no direct access to systems.
• Exerts technical influence horizontally—up and laterally to fellow seniors, and down to the team.
• Acts as a mentor to DevOps and engineering team members; share knowledge and foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• Proactively identify and implement opportunities to increase system resiliency.
• Implement technical direction around infrastructure, cloud, networking (BGP), and automation strategy.
• Own and improve standard operating procedures and system documentation.
• Research, prototype, and implement new technologies across cloud, virtualization, and hardware platforms.

Requirements

• Strong Linux systems administration background with a deep understanding of how Linux interacts with hardware (CPU, memory, disk, networking).
• Advanced proficiency in scripting and automation using Ansible, Bash, Python, Packer, and Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, IAM, VPC, etc.) and provisioning tools like Terraform and Packer.
• Experience with datacenter operations including racking, stacking, and remote system management.
• Proven ability to manage and configure systems at scale with zero-touch provisioning approaches.
• Solid understanding of networking within a linux environment (Router -> Switch -> Server -> Virtualization -> Linux -> Service); BGP and DNS experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Passion for operational excellence, security, and performance.
• Ability to self-manage, communicate effectively, and collaborate with diverse technical teams.
• Willingness and ability to learn new technologies as required.

Skills

• Experience with Kentik, Splunk, or similar network visibility and observability platforms.
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD tools and pipeline architecture.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs following coding best practices.
• Understanding of release management processes in large-scale environments.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings programs with company matching (401(k) or RRSP).
• Generous paid time off, including holidays, and vacation.
• Paid parental leave and family support benefits.
• Life and disability coverage.
• Flexible spending and health savings options (where applicable).
• Health and wellness support, including gym reimbursement and wellness programs.
• Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential support for employees and families.
• Education assistance and professional development opportunities.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning and continuous learning resources.
• Internal rewards and recognition platform (Motivosity) to celebrate and acknowledge project wins, milestone achievements, and the outstanding contributions of our colleagues.
• Business travel insurance and global employee support programs.

Pay

The annualized base salary range for this position is $130,000 USD - $160,000 USD.

Schedule

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