Senior Platform & Infrastructure Engineer - Permanent - 19528

LRO Staffing; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Bonus

Vacation allotment

Job summary

LRO Staffing seeks a Senior Platform & Infrastructure Engineer to scale and secure global infrastructure from Ottawa in a hybrid, remote-friendly setting. You will bridge physical hardware management with cloud automation, partnering with SREs and development teams for high availability and observability.

The role emphasizes IaC, automation, security, and disaster recovery, with on-call rotations and collaboration with cross-functional teams. 7+ years of infrastructure/SRE experience preferred.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in Infrastructure, DevOps or SRE environments.
• Experience maintaining bare-metal/physical server infrastructure.
• Strong Linux administration and container orchestration knowledge (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Hands-on with major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and distributed systems (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch).
• Proficient in scripting and automation/IaC (Python, Bash, Go, Typescript; Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Excellent written and verbal communication and ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Operate multi-cloud and bare-metal environments to ensure high reliability and uptime.
• Develop and maintain IaC and automation pipelines (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Monitor observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog) and manage incident response.
• Implement security controls and disaster recovery procedures.
• Collaborate with developers and SREs to document runbooks and share knowledge.

Skills

Communication skills

Linux administration

SRE mindset

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Kubernetes

Docker

Go

Python

Bash

Typescript

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Job description

About The Opportunity

A well-established, European-based software organization with a growing Canadian contingent of talent in Ottawa, is seeking an experienced Senior Platform & Infrastructure Engineer to help scale, secure, and maintain their global infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. In this role, you will bridge physical hardware management with cloud-native automation, partnering closely with SREs and development teams to ensure high availability, strong observability, and resilient operations.

This is a permanent position with one of the region's top employers. Although this organization is known for their industry-leading technology, global community and progressive culture/work-life balance, they also offer competitive compensation and flexible work environment. While this organization is remote-friendly, there may be some infrequent on-call work required and thus only candidates local to Ottawa/NCR will be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure & Cloud Operations: Provision and manage multi-cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) and bare-metal (datacentre and hardware maintenance, racking and cabling, etc.) environments to ensure high reliability, performance, and uptime
• Automation & IaC: Streamline operations and deployment pipelines using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc. ) and scripting (Python, Bash, Go, etc.)
• Observability & Incident Response: Monitor system health via observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, etc.), drive incident troubleshooting, and join on-call rotations
• Security & Disaster Recovery: Implement security controls, execute backup testing, and build resilient disaster recovery procedures
• Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Partner with developers and SREs to optimize service delivery while maintaining operational runbooks and community support documentation

About You

• Experience: 7+ years of dedicated professional experience in Infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE environments with experience maintaining bare-metal/physical server infrastructure
• Physical Infrastructure & Hardware: Strong knowledge of datacentre etiquette, hardware ordering and maintenance, physically racking and managing hardware and cabling
• Linux & Containerization: Deep understanding of Linux administration and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Cloud & Distributed Systems: Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and distributed architecture (e.g., PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch)
• Automation & IaC: Proficiency in modern scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go, Typescript, etc.) and automation/IaC frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.)
• Soft Skills & Execution: Strong written and verbal communication skills with a proven track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder technical projects independently

About the Job

The salary range for this role is $130,000 to $140,000 and is commensurate of experience, in addition to a competitive benefits package, bonus, and vacation allotment.

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Please note that all candidates must be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity.