Senior DevOps Engineer

Rival Technologies

Senior DevOps Engineer leading and mentoring the DevOps team at Rival Technologies. Designing scalable infrastructure and implementing best practices for enterprise software delivery.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$110,000 - CA$150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerGoJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesNode.jsPythonRayTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, providing guidance, support, and career development opportunities.
Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure using AWS, including integration with other 3rd party platforms.
Automate and optimize infrastructure management tasks using infrastructure as Code like Terraform, Cloudformation, AWS CDK.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient, secure and high-quality code deployment. Assess risk and mitigation strategies during the software delivery lifecycle.
Monitor and maintain system performance, ensuring high availability and reliability of all production systems.
Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues, providing root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures.
Conduct regular security audits with our Security team, implementing necessary measures to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
Represents the DevOps team at Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings and signs-off releases.
Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies, continuously improving and evolving the DevOps processes and tools.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in DevOps, Systems Engineering, or a related field, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
Strong experience with cloud platforms, ideally with AWS.
Proficent coding using one or more of these languages: Javascript/NodeJS/Typescript, Python, Go.
Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestrations using Terraform. AWS CloudFormation, AWS SDK, Shell scripts.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket Pipeline, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
Experience in containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like AWS ECS/Kubernetes.
Solid understanding and knowledge of cloud networking, cloud and pipeline security measures, and monitoring tools such as Datadog and AWS X-Ray.
Experience with translation of security controls and configurations into code and integrate in deployment pipelines.
Experience working with databases and big data sets.
Experience in a 24x7 production environment, troubleshooting skills at all levels (e.g. application, data, network, configuration, host, etc.)
Ability to articulate technical problems in written, diagram and verbal forms.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and departments. (Engineering, QA, Product Management, etc.)

Benefits

Comp & perks

RRSP plan with employer matching
Parental leave top up
Remote working model and home office benefits
3 weeks of vacation as the standard
Employer-paid health and dental plan
Generous sick, personal, and mental health days
$1,000 annual enhanced mental health benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

DevOpsAWSTerraformCloudFormationAWS CDKCI/CDJavascriptPythonGoDocker

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationtroubleshootingproblem-solvingcareer developmentrisk assessmentroot cause analysisarticulation

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science