Senior DevOps Engineer

Assent Inc.; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Assent Inc. is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for the Data & AI Platform to design and run the infrastructure behind our data pipelines, warehousing, and AI/ML systems on AWS.

You will partner with Data Engineering to ensure scalable, secure, and automated delivery of data workloads. You will own infrastructure quality, build CI/CD pipelines and observability, and help evolve Assent's DevOps practices across a growing data platform.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in modern data platforms, including Snowflake, dbt, and Airflow.
• Proven experience with DevOps tooling (AWS, Terraform, CI/CD) and infrastructure as code.
• Experience designing observability, alerting, and incident response for data workloads.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with a collaborative mindset.
• Awareness of security, governance, and compliance related to data systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical quality of the Data & AI Platform infrastructure and automation.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable IaC and platform automation for data pipelines, warehousing, and AI workloads on AWS.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering to translate requirements into robust infrastructure.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and environment tooling for the data platform.
• Define observability, alerting, and incident-response practices for data workloads.
• Contribute to security governance and access policies for data infra.
• Mentor Data Engineering on deployment best practices within DevOps standards.
• Stay current with emerging DevOps/data infra tech and drive adoption.
• Contribute to broader DevOps initiatives and shared infrastructure.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Learning mindset

Security awareness

Problem solving

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

AWS

Terraform

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Job description

• Compensation: CAD 135000 - CAD 160000 - yearly

Company Description

Assent is the leading AI native platform for supply chain sustainability and compliance, trusted by complex manufacturers and distributors around the world. Built and backed by experts who have led global compliance programs, our unified platform combines advanced AI, regulatory expertise, and the world’s largest supply chain data network to help organizations reduce risk, lower operational costs, and build trust across every tier of the value chain. From human rights and responsible sourcing to PFAS reporting and Digital Product Passports, Assent transforms regulatory complexity into actionable insights that drive real business outcomes.

With over 900 team members across India, North America, Malaysia, the EU, and Kenya and more than 1,000 customers globally, Assent brings together global perspective and deep domain expertise. Our hybrid work model enables teams to collaborate effectively across regions while staying connected to the communities where they live and work. As a certified B Corporation, we meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. This reflects our commitment to building technology that drives business performance while creating long-term value for people and the planet.

Our commitment to People, Culture & Community (PCC) is rooted in building a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing team. We recruit and retain team members with a range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, while fostering a culture of belonging where all Assentees are respected, supported, and empowered to contribute.

As we continue to embed AI into how we work, we do so thoughtfully, enhancing human potential, supporting better decision-making, and prioritizing appropriate oversight, privacy, and fairness.

At Assent, we value your privacy and are committed to maintaining transparency in how we handle your personal information. As part of our talent acquisition and management processes, we may use AI technologies to support activities such as resume screening, candidate communication, and talent analytics.

Job Description

The Senior DevOps Engineer, Data & AI Platform is a technical expert dedicated to the infrastructure behind Assent's Data & AI Platform. You bring strong senior-level DevOps expertise and apply it consistently to how our data pipelines, warehousing, and AI/ML systems are built and run. Your day to day is spent designing and building the infrastructure and tooling that our data pipelines, orchestration, and warehousing systems run on, working closely with Data Engineering to understand their requirements and remove operational friction. Your strong DevOps expertise ensures this work is delivered with the rigor, automation, security, reliability, and repeatability expected of a modern DevOps practice, applied to the specific context of data and AI/ML systems. You'll need strong data platform fundamentals, a solid grounding in DevOps methodology, and the judgment to know when and how to apply one to the other. As the platform matures, you will also contribute your experience to Assent's broader DevOps practices and initiatives.

Key Requirements & Responsibilities

Own the technical quality of the infrastructure, tooling, and automation underpinning Assent's Data & AI Platform from design through delivery through sustainment

Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure infrastructure as code and platform automation supporting data pipelines, warehousing, orchestration, and AI/ML workloads (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, and Airflow), primarily on AWS

Partner directly with Data Engineering to understand pipeline, workflow, and system requirements, translating them into infrastructure and automation that removes operational friction

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and environment tooling for the data platform, applying the same rigor and repeatability expected of any modern DevOps practice

Design observability, alerting, and incident-response practices specific to data platform workloads, so pipeline and system health is visible and actionable

Design governance, access, and security policies for data platform infrastructure in collaboration with security and data engineering stakeholders

Guide the Data Engineering team on infrastructure and deployment best practices, helping them build in a way that fits Assent's broader DevOps practices

Stay current with emerging DevOps and data infrastructure technologies, and drive adoption where they meaningfully accelerate the team's objectives

As the Data & AI Platform matures, contribute to Assent’s broader DevOps initiatives, shared infrastructure, platform standards, automation, security, reliability, and operational practices

Qualifications

Your Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

We strongly value your talent, energy and passion. It will also be valuable to Assent if you have the following qualifications:

Deep expertise in modern data platform technologies such as Snowflake, dbt, and Airflow, with a track record of building and operating them at scale

Solid working knowledge of DevOps methodology and tooling (AWS, terraform, containerization, infrastructure as code, CI/CD) and the judgment to apply those practices to data platform systems

Experience designing and running observability, alerting, and incident response practices for data or data adjacent systems

Strong communication and leadership skills, with a focus on fostering collaboration and technical excellence

A learning mindset, constantly exploring new technologies and best practices

Experience in security, compliance, and governance related to data systems is a plus

Additional Information

Life at Assent

Wellness: We believe that you and your family’s well being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days and more.

Financial Benefits: It’s not all about the money – well, it’s a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options and more.

Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.

Lifelong Learning: At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.

At Assent, we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included, treated with dignity and respect, promoted on their merits, and placed in positions to contribute to business success.

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