DevOps Architect (Remote - US or Canada)

Jobgether; Canada; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible work arrangements

Comprehensive healthcare coverage

Generous PTO and paid holidays

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

A technology firm is looking for an experienced DevOps Architect to lead design and automation for enterprise platforms. You will optimize CI/CD pipelines and manage Kubernetes-based infrastructure in a collaborative environment. Candidates should have over 10 years in DevOps and solid skills in Jenkins and Kubernetes. The position offers competitive salary and flexible remote work arrangements across the US and Canada.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE roles.
• Expertise in Jenkins for building robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Manage container orchestration with Kubernetes (EKS).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC.

Skills

Jenkins for CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes (EKS)

Scripting (Bash, Python, Groovy)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Overview

DevOps Architect (Remote - US or Canada)

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Architect to lead the design, automation, and operational excellence of enterprise-scale platforms. In this role, you will focus on building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, managing Kubernetes-based infrastructure, and enabling secure, scalable deployments. You will collaborate closely with platform engineers, SREs, and development teams to ensure reliability, observability, and continuous improvement of core systems. This hands-on position is ideal for professionals passionate about infrastructure automation, platform resiliency, and implementing modern DevOps best practices across diverse environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins for fast, repeatable, and secure deployments
• Manage container orchestration and deployment using Kubernetes (EKS) and Helm
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring to enhance application reliability and performance
• Collaborate with SRE and development teams to create tooling for observability, diagnostics, and resiliency
• Troubleshoot deployment issues and lead root cause analysis for platform-related incidents
• Implement advanced deployment strategies, including canary releases, blue/green deployments, and rollback mechanisms
• Ensure infrastructure and processes comply with security and audit standards using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE roles
• Expertise in Jenkins for building robust CI/CD pipelines
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, preferably AWS EKS, and Helm
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Groovy, and version control systems like Git
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Solid understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)
• Comfortable working in Agile environments with cross-functional teams
• Preferred: exposure to cloud-native technologies (ArgoCD, Flux, Kustomize), service mesh (Istio, Linkerd), SRE practices including SLIs/SLOs, and security/compliance automation (CIS benchmarks)

Benefits

• Competitive salary with compensation based on experience and expertise
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote options across the US and Canada
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision
• Generous PTO, paid holidays, and professional development opportunities
• Access to cutting-edge cloud and DevOps tools, and a collaborative, high-performing technical environment