Senior AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer

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Riva is looking for an experienced Senior AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer to join our team. If you have experience supporting enterprise SaaS deployments in AWS, you thrive in a collaborative team environment, enjoy solving problems, and are a self-starter who needs little guidance then this position could be a great fit for you.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING?

Reporting to the Director of Product Engineering, you will work closely with other DevOps team members, the Chief Architect, and the CTO to ensure that AWS services are provisioned, maintained, and restored to support cloud app development and delivery, and support the Cloud Operations team to support deployment to AWS instances.

More specifically, your responsibilities will include:

1. Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure for enterprise SaaS applications.
2. Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes.
3. Monitor and optimize cloud resources to ensure high availability, performance, and security within acceptable operational cost restraints.
4. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and services to maintain company service levels.
5. Help in response to performance and security issues identified by alerting and reporting incidents.
6. Available for escalated on-call and after-hours support as required.
7. Collaborate with development teams to integrate cloud solutions with application architectures.
8. Support the integration and use of AWS containerization and AI services into our solutions.
9. Ensure compliance with security best practices and industry standards.
10. Prepare architectural, technical, and procedural documentation for consumption by technical staff.
11. Mentor and guide other DevOps staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
12. Participate in design and development of learning paths for use of AWS services by developers, testers, and DevOps staff.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

1. Bachelor’s degree in Cloud Services, IT Management, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent education & experience.
2. 5+ years of proven work experience as an AWS Cloud Engineer or a DevOps engineer with extensive AWS cloud expertise with a focus on enterprise SaaS projects.
3. Strong skills resolving AWS cloud networking and security issues.
4. Experience managing AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, and CloudWatch.
5. Experience managing infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
6. Experience with deployment and configuration as code (CaC) tools like Octopus Deploy or Ansible.
7. Experience managing containerization tools and services like Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, and Fargate.
8. Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Python. Strong scripting and automation skills using scripting languages. Be familiar with JSON and YAML configuration files.
9. Experience with monitoring tools to establish alerts and notifications using Splunk and CloudWatch.
10. Exposure to AWS AI services such as Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Q, and Amazon Bedrock.
11. Demonstrated ability to work closely with other parts of the organization, including developer teams, customer-facing teams and operations.
12. You must provide demonstration of continuous learning.
13. You must be able to communicate fluently in written and spoken English.
14. Knowledge of Web Application Architecture patterns, including Micro-App and Micro-Service architectures.
15. IT Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect or AWS SysOps Administrator, AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Cloud Security.
16. Project Management Certifications: PMP, CAMP, Project+.

CORE COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS

• Integrity & Accountability: Acting with honesty and responsibility, making ethical choices, and taking ownership of actions and their consequences. Ability to display transparency, fairness, and reliability while navigating organizational dynamics.
• Collaboration: Inspires and motivates others, embraces diverse perspectives, and works effectively in teams to achieve shared goals.
• Continuous Learning: Consistently seeks to grow and improve skills.
• Design Thinking: Ability to take a systemic, customer-focused problem-solving approach to effectively respond to a rapidly changing environment for the best results possible.
• Analytical Thinking & Decision Making: Ability to approach problems by relying on logic, data, and facts. Uses the information available to effectively decide on an optimal path forward.
• Managing Resources & Digital Dexterity: Combines adaptability to new technologies with effective utilization of time, budget, and talent to optimize outcomes and drive continuous improvement.
• Organizational Alignment: Ability to direct focus and effort towards a goal set by the organization.
• Talent Management & Development: Ability to bring team members in, and keep them effective and happy. Ability to develop team members around personal and organizational objectives.
• Innovation: Ability to conceive, develop and deliver new ideas, processes and products for the organization and customers.

MORE ABOUT RIVA

We are an Edmonton-based software development company with a global footprint. Our Relationship Engine creates seamless data flow between applications like email, calendar, contacts, and tasks and CRM – synchronizing data and eliminating the need for task switching, application toggling, and data entry duplication across platforms.

We offer a work culture that fosters diversity, equity, inclusion, and fun. Where curiosity is rewarded, and each day offers the chance to learn, grow, and contribute to the efforts of people you like, respect, and value.

WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE

Total compensation package including:

• RRSP/IRA matching.
• Paid vacation starting with 3-weeks.
• Paid wellness time allowing for flexible discretionary allocation for mental health, personal benefits, and personal time.
• Paid time off to volunteer with charities of your choice.
• Extended health care benefits, dental and life insurance.
• Professional development and training allowance for career advancement.

Must hold a valid work permit or be a permanent resident or citizen of Canada.

Riva is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.