Principal DevOps Engineer

Description

• Guide incident response processes and lead post-mortem practices to improve system resilience.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies to support evolving infrastructure needs.
• Establish and promote DevOps standards, tools, and automation across teams.
• Design and evolve CI/CD pipelines that support scalable, secure, and efficient delivery.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Mentor DevOps engineers and support their technical growth and career development.
• Optimize hybrid environments (cloud and on-premises) for performance, cost, and security.
• Implement and standardize monitoring, logging, and alerting practices across systems.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, and IT to ensure reliable and seamless deployments.

Requirements

• Additional Requirements: Employment is subject to successful completion of reference checks and a Canadian criminal background check.
• Familiarity with IT security best practices, compliance, or cost optimization in the cloud.
• Experience mentoring DevOps engineers or leading internal learning initiatives.
• Strong proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Bash, Python) and experience with version control (e.g., Git).
• Involvement in building or scaling platform engineering or DevOps communities of practice.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Ability to influence DevOps strategy and lead cultural and process improvements across teams.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or DevOps, with at least 5 years in senior or leadership roles.
• Expertise in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Effective communicator and collaborator with a strategic mindset and a proactive approach.
• Experience supporting high-availability systems or global software deployments.

Benefits

• A Supportive Environment: Feel empowered to share your ideas and implement them with high autonomy and team support.
• Compensation: Annual base salary: $145,300 to $159,200 CAD, plus eligibility for a profit-sharing bonus. This salary range reflects our reasonable estimate for the role. Final compensation may vary based on your experience, qualifications, and other relevant factors.
• Social Responsibility: Become part of a team that finds meaningful ways to give back. Take paid time off to volunteer for one of our Safe-organized opportunities that align with our core community initiatives.
• Learning & Career Development: We believe in your continuous learning and growth. Take advantage of an annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe.
• Flexible Working Hours: Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements to fit your lifestyle. Work when you want, and how you want to.
• Work-Life Balance: There's no place for burnout at Safe. Maintain a healthy balance of your personal and work life without splitting yourself in two. Enjoy 3 weeks of vacation to recharge, plus an additional paid 6 seasonal days off per year.
• Family is important: We are dedicated to supporting our employees through parenthood and offer a Parental Leave Top-Up Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.
• An Accessible Commute: Regardless of your commute method, we’re located close to public transit, and provide complimentary parking and bike storage for our team!
• Health & Wellness: Extended health, dental, health or lifestyle spending, and counseling benefits from day 1. That’s right, no waiting period.
• Shared Success: Share in Safe’s success with our bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance