DevOps Specialist

The world of IT is fast-paced, competitive and growing every day - but so are the vulnerabilities which threaten it and regulations which govern it. This is why our team is moving at breakneck speed – to protect the privacy of people and businesses throughout the world by making email data protection easier.

We are on a mission to prove to that it pays to be secure and we need your help

As a recognized and established SaaS developer, Echoworx provides customizable encryption solutions to a growing list of multinational organizations hailing from a wide range of high-regulated sectors – including government, financial services, healthcare, legal and manufacturing, among others.

We are seeking a DevOps Specialist to assist in developing software builds through the development to production life cycle. In this role, you will be responsible for implementing changes to automatically promote our services through development, QA, and production and maintaining a high level of quality throughout our cloud-based infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD)
• Support the release process including deployment of changes from development, QA, staging, and production
• Work closely with the Development and Operations teams, including coordinating with the QA team to plan for upcoming release scope and deployment activities through the software development cycle
• Define, develop, and maintain automation and associated documentation
• Identify process and technology ready for improvement and proposing solutions
• Maintain awareness of latest industry trends in cloud computing
• Participate in occasional on-call support for after-hours support coverage

Skills and Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent is preferred
• 3+ years of DevOps including design and development of CI/CD experience in an agile/iterative delivery structure
• Experience working on and supporting highly available 24x7 SaaS application and production systems
• Good verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to interact with team members
• An efficient problem solver who enjoys taking ownership, showing initiative, and seeing problems through to resolution
• Hands-on experience with the following sets of tools:
• Linux, Tomcat
• Ansible, Gitlab, Foreman
• Shell scripting, Python, YAML
• ELK Stack, Application Performance Monitoring
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Cloud Computing Platforms (Primarily AWS)

What’s in it for you?

We are a hard-working, enthusiastic team, with a passion and unflinching focus on encryption. Our office is centrally located in Toronto (with Subway, and GO Bus Hub in the building) and only seconds from the 401. We have regular social events and our work environment is productive, yet relaxed and social.

We offer:

· Ability to make an immediate and lasting impact

· Remote work

· Work with a talented team of innovative and creative players

About Echoworx

Echoworx brings simplicity and scalability to encryption. OneWorld, our flagship solution, is the first encryption platform that makes secure messaging easy and cost effective – designed to adapt to any environment and all forms of encryption. Our passionate encryption experts transform chaos into order for world leading enterprises and OEM providers who understand the requirement for secure communication is of the upmost importance. We are proud to have clients in 30 countries using the Echoworx encryption platform, and to have more than 5,000 enterprise-level business, public sector and institutional clients serviced through our offices in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. For more information, please visit echoworx.com.

Echoworx is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

*Please include your cover letter and resume with your application