DevOps Engineer

IQ PARTNERS Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A Toronto-based tech company seeks a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their team in building reliable and scalable infrastructure for a video software platform. The ideal candidate has strong experience with AWS, configuration management, and CI/CD practices, along with solid scripting skills. You will automate deployments, enhance monitoring, and ensure systems efficiency. The role offers competitive salary and benefits in a dynamic startup environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity package

Collaborative startup environment

Modern office in Midtown Toronto

Health and wellness benefits

Qualifications

• Strong experience with configuration management systems is essential.
• Expertise with Git administration and CI/CD pipelines is required.
• Solid Linux system administration experience is a must.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services is critical.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is necessary.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash and Python are important.

Responsibilities

• Automate installation and deployment of software on AWS and k3s.
• Build and maintain scripts to configure and optimize solutions.
• Improve deployment pipelines focusing on reliability and scalability.
• Implement best practices for security and automation.

Skills

Configuration management systems (Ansible, Chef)

Infrastructure as code tools (Terraform)

Git administration and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI)

Linux system administration

AWS services (EC2, AutoScaling, CloudWatch, RDS, S3, CloudFormation)

Docker

Kubernetes

Scripting in Bash and Python

Tools

AWS

Terraform

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Zabbix

ELK stack

Job description

Our client, a Toronto-based tech company, is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join their team and help build reliable, automated, and scalable infrastructure for their cutting‑edge video software platform. You will play a key role in streamlining deployments, monitoring, and troubleshooting across AWS and Kubernetes (k3s) environments, ensuring that systems remain robust, secure, and efficient.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate the installation and deployment of the software on customers’ infrastructure – AWS and k3s.
• Build and maintain scripts to configure, test, and optimize our solutions.
• Continuously improve deployment pipelines with a focus on reliability and scalability.
• Implement and enforce best practices for security, monitoring, and infrastructure automation.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate CI/CD practices and support smooth releases and updates for all customers.
• Maintain production deployments, upgrades, health monitoring of services, and work with software engineers on new metrics to increase observability.

Requirements

• Strong experience with configuration management systems (Ansible, Chef) and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform).
• Expertise with Git administration and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI).
• Solid Linux system administration experience.
• Hands‑on expertise with AWS services: EC2, AutoScaling, CloudWatch, RDS, S3, CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm Charts.
• Experience with Semaphore UI.
• Familiarity with VMWare vSphere.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash and Python.
• Understanding of network technologies and protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, TLS).

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of software build tools: GNU Make, Meson, Autotools, SCons, Gradle.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Zabbix).
• Hands‑on experience managing centralized logging systems (ELK stack).

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Work in a collaborative and fast‑moving startup environment.
• Modern office space in the heart of Midtown Toronto.
• Health and wellness benefits.

IQ PARTNERS is committed to operating an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment and selection process, and we encourage candidates of every race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience to apply for this position. We’d be happy to provide accommodation for any candidate that requires assistance due to a disability or medical need. Please contact us at 416‑599‑4700 or by email at [e-mail] to discuss specific accommodations.

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