Designs and operates cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, networking, CI/CD, and observability systems. Improves developer experience through paved-path tooling, leads production incident triage, investigates issues using logs and scripts, and advances scalable infrastructure architecture. Partners with engineering teams on infrastructure decisions, applies AI tools effectively, and communicates technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ciklum is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team in Canada.
We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.
About the role:
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experience of tomorrow.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain the core infrastructure (compute, networking, CI/CD, observability)
- Drive developer experience improvements — reducing friction, removing toil, and making the "paved path" the easy path
- Lead triage on production issues: dig into logs, write scripts to analyze data when needed, and drive incidents to resolution
- Shape and advance our infrastructure architecture with a bias toward simplicity, scalability, and ease of use for the engineers building on it
- Use AI tools deliberately and effectively as a force multiplier in your own work, and help others on the team do the same
- Partner closely with engineering teams to understand their needs and translate them into infrastructure decisions
Requirements:
- Experience managing a Kubernetes (or similar) cluster — not just deploying applications onto one as a runtime. You should have configured, operated, or maintained a cluster yourself (node pools, upgrades, scaling, networking, etc.)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or an equivalent like Pulumi/CloudFormation) — you've written and maintained IaC yourself
- Solid engineering fundamentals and a real point of view on what makes infrastructure and architecture simple, scalable, and maintainable — and the judgment to make good trade-offs
- Comfort owning production triage: reading logs, forming hypotheses, writing a script when that's the fastest path to an answer, and driving to root cause under some pressure
- Combination of infrastructure/DevOps and Python/software engineering skillsets
- Clear, effective communicator, in writing and out loud — able to explain technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-infra stakeholders
- Genuinely AI-forward: you already use AI tools to move faster and better, not just because it's expected
- A collaborative partner to the broader engineering org — this role succeeds by making other engineers more effective, not by working in isolation
Desirable:
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform, particularly GKE Autopilot or a comparable managed Kubernetes environment
- Experience with gRPC, Postgres at scale, or service-oriented architectures
- Experience scaling infrastructure or DX tooling at a growth-stage company
- Experience in a regulated environment (HIPAA or similar)
- Prior ownership of a paved-path or internal platform initiative
What’s in it for you?
- Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment
- Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise
- Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications
- Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies
- Care: Healthcare, Basic Life Insurance, Short and Long-term disability insurance according to the Company’s Benefit Plans
About us:
At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress. Now expanding across Canada, we’re looking for talented professionals to strengthen our North American footprint. Join us to innovate at scale and deliver world-class solutions to global clients.
Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!
Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.
#LI-AV3
Similar Jobs
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Computer Vision • Hardware • Internet of Things • Software
The Senior People Partner will strategically support GTM and Sales leaders, aligning talent priorities with business outcomes. Responsibilities include diagnosing organizational needs, managing talent and compensation programs, improving retention, partnering with People teams and centers of excellence, reinforcing company culture, and influencing leadership through data-driven insights. The role requires strong communication, coaching, consulting, facilitation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, plus experience using AI to automate routine work.
Top Skills:
AI
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
Develop and ship web, mobile, and API features for Affirm’s card acquisition experience. Break projects into deliverable phases, collaborate with product, design, and analytics, write tested and extensible code, support production availability through metrics and on-call activities, review code, and contribute to interviewing and team development.
Top Skills:
KotlinPythonReactReact NativeVue
Blockchain • eCommerce • Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency
Manage a portfolio of mid-market sellers, expanding use cases and technical solutions, negotiating contracts, and providing exceptional client service.
Top Skills:
Technical Solutions
What you need to know about the Edinburgh Tech Scene
From traditional pubs and centuries-old universities to sleek shopping malls and glass-paneled office buildings, Edinburgh's architecture reflects its unique blend of history and modernity. But the fusion of past and future isn't just visible in its buildings; it's also shaping the city's economy. Named the United Kingdom's leading technology ecosystem outside of London, Edinburgh plays host to major global companies like Apple and Adobe, as well as a growing number of innovative startups in fields like cybersecurity, finance and healthcare.
