Senior DevOps Engineer

Modern Campus Inc; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private stock options

Medical and dental insurance

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

Modern Campus Inc. is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate robust cloud infrastructure supporting our higher education products.

You will own infra from design to production, partner with Development and Information Security, and mentor engineers while participating in on-call rotations. The role emphasizes strong Kubernetes experience, Terraform/Ansible/Helm/Argo CD, and production-grade automation on AWS with EKS and ECS/Fargate, along with a focus on reliability,

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years in infrastructure and 5+ years in automation-focused roles.
• Strong hands-on production Kubernetes experience, including upgrades, networking, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong networking skills, including routing, firewalls, and secure connectivity such as VPNs or SSH tunnels.
• Strong AWS experience across networking, IAM, compute, storage, load balancing, and managed databases.
• Ability to write maintainable automation in Python, Go, PowerShell, or another suitable language, plus shell scripting.
• Practical experience with Terraform, containers, Helm, and Git-based deployment workflows (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD).
• Experience diagnosing application and database issues using metrics, logs, traces, and monitoring tools.
• Demonstrated ability to independently deliver complex work and communicate technical decisions across teams.
• Technical leadership across teams is helpful; modernization and self-service tooling are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate AWS infrastructure including production workloads on EKS and ECS/Fargate.
• Own infrastructure projects from design through deployment, rollback planning, documentation, and handoff.
• Develop infrastructure as code and deployment automation using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and Argo CD.
• Build and maintain deployment pipelines and automation with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and related tools.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and applications across OS, networking, containers, runtimes, and DB dependencies.
• Improve monitoring, performance and cost efficiency; implement security controls with Information Security; plan backups and disaster recovery.
• Contribute to technical standards, design reviews, and mentor engineers; participate in on-call rotations and incident response.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

EKS

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Argo CD

CI/CD pipelines

Python/Go/PowerShell

Linux administration

Networking

Monitoring

Incident response

On-call rotation

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Argo CD

Job description

• Modern Campus is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to build, operate, and improve the cloud infrastructure supporting our higher education products
• Our environment is primarily AWS, with additional workloads in Microsoft Azure
• You will bring strong production Kubernetes experience, infrastructure automation skills, and sound judgment when working with customer-facing systems
• You will own engineering work from design through production operation, partnering with Development and Information Security to modernize applications, improve reliability, and reduce manual work
• You will also contribute to technical direction, mentor engineers, and participate in the on-call rotation
• For candidates with demonstrated technical leadership across teams, we are open to discussing a broader scope and level
• Design, build, and operate AWS infrastructure, including production workloads on Amazon EKS and ECS/Fargate
• Own infrastructure projects through design, testing, deployment, rollback planning, documentation, and operational handoff
• Develop infrastructure as code, deployment automation, and reusable platform capabilities using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and Argo CD
• Build and maintain deployment pipelines and automation, partnering with Development on application modernization, scaling, validation, production readiness, and rollback procedures
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues across operating systems, networking, containers, application runtimes, and database dependencies
• Improve monitoring, performance, and cost efficiency; implement security controls in partnership with Information Security; maintain platform upgrades and patching, and test backup restoration and disaster recovery procedures
• Contribute to technical standards and design reviews, mentor engineers, and work with management to prioritize risks and improvements
• Participate in the on-call rotation, lead incident diagnosis, and carry out planned maintenance. Communicate clearly during incidents and use follow-up work, automation, and runbooks to reduce recurring issues

Benefits

• Private stock options
• Collaborative work environment
• Medical and dental insurance

A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experienceSubstantial infrastructure and DevOps experience, typically eight or more years in infrastructure and five or more years in automation-focused roles, or equivalent demonstrated expertiseStrong hands‑on production Kubernetes experience, including upgrades, networking, access controls, scaling, and troubleshooting. Amazon EKS experience is strongly preferredStrong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including DNS, HTTP/TLS, and system performanceStrong practical networking and troubleshooting skills, including routing, firewalls, and secure connectivity such as site-to-site VPNs or SSH tunnelsStrong AWS experience across networking, IAM, compute, storage, load balancing, and managed databasesAbility to write maintainable automation in Python, Go, PowerShell, or another suitable language, alongside shell scriptingPractical experience with Terraform, containers, Helm, and Git-based deployment workflows, including building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or comparable toolsExperience diagnosing application and database issues using metrics, logs, traces, and monitoring toolsDemonstrated ability to independently deliver complex work, make safe production changes, and communicate technical decisions across teamsExperience in one or more of the following areas is helpful but not requiredTechnical leadership across teams, including architecture, standards, mentoring, and adoption of shared capabilitiesModernizing established applications and building self-service toolingExperience with Argo CD or AnsibleExperience supporting technologies such as Windows, Java/JVM, web servers, relational databases, Kafka/MSK, or OpenSearchExperience with Microsoft Azure or assessing and integrating unfamiliar infrastructure through acquisitions or migrationsExperience with Keycloak or similar identity platforms, including single sign-on integrations using SAML or OpenID ConnectAI-assisted engineering and operational automation with appropriate testing, review, and access controls