Senior DevOps Engineer/Linkerd

A high-growth SaaS organization operating at global scale is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to take ownership of its cloud platform and infrastructure ecosystem from end to end. Supporting a platform that powers millions of customer interactions, this role will be responsible for driving the strategy, reliability, scalability, observability, and continuous evolution of the organization's Kubernetes and AWS environments. You will work across the full platform lifecycle, influencing architecture, automation, operational excellence, and engineering standards while partnering closely with development and product teams. The environment leverages AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitLab, ArgoCD, and a broad observability stack, with a strong emphasis on automation, platform engineering, and operational resilience. Required Skills & Experience

• Deep expertise with AWS services such as EKS, EC2, RDS, and CloudFront.
• Advanced production experience designing, operating, and scaling Kubernetes environments, combined with strong Infrastructure as Code expertise using Terraform.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience building and maintaining Kubernetes Operators from the ground up using Golang or Python, alongside strong proficiency with GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Helm, and automation scripting.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Observability and monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and CloudWatch, including alerting, anomaly detection, and platform health analysis.
• Experience with service mesh technologies, traffic routing, DNS management, edge networking, and content delivery platforms such as Linkerd and Cloudflare.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security architecture, IAM governance, incident response leadership, and cloud cost optimization methodologies.

Daily Responsibilities

• Hands-On Engineering: 75%
• Team Collaboration & Cross-Functional Work: 25%

You Will Receive The Following Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Vacation Time

Current Vacancy: Yes Use of AI in Hiring: No Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada on a full-time basis now and in the future. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance. Posted By: Adrian Cronk