DevOps Platform Engineer (Terraform/EKS/AWS)

Iris Software Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Iris Software Inc. in Toronto, hybrid, is seeking a senior DevOps Platform Engineer to design and operate scalable Terraform-based infrastructure on AWS and EKS. The role emphasizes owning CI/CD pipelines, GitOps patterns, and platform automation, with collaboration across security, architecture, and application teams.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software or DevOps, strong Python, deep Kubernetes/EKS expertise, and hands-on Terraform, Argo CD, and Jenkins experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps experience.
• Strong software development experience in Python.
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform.
• Strong hands-on experience with Argo CD.
• Strong hands-on experience with Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Improve CI/CD reliability and deployment velocity.
• Expand self-service platform capabilities.
• Standardize GitOps and infrastructure automation patterns.
• Reduce operational toil through automation.
• Improve platform observability and operational excellence.
• Establish reusable platform templates and deployment blueprints.
• Enable teams to consume platform services with minimal manual intervention.
• Identify gaps, propose solutions, and proactively execute improvements.
• Collaborate effectively across platform, security, architecture, and application teams.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

EKS

CI/CD

Cloud/AWS

DevOps

Tools

Terraform

Argo CD

Jenkins

Job description

Iris's client, one of the world's largest multinational investment banking and financial services corporation is looking to hire a DevOps Platform Engineer (Terraform/EKS/AWS) Our direct client is a is a world-leading financial services company, provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial services and products.

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Duration: 24+ Months

Job Description:

• Need a senior developer who understand SageOps and container management - Dealing with container images, versioning, branching, integration with CI/CD.
• Ideal Candidate will be a blend of Platform Engineer, DevOps / Software Engineer. Someone who can write code in the morning, build Terraform modules in the afternoon, troubleshoot EKS networking in the evening, and continuously improve the platform without being asked. This role will be required to be in the Toronto office to work with the team 3-4x/week.

Additionally, the candidate would be able to perform the following:

• Improve CI/CD reliability and deployment velocity.
• Expand self-service platform capabilities.
• Standardize GitOps and infrastructure automation patterns.
• Reduce operational toil through automation.
• Improve platform observability and operational excellence.
• Establish reusable platform templates and deployment blueprints.
• Enable teams to consume platform services with minimal manual intervention
• Identify gaps, propose solutions, and proactively execute improvements.
• Collaborate effectively across platform, security, architecture, and application teams.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps experience.
• Strong software development experience in Python.
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform.
• Strong hands-on experience with Argo CD.Strong hands-on experience with Jenkins.

About Iris Software Inc.

Iris Software, Inc. (registered as SSA Infosystems in Canada) is a CMMi Level 5 New Jersey based company providing information technology solutions to clients nationwide for over 30 years. Iris has been growing at over 100% annually. In a program sponsored by Price Waterhouse, PNC Bank and Marsh, Iris has been honored for being

- One of New Jersey's Finest 25 companies for the year 2001 and 2002.

- Iris is also ranked 75th among Inc 500 s list of privately held companies for year 2001.

- NJ Technology FAST 50 Company for year 2002.

In a competitive industry, we distinguish ourselves by reliability, technical expertise and a history of successfully completed projects for clients ranging from mid-sized to Fortune 1000 companies.