Senior DevOps Engineer

Octopus Pod; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer in Ottawa or UK, focusing on designing and deploying complex network infrastructures. Ideal candidates will have over 10 years of experience, strong problem-solving skills, and expertise in modern tools such as Terraform and SaltStack. The role allows remote work flexibility and involves direct interaction with clients to resolve technical challenges.

Benefits

Fully remote flexibility

Annual team retreats

High ownership culture

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Familiarity with large-scale network deployments and infrastructure automation.
• Experience with CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy custom network infrastructure for ISPs.
• Architect systems for high availability and load balancing.
• Work directly with customers to solve technical challenges.

Skills

Technical depth

Strong communication

Ownership mindset

Problem-solving skills

Tools

SaltStack

Terraform

Git & GitHub Actions

vSphere

Python

Shell scripting

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location:Preferred Ottawa or UK — Remote considered for the right candidate
Company:InkBridge Networks
Recruiting Partner:Octopus Pod

About the Role

InkBridge Networks is seeking aSenior DevOps Engineerwho thrives on designing, building, and deploying complex and mission-critical network ecosystems. We work with some of the world’s most recognized organizations — including AT&T, Goldman Sachs, and Vodafone — to build infrastructure that simply cannot fail.

In this role, you’ll focus on deploying robust, high-performance, and highly available infrastructure across multiple geographic sites — systems that servemillions of usersand require zero downtime.

If you love solving complex networking challenges, enjoy building systems more than maintaining them, and prefer working in a deep engineering culture, this could be the job for you.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and deploy custom network infrastructure for ISPs and global enterprises
• Architect systems for high availability, load balancing, failover, and multi-site synchronization
• Work directly with customers to understand their technical challenges and deliver tailored solutions
• Build the ecosystems around FreeRADIUS — including databases, authentication services, and infrastructure automation
• Collaborate with a global team in a low-bureaucracy, engineering-driven environment

What We’re Looking For

We valuetechnical depth,strong communication, andownership mindset. You’ll need to demonstrate:

• 10+ yearsof relevant experience
• Familiarity with large-scale network deployments and infrastructure automation
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently

Required technologies:

• SaltStack
• Terraform
• Git & GitHub Actions
• vSphere or similar virtualization platforms (e.g., VirtualBox, Docker)
• A modern programming language (Python, Lua, etc. — anything but JavaScript)
• Shell scripting in a Unix environment
• CI/CD practices
• General networking knowledge (Layers 2–4)

Nice to have / Desirable knowledge:

• LDAP (scopes and filters)
• SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Redis or equivalents
• RADIUS and FreeRADIUS
• 802.1X, EAP variants (TLS, TTLS, PEAP, SIM, AKA)
• VPN and security protocols (IKEv2, IPSEC, WireGuard)
• X.509 PKI
• Kafka
• DHCPv4/DHCPv6
• VRRP
• DNS

Note: Experience with FreeRADIUS is a plus, but not required. Our work is often more about the ecosystem around it.

About InkBridge Networks

InkBridge is a small team of world-class engineers who maintain and developFreeRADIUS, the world’s most widely deployed RADIUS server — with more installations than all competitors combined (including Microsoft, Cisco, and Nokia).

We’re trusted by major global companies and national ISPs to deliver software that just works — every time. Our engineers contribute to IETF standards and are considered among the foremost experts in RADIUS and network authentication.

We don’t believe in "move fast and break things." Instead, our approach is:
Be methodical, be careful — never break things.

Why Join Us

• Work with deeply experienced engineers shaping internet infrastructure
• Impact hundreds of millions of end users
• Fully remote flexibility (preferred: Ottawa or UK)
• Annual team retreats
• Low overhead, high ownership culture