Intermediate DevOps Engineer

practicebetter; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

RRSP matching

Annual learning and wellness allowance

Home office allowance

Mental health support

Unlimited vacation

Job summary

practicebetter is seeking an Intermediate DevOps Engineer to design and operate the cloud infrastructure behind a subscription software platform. You’ll automate, build delivery pipelines, ensure reliability, security, and capacity planning, collaborating with engineering, product, and design teams to improve releases and system dependability.

The role emphasizes AWS-based cloud infra, IaC, container orchestration, and monitoring across Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
• 4–6 or more years in DevOps or a similar role, focused on secure, scalable, highly available systems.
• Hands-on infrastructure or DevOps experience at a SaaS company with a multi-tenant subscription product.
• Strong scripting and programming skills, plus experience in Windows and Linux environments.
• Cloud infrastructure experience, especially AWS, and provisioning tools such as Terraform or OpenTofu.
• Familiarity with containers and orchestration, such as Docker and Kubernetes, and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, and maintain scalable infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines that support reliable, low-friction software releases.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security, and address issues before they affect users.
• Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews to resolve problems and reduce recurrence.
• Plan capacity with partner teams and improve resource use and operating costs.
• Establish operational practices and service targets for system availability, performance, and security.

Skills

Scripting

Programming

Windows

Linux

AWS

Terraform/OpenTofu

Docker

Kubernetes

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Role overview

As an Intermediate DevOps Engineer, you’ll help build and operate the cloud infrastructure behind a subscription software platform. The work spans automation, delivery pipelines, reliability, security, and capacity planning, with close collaboration across engineering, product, and design teams to make releases smoother and systems dependable.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, and maintain scalable infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines that support reliable, low-friction software releases.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security, and address issues before they affect users.
• Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews to resolve problems and reduce recurrence.
• Plan capacity with partner teams and improve resource use and operating costs.
• Establish operational practices and service targets for system availability, performance, and security.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
• 4–6 or more years in DevOps or a similar role, focused on secure, scalable, highly available systems.
• Hands-on infrastructure or DevOps experience at a SaaS company with a multi-tenant subscription product.
• Strong scripting and programming skills, plus experience in Windows and Linux environments.
• Cloud infrastructure experience, especially AWS, and provisioning tools such as Terraform or OpenTofu.
• Familiarity with containers and orchestration, such as Docker and Kubernetes, and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.

Benefits and work setup

The role is open to candidates based in Canada. The team works remotely, with optional access to an office in Toronto and periodic team gatherings. Full-time permanent employees receive health, dental, and vision coverage, employer RRSP matching, paid parental leave, annual learning and wellness allowances, a home office allowance, mental health support, and unlimited vacation.