Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Our ideal candidate is able to work with our product and platform engineering teams to create reliable, repeatable, and performant infrastructure, as well as facilitate product deployments into that infrastructure. Our primary focus is within public cloud, where we primarily utilize AWS. Engineers must be familiar with cloud native approaches, including but not limited to infrastructure-as-code, continuous integration and continuous deployment. Security of our environment is paramount. Ability to work well with others across the organization is highly desired.

Preferred technologies:

• Containers
• Git
• GitLab
• Artifactory
• AWS
• Terraform
• Linux and/or Windows scripting
• Docker and Kubernetes

Responsibilities:

• Designing, building, and deploying solutions that increase product reliability and organizational efficiency
• Motivating and guiding the creation of effective CI/CD pipelines
• Providing mentorship and insight into DevSecOps best-practices
• Working with product teams to expose their requirements and support the above
• Improving reliability via root cause analyses, post-mortems, and using code to prevent recurrence
• Implementing effective monitoring and security scanning
• Assisting support teams in resolving issues
• Demonstrating and evangelizing state of the art technologies and practices that can be used to build and improve better workflows
• Discovering and implementing automation to reduce manual support requirements
• Providing emergency after-hours support if needed

Qualifications:

• Degree or diploma in Computer Sciences or related fields, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer and writing Infrastructure-and Configuration-as-Code
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Highly proficient in AWS design and architecture
• Professional level AWS Certification a significant asset
• Highly experienced with Terraform and or AWS CloudFormation
• Experience with Infrastructure- and Configuration-as-Code
• Experience with Windows scripting
• Highly proficient with CI/CD pipeline systems, preferably GitLab
• Experience with Git in a multi-team environment
• Some experience with containers and containers-as-a-service systems, such as EKS and or ECS
• Experience with log aggregation systems such as Splunk, Datadog, or Sumo Logic
• Experience with APM solutions and infrastructure monitoring solutions an asset
• Desire to push themselves and learn new things

About Innosphere:

Founded in 1997, Innosphere provides technology staffing solutions to clients across North America. We have specialized in remote work for over 15 years. Our staffing solutions include fully managed development teams coupled with expert consulting, full-time hiring, and flexible staffing.

Innosphere is a permanent remote company but we do have an office location in Guelph to provide employees opportunities to work intermittently in an office environment. We have collaborative space for meetings, lunches, and company events. Our employees have the freedom to choose where they prefer to work.

Innosphere is committed to providing its employees with endless possibilities to learn new things and to work with the latest technologies.

When we hire, we look for people who align with our core values:

Remote First: Innosphere is a remote company but offers in-office workspace. Employee connections are fostered through shared experiences and events.

Community Involvement: Innosphere strives to make a difference in the community through charity initiatives and volunteer opportunities.

Employee Growth: Innosphere provides opportunities to work with new technologies and funds employee training. Our philosophy is to promote internally when possible.

Life as an Innospherian - Who we are and how we work:

• Work From Home
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Team Owned Deliverables
• Charity Initiatives
• Promote From Within

Some other perks:

• Generous Time Off
• Above Average Benefits (Dental, Health, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, Life, Dependent Life)
• Home Office Benefit Program
• Yearly Professional Development Budget
• Annual Fitness Benefit
• Lunch & Learns and Virtual Events
• Annual In-Person Celebrations
• RRSP with Company Match
• Volunteer Days
• Sports Tickets for Blue Jays games
• Birthday Club

Innosphere welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Only applicants meeting the criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process. All applicants are subject to a criminal, educational, and employment history background check. Must be currently residing in Canada and legally permitted to work in Canada. No phone calls please.

At Innosphere, we value transparency in our hiring process. Please note that we use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and AI-assisted tools to help manage applications and support our recruitment process. All applications are reviewed fairly, and final hiring decisions are always made by our hiring team.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $120,000.00-$140,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Paid time off
• Work from home

Work Location: Remote