High Tech Genesis

SRE/DevSecOps Engineer

High Tech Genesis

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Origin:  • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSJenkinsKubernetesPostgresPythonTerraform

About the role

  • Allowed Staffing Countries: Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico or Brazil, (Remote)
  • Term: Contract
  • High Tech Genesis is seeking a 3-month contractor who can hit the ground running to support our SaaS platform on AWS.
  • Kubernetes/EKS Operations – Manage, troubleshoot, and optimize workloads on EKS; handle Helm-based deployments.
  • Postgres/Patroni Administration – Support and troubleshoot HA Postgres clusters (Patroni), including replication, failover, and performance tuning.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Build and maintain Terraform modules for AWS networking, compute, and storage (Transit Gateway, VPC endpoints, IAM, Security Groups).
  • RBAC & IAM – Design and troubleshoot IAM policies, roles, and RBAC permissions across AWS and Kubernetes.
  • Storage Troubleshooting – Debug and optimize EFS/EBS performance and availability issues.
  • Automation & Scripting – Write automation in Python and Bash to improve reliability and streamline infrastructure operations.
  • CI/CD & DevSecOps – Support GitLab CI/CD pipelines, integrate security scanning (SAST/DAST, Trivy, SonarQube), and enforce best practices.
  • Data & Application Migration – Lead migration efforts for GitLab, Harbor artifacts, MinIO data, and SaaS applications.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration – Partner with SRE, platform, and application engineers to unblock teams and stabilize environments.
  • AI-Enhanced Engineering – Leverage AmazonQ or similar AI tools for faster troubleshooting and automation.

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on with AWS core services: Transit Gateway, VPC Endpoints, IAM, Security Groups, EFS, and EBS
  • Deep expertise with EKS, Helm, Terraform, Kubernetes RBAC, and troubleshooting at scale
  • Proven experience with Postgres/Patroni administration and troubleshooting
  • Advanced automation in Python (preferred) and Bash
  • CI/CD experience (GitLab/Jenkins or equivalent)
  • Strong troubleshooting mindset — ability to debug infra, networking, and storage issues quickly
  • Experience with large-scale migrations of environments, data, and applications
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps practices (secrets management, vulnerability scanning, compliance automation)
  • Desired skills: Familiarity with AmazonQ or similar AI coding assistants
  • Hands-on with Harbor, MinIO, ArgoCD/GitOps workflows
  • Certifications: AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA/CKS
  • Cost-optimization experience in AWS