SecOps Developer

textnowinc; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 113,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Annual performance-based bonus

Job summary

TextNow is seeking a SecOps/SRE professional to secure, monitor, and automate response within our infrastructure in Canada. You will design secure, scalable systems, enforce IaC practices, and participate in on-call incident response while collaborating with engineering teams to embed security across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes hands-on use of AWS security tools, Terraform, Ansible, and CrowdStrike, with a focus on automated compliance and secure configurations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Security Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, or DevSecOps, with cloud security and automation focus.
• Hands-on with AWS security services, GitHub security controls, Terraform and Ansible for secure infra.
• Incident response experience and ability to remediate security risks with engineering teams.
• Proactive security monitoring, logging, and anomaly detection capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security-focused infrastructure for reliability and scalability.
• Develop and enforce security automation and IaC practices with Terraform, Ansible, and AWS tools.
• Participate in on-call rotations to respond to incidents and investigate threats.
• Improve monitoring, logging, and alerting to detect anomalies and suspicious activity.
• Manage IAM roles, permissions, and policies to enforce least privilege across cloud and internal systems.
• Collaborate with DevOps, engineering, and compliance to embed security in the SDLC.

Skills

SecOps

SRE

DevSecOps

Cloud security

Automation

Incident response

Threat detection

On-call

Tools

AWS security services

GitHub security controls

Terraform

Ansible

CrowdStrike

SIEM

IDS

Job description

TextNow is on a mission to make communications affordable and accessible for everyone. As a full MVNO operating our own mobile core network over LTE and 5G NSA, we have the unique advantage of controlling our network infrastructure end-to-end. We operate the HSS, PGW, and other critical network functions, giving us the flexibility to innovate and deliver exceptional service to millions of users.

About the Role

Join us in our mission to break down barriers to communication and free the flow of conversation for people everywhere.

T extNow is looking for a new SecOps team member to secure, monitor , and enable automated response within our infrastructure.

What You'll Do

• Ensure Secure & Reliable Systems: Design, implement, and maintain security-focused infrastructure to protect TextNow's services while ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Security Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Develop and enforce best practices using Terraform, Ansible, Crowdstrike , and AWS security tools , ensuring secure configurations, automated compliance checks, and infrastructure as code.
• Threat Detection & Incident Response: Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to security incidents, investigate vulnerabilities, and implement proactive measures to prevent future threats. Work closely with engineering teams to remediate security risks.
• Monitoring & Logging for Security: Improve observability by implementing security monitoring solutions, logging best practices, and alerting mechanisms to detect anomalies and suspicious activity.
• Access Control & Identity Management: Manage IAM roles, permissions, and policies to ensure least privilege access and enforce security controls across cloud and internal systems.
• Collaboration & Security Advocacy: Work with DevOps, engineering, and compliance teams to integrate security best practices into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and promote a security-first culture.
• Continuous Security Improvement: Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities, conduct security assessments, and implement automated security scanning and hardening techniques.

Who You Ar e

• Experienced in SecOps & SRE: You have 5 + years of experience in Security Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, or DevSecOps , with a strong understanding of cloud security, system reliability, and automation.
• Hands-On with Security Tools & Cloud Platforms: Proficient with AWS security services, GitHub security controls, Terraform for secure infrastructure provisioning, and Ansible for automated security configurations.
• Incident Response & Threat Management: Experienced in handling security incidents, analyzing threats, and implementing remediation strategies to improve system defenses.
• Proactive in Security Monitoring & Hardening : Strong background in logging, monitoring, and anomaly detection using tools like SIEMs, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and cloud-native security solutions .
• Experience working with development teams to integrate security best practices into the SDLC (e.g., static and dynamic code analysis).
• Collaborative & Security-Minded: Passionate about working with engineering teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines , enforce security policies, threat modeling, and risk assessments, and drive a security-first mindset across the organizatio n .

Why TextNow?

• Rare opportunity to own a mobile core network at a full MVNO-not just configure someone else's
• High-impact role: your work directly affects millions of users' connectivity
• Small, senior team where your decisions and leadership shape the platform's direction
• Collaborative, low-ego engineering organization
• Competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits

The expected base salary range for this role is:

• Canada Intermediate: CAD $113,400 - $162,000 annually
• Canada Senior: CAD $158,000 - 207,000 annually
• Canada Staff: CAD $200,400 - 248,000 annually

This role does not require or confer professional engineer status.

Our total rewards package goes beyond base salary. We offer a comprehensive benefits program, an annual performance-based bonus, and equity opportunities that ensure you share in the success you help create.

More about TextNow

Our culture

We're proud of the culture that we've built at TextNow, but one of the most common questions we hear is 'how do you continue to sustain it as the world and the company continues to change?' The reality is that we're only able to keep up because each and every TextNovian contributes to ou