Senior DevOps Engineer

ShyftLabs; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Downtown Toronto office

Learning & development resources

Job summary

ShyftLabs is a fast-growing data and technology company delivering cloud, AI, data engineering, and modern software solutions to Fortune 500 clients from its Toronto base. We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer who will own complex infrastructure and set DevOps direction, leading by building and guiding a small team.

The role blends hands-on work across Terraform, AWS EKS, GitLab CI/CD, and Kubernetes with mentoring duties.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps engineering, with a track record of things you personally built and shipped.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers, or owning the technical direction of a team or major project.
• Deep, practical expertise in AWS EKS, GitLab CI/CD, and Terraform. You've operated these in production, not just touched them.
• Extensive hands-on AWS experience across Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, ECS, Kinesis, and Kafka.
• Fluent on the command line (Bash, Python) and comfortable writing your own automation and tooling.
• Strong grasp of microservices architecture, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS), and IaC methodology.
• Proven ability to architect and scale infrastructure across multiple cloud platforms.
• Working knowledge of Elasticsearch and log aggregation.
• Excellent at documenting your own work clearly, and communicating decisions to both engineers and customers.
• A self-starter and closer, someone who takes ambiguous problems and returns working, shipped solutions, and brings a team along with them.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and platforms for all environments.
• Write automation, IaC, and tooling including Terraform modules and scripts.
• Own reliability; troubleshoot at scale in live systems.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated tests.
• Stand up monitoring, dashboards, alerting, and log aggregation.
• Collaborate with application developers for seamless deployments.
• Set DevOps direction and drive adoption with working systems.
• Mentor engineers and raise the bar with hands-on guidance.
• Shape team structure and priorities; coordinate with customers.
• Evaluate and roll out new tools in real systems.

Skills

DevOps

Mentoring

Automation

Cloud architecture

Scripting

Tools

AWS EKS

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Lambda

API Gateway

CloudWatch

ECS

Kinesis

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Job description

About ShyftLabs

ShyftLabs is a fast-growing data and technology company that partners with Fortune 500 and enterprise organizations to solve complex business challenges through cloud, AI, data engineering, and modern software solutions. We foster a collaborative, innovation-driven culture where talented professionals work on impactful initiatives that drive measurable business outcomes.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who is deeply hands-on and ready to lead from the front. You'll own complex infrastructure across multiple internal projects, set the technical direction for DevOps, and be the person the team leans on to get things working in production. This is a role for a doer who leads by building, someone equally comfortable with their hands in Terraform, a broken deploy at 2 a.m., or guiding a small team toward the right technical call. You set the standard through your own work and lift the people around you while doing it.

What You'll Be Doing

• Personally design, build, and operate the cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and underlying platform that our production, QA, and development environments run on.

• Write the automation, IaC, and tooling yourself, including Terraform modules, deployment scripts, and glue code that removes manual work for the whole team.

• Own reliability directly. Troubleshoot and resolve scalability, availability, and performance issues in live systems, catching and fixing problems before they reach customers.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, keeping them fast, stable, and efficient, and integrate automated testing into them.

• Stand up monitoring, dashboards, alerting, and log aggregation, then act on what they tell you.

• Get hands‑on with application developers to make deployments seamless, pairing on issues rather than just handing off runbooks.

• Set technical direction for DevOps and drive it to adoption, making the architectural calls and defending them with working systems.

• Mentor and grow the engineers around you by reviewing work, unblocking teammates, and raising the bar through hands‑on guidance rather than distance.

• Help shape team structure and priorities, and coordinate closely across engineering and with customers to keep delivery on track.

• Evaluate and roll out new tools, technologies, and processes, proving them out in real systems rather than in slide decks.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of hands‑on DevOps engineering, with a track record of things you personally built and shipped.

• Experience leading or mentoring engineers, or owning the technical direction of a team or major project.

• Deep, practical expertise in AWS EKS, GitLab CI/CD, and Terraform. You've operated these in production, not just touched them.

• Extensive hands‑on AWS experience across Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, ECS, Kinesis, and Kafka.

• Fluent on the command line (Bash, Python) and comfortable writing your own automation and tooling.

• Strong grasp of microservices architecture, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS), and IaC methodology.

• Proven ability to architect and scale infrastructure across multiple cloud platforms.

• Working knowledge of Elasticsearch and log aggregation.

• Excellent at documenting your own work clearly, and communicating decisions to both engineers and customers.

• A self‑starter and closer, someone who takes ambiguous problems and returns working, shipped solutions, and brings a team along with them.

Salary Range

• $120,000 - $140,000 (CAD)

Why You’ll Love Working at ShyftLabs

At ShyftLabs, your work matters. We’re a growing data product company making a big impact with Fortune 500 clients and as we scale, you’ll have the chance to shape solutions, influence strategy, and grow your career alongside us.

Here’s what you can expect when you join our team:

• Hybrid Flexibility: Enjoy a hybrid model with three days per week in our Toronto office.
• Downtown Toronto Office: Work in the heart of the city.
• Growth & Learning: Access extensive learning and development resources to keep leveling up your skills.

Inclusion at ShyftLabs

We’re building something big, and we want you on the journey with us. If you’re ready to use data and innovation to make an impact, apply today and let’s grow together.

ShyftLabs is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to creating a safe, diverse, and inclusive environment. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds including ethnicity, religion, disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation, family status, age, and nationality to apply. If you require accommodation during the interview process, let us know and we’ll be happy to support you.