Devops Engineer

Overview

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Payfare, you will be joining a diverse team of mixed background technologists.

Responsibilities

Our mandate as a team is to provide flexible and stable platform solutions that empower our feature development teams to create the highest quality services for our customers.

Ongoing monitoring of Payfare’s Kubernetes-based architecture, including monitoring performance metrics, monitoring for and implementation of security patches, and general upkeep of installed software.

Building and managing CI pipelines for continuous integration and deployment for frontend and backend platforms.

Building and managing CI pipelines for Android and iOS mobile platforms.

You will be leading the expansion of Payfare’s system across the globe, in a multi-regional configuration. Specifically, this role requires an advanced level of knowledge in architecting AWS and Kubernetes.

Conduct vulnerability assessments for various systems and services across various platform tiers.

Triage information security alerts, events, where necessary.

Implement and manage IAM and Access Controls where necessary.

Implement and maintain security controls to facilitate ongoing audit and regulatory compliance business requirements.

Liaising closely with both development and operational teams to address technical and operational issues.

This role also requires strong communication skills, and a proactive mindset, such that the needs of the organization as a whole are met. From time to time, there will be a need to provide infrastructure support outside business hours, including support for on-call rotation.

Job Details

Job Title : Devops Engineer

Location : Toronto, Canada

Job Type : Contract

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience

6+ years of experience spanning at least two IT disciplines, including technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or operations.

Experience with Kubernetes is a must - with broad experience in prominent cloud native technologies.

Experience in building and maintaining CI & CD for frontend, backend and mobile platforms.

Proficiency in Unix Shell scripting, and some proficiency in Python preferred

Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies.

An understanding of common traps and pitfalls that can occur in a globally distributed infrastructure.

Experience working with Compliance programs like PCI-DSS or SOC2 is a plus.

Experience in managing vulnerability assessment programs across various infrastructure tiers, including penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and remediation activities.

Familiarity with CVE databases, vulnerability scoring systems (e.g., CVSS), and security industry standards such as ISO 27001 and NIST.

Strong understanding of security concepts around PKI, TLS and encryption.

Experience using network and security troubleshooting tools – both at host and at network tier.

Reports To

Senior Director of Infrastructure, Security & Development Operations

Other Details

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