Senior DevOps Engineer

VXG; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity package

Health and wellness benefits

Modern office space in Toronto

Collaborative startup environment

Job summary

A dynamic software development company in Toronto is seeking a DevOps Engineer to enhance their infrastructure for video software. This role focuses on automating software deployment across AWS and Kubernetes, ensuring security and efficiency. Ideal candidates will have strong experience with configuration management, AWS services, and CI/CD practices. A collaborative environment is offered, along with competitive salary and equity. Join to contribute significantly within a fast-paced startup culture.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with configuration management systems and infrastructure as code tools.
• Expertise with Git administration and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS services and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Automate installation and deployment of software on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Maintain Kubernetes deployments on customer infrastructure.
• Continuously improve deployment pipelines for reliability and scalability.

Skills

Configuration management systems (Ansible)

Infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Helm Charts, CloudFormation)

Git administration and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI)

AWS services: EC2, AutoScaling, CloudWatch, RDS, S3

Docker

Kubernetes

Scripting skills in Bash and Python

Network technologies and protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, TLS)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Zabbix

ELK stack

Job description

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).
• 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.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development