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Sr. DevOps Engineer
emergiTEL is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer for our client in the fintech/cryptocurrency industry. This is a Permanent role.
Compensation: $150,000 - $170,000/year
Location: Etobicoke, Ontario
Location: Etobicoke, Ontario
Job Description (English)
The Role
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep AWS expertise, strong multi-account architecture experience, and proven leadership capability. This role owns cloud infrastructure strategy, CI/CD systems, security posture, observability, and infrastructure governance across production and regulated environments.
This is a hands-on role (approximately 80% execution, 20% mentoring and knowledge transfer) focused on building resilient, compliant, and highly available systems aligned with defined SLAs.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud engineering
- 7+ years owning and operating production AWS environments
- Deep expertise in AWS architecture, security, and networking
- Advanced Terraform experience in complex environments
- Strong CI/CD architecture experience (GitLab preferred)
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS
- Professional scripting experience in Python, Go, or Bash
- Experience in PCI-compliant or regulated fintech/crypto environments
- Strong understanding of SLAs and designing systems to meet them
- Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capability
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Multi-Account Strategy
- Design and manage AWS Organizations across multiple accounts
- Architect multi-region, highly available systems aligned with SLAs
- Design secure VPC and private subnet strategies, including Transit Gateways and VPN/NGINX tunnels
- Implement expert-level IAM governance (least privilege, SSO, Verified Permissions)
- Continuously evolve cloud architecture to meet fintech-grade reliability and compliance requirements
Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD Leadership
- Lead advanced Terraform implementations in complex, multi-account environments
- Design scalable Terraform 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 with deterministic builds
- Improve deployment velocity without compromising security
Containers, Orchestration & Observability
- Architect and operate Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS environments
- Manage ECR, image scanning, and auto-scaling strategies
- Implement observability using Datadog (preferred) or Prometheus/Thanos
- Define and manage SLIs and SLOs aligned to business SLAs
- Lead incident response, post-mortems, and root cause analysis
- Architect and operate AWS RDS databases
Security & Compliance
- Resolve CIS Benchmark and AWS Security Hub findings
- Harden AWS infrastructure and container workloads
- Manage secrets using HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager
- Support PCI and regulated fintech/crypto compliance requirements
- Strengthen cloud security controls across infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines
Edge, Connectivity & Cloudflare
- Manage Cloudflare services including Firewall, Zero Trust, WARP, Access, and DNS
- Design secure edge networking and connectivity patterns
- Support secure connectivity for crypto infrastructure components
- Lead and support cloud migration initiatives as required
FinOps & Governance
- Implement cost optimization and tagging strategies
- Identify and eliminate unused resources to reduce cloud waste
- Produce architecture documentation and operational runbooks
- Drive infrastructure governance, standards, and best practices
Preferred Certifications & Experience
- AWS Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02)
- AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional
- Hands-on Datadog experience
- Experience leading FinOps initiatives
- Cloudflare Zero Trust and WARP experience
- HashiCorp Vault experience
- Snowflake and dbt infrastructure experience
Vacancy Status / Statut du poste
This is an active position currently open for hiring. / Ce poste est activement ouvert au recrutement.
This is an active position currently open for hiring. / Ce poste est activement ouvert au recrutement.
Use of Artificial Intelligence / Utilisation de l'intelligence artificielle
emergiTEL uses artificial intelligence to help identify and source candidates for this role. All assessment and selection decisions are made by our recruiters, a human is always involved, and no applicant is evaluated or rejected by automated means alone.
emergiTEL uses artificial intelligence to help identify and source candidates for this role. All assessment and selection decisions are made by our recruiters, a human is always involved, and no applicant is evaluated or rejected by automated means alone.