SRE-DevSecOps Engineer

High Tech Genesis; Canada; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services company is seeking an SRE-DevSecOps Engineer for a contract position in Canada. The role requires expertise in managing AWS services, handling Kubernetes operations, and ensuring CI/CD practices. Candidates should have strong skills in Postgres administration and infrastructure automation, available to work remotely or on-site.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services.
• Deep expertise with EKS and Kubernetes RBAC.
• Proven experience with Postgres/Patroni administration.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize workloads on EKS.
• Support and troubleshoot HA Postgres clusters.
• Build and maintain Terraform modules for AWS.

Skills

Kubernetes/EKS Operations

Postgres/Patroni Administration

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

CI/CD & DevSecOps

Automation & Scripting in Python

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

AWS Core Services

Job description

Overview

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Allowed Staffing Countries: Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico or Brazil, (Remote)

Term: Contract

High Tech Genesis is seeking a 3-month contractor who can hit the ground running to support our SaaS platform on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Kubernetes/EKS Operations – Manage, troubleshoot, and optimize workloads on EKS; handle Helm-based deployments.
• Postgres/Patroni Administration – Support and troubleshoot HA Postgres clusters (Patroni), including replication, failover, and performance tuning.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Build and maintain Terraform modules for AWS networking, compute, and storage (Transit Gateway, VPC endpoints, IAM, Security Groups).
• RBAC & IAM – Design and troubleshoot IAM policies, roles, and RBAC permissions across AWS and Kubernetes.
• Storage Troubleshooting – Debug and optimize EFS/EBS performance and availability issues.
• Automation & Scripting – Write automation in Python and Bash to improve reliability and streamline infrastructure operations.
• CI/CD & DevSecOps – Support GitLab CI/CD pipelines, integrate security scanning (SAST/DAST, Trivy, SonarQube), and enforce best practices.
• Data & Application Migration – Lead migration efforts for GitLab, Harbor artifacts, MinIO data, and SaaS applications.
• Cross-Team Collaboration – Partner with SRE, platform, and application engineers to unblock teams and stabilize environments.
• AI-Enhanced Engineering – Leverage AmazonQ or similar AI tools for faster troubleshooting and automation.
• Strong hands-on with AWS core services: Transit Gateway, VPC Endpoints, IAM, Security Groups, EFS, and EBS
• Deep expertise with EKS, Helm, Terraform, Kubernetes RBAC, and troubleshooting at scale
• Proven experience with Postgres/Patroni administration and troubleshooting
• Advanced automation in Python (preferred) and Bash
• CI/CD experience (GitLab/Jenkins or equivalent)
• Strong troubleshooting mindset — ability to debug infra, networking, and storage issues quickly
• Experience with large-scale migrations of environments, data, and applications
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices (secrets management, vulnerability scanning, compliance automation)

Desired skills

• Familiarity with AmazonQ or similar AI coding assistants
• Hands-on with Harbor, MinIO, ArgoCD/GitOps workflows
• Certifications: AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA/CKS
• Cost-optimization experience in AWS

Other information

High Tech Genesis Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity and inclusion are at the core of our values.

Please advise High Tech Genesis of any accommodation measures you may require.

Please be advised:

• Applicants must have the legal right to work in any of the above staffing countries.
• Kindly submit your resume in MS Word format upon application for this position.

Seniority level Not Applicable

Employment type Contract

Job function Information Technology

Industries Telecommunications