Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract) - AWS, Terraform, Python

Swim Recruiting; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent Canadian tech firm based in Vancouver is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer for a 6-month contract. This role involves designing backend systems and AWS infrastructure to support mobile commerce applications. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in DevOps, proficiency with AWS services, and strong development skills in Python. Compensation ranges from $75 to $85 per hour, with an on-site work environment 3-4 days a week.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with DevOps support.
• Experience with AWS services.
• Proficiency with either Terraform or CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend systems and AWS infrastructure.
• Deploy and maintain scalable, serverless applications in AWS Lambda and Fargate.
• Monitor performance and system health using CloudWatch, Splunk, and Datadog.

Skills

DevOps support

AWS services (Lambda, Serverless, API Gateway)

Terraform

CI/CD (GitLab CI/CD)

HTTP protocol

Monitoring (Splunk, CloudWatch, DataDog)

Python programming

RESTful APIs using Python

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI

AWS (API Gateway, Application Load Balancer)

Job description

A prominent Canadian tech firm based in Vancouver is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer for a 6-month contract. This role involves designing backend systems and AWS infrastructure to support mobile commerce applications. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in DevOps, proficiency with AWS services, and strong development skills in Python. Compensation ranges from $75 to $85 per hour, with an on-site work environment 3-4 days a week.