Senior DevOps Engineer

About the Role

This is a full-time position located at our Midtown Toronto office. VXG is looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to develop dependable, automated, and scalable infrastructure tailored for our advanced video software platform. The position is critical to enhancing deployment processes, monitoring capabilities, and troubleshooting measures within AWS and Kubernetes ecosystems to ensure our systems’ reliability, security, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate deployment and installation processes for VXG software on customer AWS and Kubernetes infrastructures.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes installations on private data centers and on-premises servers belonging to customers.
• Create and maintain scripts for configuration, testing, and optimization of solutions.
• Continuously enhance deployment pipelines to boost reliability and scalability.
• Implement and uphold best practices in security, system monitoring, and infrastructure automation.
• Work closely with development teams to incorporate CI/CD workflows and facilitate smooth software releases and updates.
• Manage production environments including upgrades, health monitoring of services, and collaborate with software engineers to develop new observability metrics.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, and infrastructure as code utilities including Terraform, Helm Charts, and CloudFormation.
• Proficiency in Git management and CI/CD pipeline creation using GitLab CI.
• Advanced Linux system administration skills.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including EC2, AutoScaling, CloudWatch, RDS, S3, and CloudFormation.
• Knowledgeable in Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm Charts.
• Experience working with Semaphore UI.
• Familiarity with VMware vSphere virtualization technology.
• Strong scripting capabilities using Bash and Python.
• Good understanding of network protocols such as IP, TCP, UDP, and TLS.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with software build systems like GNU Make, Meson, Autotools, SCons, and Gradle.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Prometheus and Zabbix.
• Hands-on experience with centralized logging solutions including the ELK stack.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary package along with equity options.
• A dynamic and collaborative startup environment.
• Modern office in the center of Midtown Toronto.
• Health and wellness benefits to support employees.