DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Tucows Wholesale Domains as a self-motivated and highly skilled AWS DevOps Engineer. Implement, automate, and optimize cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines. Serve as the SME for cloud-native infrastructure design, mentoring other engineers and collaborating with various teams. Work in an agile environment to deliver infrastructure and automation outcomes. This remote position (Canada/USA) offers the chance to make a lasting impact on the Domain Business and work on large architectures while growing your career. The role involves building, maintaining, and migrating AWS infrastructure, developing CI/CD pipelines, and applying cloud security best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in public cloud environments (AWS preferred)
• Strong expertise in AWS services and infrastructure implementation
• Hands-on experience with migrations and application deployment automation
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash), and infrastructure automation
• Experience with GitOps workflows and practices
• Practical knowledge of containers and orchestration technologies (EKS, ECS)
• Solid understanding of AWS security, networking implementation, and cloud governance
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in technical implementation settings
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving, and the ability to debug complex-cross systems problems, and document root causes including remediation and detection
• Demonstrated collaborative approach to work, enjoy being part of a team and have excellent interpersonal and listening skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Build, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient AWS infrastructure using EKS, RDS, EC2 and more
• Execute migration and modernization initiatives, implementing tooling and processes to transform legacy workloads to cloud-native operations
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines, implement automation scripts, and evangelize DevOps best practices across teams
• Implement containerized application environments and manage orchestration using EKS and ECS
• Apply and automate cloud security best practices across infrastructure implementations, including IAM, VPCs, security groups, and compliance standards
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
• Act as a technical expert to team members, providing hands-on implementation guidance and troubleshooting throughout project lifecycles
• Work within agile teams to deliver infrastructure and automation outcomes iteratively and incrementally
• Collaborate and share knowledge in a remote-first environment
• Learn, grow, and have fun!

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, OpenStack) is preferred
• Familiarity with observability tools, monitoring systems, and automated alerting
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Have a proven track record as an intermediate or senior systems engineer with 5+ years of experience in this field
• Background in system administration or platform engineering
• Strong Linux and Unix fundamentals, server automation, scripting, networking and security experience
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., SaltStack, Ansible or similar)
• Experience with Continuous Integration concepts and tools
• AWS Certifications (particularly AWS DevOps Engineer Professional)
• Experience mentoring others

Benefits

• The base salary range for this position is $110,646 to $122,940 USD for US residents OR $94,365 to $104,850 CAD for Canadian residents. Other countries will differ. Range may vary on a number of factors including, but not limited to: location, experience and qualifications
• Tucows believes in a total rewards offering that includes fair compensation and generous benefits
• Remote work, flexible hours