Sr. DevOps Engineer
Senior DevOps Engineer owning AWS cloud infrastructure for a fintech/crypto client in Etobicoke, ON (hybrid): multi-account AWS architecture, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, EKS/ECS containers, PCI-grade security and compliance, Datadog observability, and Cloudflare edge. Roughly 80% hands-on execution, 20% mentoring.
- Compensation
- 150K–170K / yr
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 7–10 years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud engineering
- 5+ years owning and operating production AWS environments
- Deep expertise in AWS architecture, security, and networking
- Advanced Terraform experience in complex, multi-account 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
Nice to have
- AWS Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) certification
- AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional certification
- Hands-on Datadog experience
- Experience leading FinOps initiatives
- Cloudflare Zero Trust and WARP experience
- HashiCorp Vault experience
- Snowflake and dbt infrastructure experience
Full description
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/yearLocation: 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