Senior DevSecOps Engineer

TL;DR AI-First Senior DevSecOps Engineer Montreal (Hybrid: Tues–Thurs in office) Build and secure the cloud + Snowflake infrastructure powering one of only 3 Snowflake Native Apps in the world. Be the infrastructure guardian of enterprise AI—where deep cloud engineering meets cutting‑edge data platforms. Secure the Infrastructure That Enterprises Trust Maxa, an AI‑first company, is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to build and secure the cloud and Snowflake foundations behind our finance‑grade AI products. Maxa Analyst is the first auditable finance AI analyst, delivering CFO‑ready, audit‑proof answers in seconds. The infrastructure powering this must be ultra‑reliable, secure, observable, and scalable—and that will be your domain. Your work ensures that every environment, deployment, and Snowflake Native App we ship is resilient, high‑performing, and trustworthy enough for enterprise use. As one of the earliest members of our DevSecOps function, you’ll shape our infrastructure strategy, own key operational systems, and become an asset in our team of Snowflake infrastructure experts. The Impact You’ll Make As our Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you’ll sit at the intersection of cloud engineering, security, and data platform operations. You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to design, automate, and secure the full lifecycle of our cloud and Snowflake environments. You’ll be responsible for: Keeping mission‑critical infrastructure running flawlessly Ensuring reliability and availability across GCP (or AWS/Azure) environments Maintaining our 99.9% uptime SLA through proactive monitoring and rapid incident response Managing Snowflake infrastructure and overseeing deployment of Snowflake Native Apps to customer accounts Building automation foundations that accelerate product velocity Creating and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for cloud services and Snowflake artifacts Implementing GitOps workflows with tools like ArgoCD and GitHub Actions Using Terraform and other IaC tools to define consistent, scalable infrastructure Designing automated test frameworks for infrastructure changes Leveraging advanced tooling (including agentic AI and coding assistants) to accelerate automation and quality Becoming a cornerstone of security and compliance Ensuring cloud and Snowflake environments follow best‑practice security standards Implementing Zero Trust Architecture Managing secrets with Vault, GCP Secret Manager, or equivalents Supporting audits, compliance activities, and secure‑by‑default design Leading reliability culture within the engineering organization Driving incident response and root‑cause analysis Partnering with developers and data engineers to integrate DevSecOps practices Mentoring junior CloudOps engineers and upleveling our operations maturity You’re the Right Fit If You Have: Core Infrastructure Expertise (5+ years) Deep hands‑on experience in DevSecOps, CloudOps, or infrastructure engineering Strong IaC experience—Terraform expert Cloud fundamentals across IAM, networking, workload identity, and security (GCP preferred, AWS/Azure accepted) Production experience with Kubernetes, Docker, VPCs, firewalls, load balancers GitOps + CI/CD systems (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, etc.) Monitoring/observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring) Snowflake / Data Platform Expertise Either: Experience with Snowflake (or BigQuery/Redshift/Databricks) SQL and data operations literacy Strong infrastructure engineer ready to become a Snowflake expert (training provided) Additional Technical Strengths Python scripting for automation Bash/Scripting familiarity Infrastructure testing frameworks Understanding of distributed systems concepts This Position Is NOT for You If: You prefer a mature, fully built DevOps environment rather than constructing one You want narrow specialization vs. broad cloud + Snowflake ownership You prefer to avoid security responsibilities You’re uncomfortable being a core operator in a high‑stakes production environment You want minimal cross‑team collaboration What We Offer Competitive base salary (aligned to seniority; this is a newly created role) 4 weeks vacation in year one, 5 weeks thereafter RRSP employer contribution after 3 months On‑site chef: three‑course lunches for $12 Stock options in a post–Series A high‑growth AI company The opportunity to define the infrastructure and security standards for enterprise AI What Your First Weeks Will Look Like You’ll join the Infrastructure & DevSecOps group under Bruno Hivert, DevOps, Security and Infrastructure Team Lead. In your first days: You’ll get full access to our cloud + Snowflake environments We’ll introduce you to our Snowflake Native App customers and deployment flows You’ll begin refining our IaC standards, CI/CD pipelines, and observability setup By week 2: You’ll be deploying updates to Snowflake Native Apps You’ll be leading improvements to monitoring, security posture, and automation workflows Your work will directly influence customer reliability and product velocity Recruitment Process Initial screening with Gen (30 min, GMeet) Background + culture fit Hiring Manager Interview with Bruno + Raya (45 min, GMeet) Technical depth, ownership expectations Technical Deep Dive (90 min, in‑person) Cloud + infrastructure architecture discussion Practical review of IaC, CI/CD, monitoring, and Snowflake operations Timeline: ~2–3 weeks from application to offer #J-18808-Ljbffr