Senior DevOps Engineer

VXG; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Health benefits

Modern office

Job summary

VXG is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to build reliable, automated, and scalable infrastructure for our video software platform. You will streamline deployments, monitoring, and troubleshooting across AWS and Kubernetes, ensuring robust, secure, and efficient systems.

You will automate installations, maintain Kubernetes deployments, and enhance CI/CD pipelines, while applying best practices for security and observability in collaboration with engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services including EC2, AutoScaling, CloudWatch, RDS, S3.
• Experience with IaC tools: Terraform, Helm Charts, CloudFormation.
• Proficient with Ansible and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI).
• Strong Linux system administration background.
• Scripting skills in Bash and Python.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Experience with Semaphore UI and VMware vSphere.
• Understanding of networking (IP, TCP, UDP, TLS).

Responsibilities

• Automate installation and deployment of VXG software on customer infrastructure (AWS and Kubernetes).
• Install and maintain Kubernetes deployments on customer infrastructure (private data centers, on-premises).
• Build and maintain scripts to configure, test, and optimize solutions.
• Improve deployment pipelines for reliability and scalability.
• Enforce best practices for security, monitoring, and infrastructure automation.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate CI/CD and support releases.
• Maintain production deployments, upgrades, health monitoring, and implement observability metrics.

Skills

Linux administration

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Ansible

GitLab CI

Networking fundamentals

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Terraform

CloudFormation

Git administration

Semaphore UI

VMware vSphere

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm Charts

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI

CloudFormation

Semaphore UI

VMware vSphere

Job description

Full-time role based in our office in the midtown Toronto.

VXG is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our team and help build reliable, automated, and scalable infrastructure for our cutting-edge video software platform. You will play a key role in streamlining deployments, monitoring, and troubleshooting across AWS and Kubernetes environments, ensuring that our systems remain robust, secure, and efficient.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate the installation and deployment of VXG software on customers infrastructure - AWS and Kubernetes.
• Install and maintain Kubernetes deployments on customers infrastructure - private data centres, on-premises servers.
• Build and maintain scripts to configure, test, and optimize our solutions.
• Continuously improve deployment pipelines with a focus on reliability and scalability.
• Implement and enforce best practices for security, monitoring, and infrastructure automation.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate CI/CD practices and support smooth releases and updates for all customers.
• Maintenance of production deployments, upgrades, health monitoring of services, and working with software engineers on new metrics to increase observability

Requirements

• Strong experience with configuration management systems (Ansible) and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Helm Charts, CloudFormation).
• Expertise with Git administration and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI).
• Very strong Linux system administration experience.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS services: EC2, AutoScaling, CloudWatch, RDS, S3, CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm Charts.
• Experience with Semaphore UI.
• Familiarity with VMWare vSphere.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash and Python.
• Understanding of network technologies and protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, TLS).

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of software build tools: GNU Make, Meson, Autotools, SCons, Gradle.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Zabbix).
• Hands-on experience managing centralized logging systems (ELK stack).

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Work in a collaborative and fast-moving startup environment.
• Modern office space in the heart of Midtown Toronto.
• Health and wellness benefits.