Senior DevOps Engineer

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Localcoin, you own the cloud infrastructure strategy, CI/CD systems, security posture, observability stack, and infrastructure governance across production and regulated environments. You'll join a rapidly growing Bitcoin ATM operator with terminals across Canada, Poland, and the APAC region, architecting resilient systems that meet SLAs while maintaining compliance and operational excellence in a fintech-grade environment.

What you'll do

• Design and manage AWS Organizations across multiple accounts, architecting multi-region, highly available systems aligned with defined SLAs
• Design secure VPC and private subnet strategies, Transit Gateways, VPN and NGINX tunnels, and implement expert-level IAM governance using least privilege, Verified Permissions, and SSO
• Lead advanced Terraform implementations across multi-account environments, designing scalable module architecture and state management strategies
• Own and scale GitLab CI/CD pipelines and SaaS runners, building AMI pipelines and infrastructure automation using Python, Go, or Bash
• Architect and operate Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS environments, manage ECR and image scanning, and implement auto-scaling
• Implement observability using Datadog (preferred) or Prometheus/Thanos, define SLIs and SLOs aligned to business SLAs, and lead incident response and root cause analysis
• Architect and operate RDS databases to support production workloads
• Resolve CIS Benchmark and Security Hub findings, harden AWS environments and container workloads, and manage secrets via Vault or AWS Secrets Manager
• Support PCI or regulated fintech and crypto requirements, strengthening the cloud security stack across infrastructure and pipelines
• Manage Cloudflare infrastructure including Firewall, WARP, Zero Trust, Access, and DNS, designing secure edge networking and connectivity patterns
• Implement cost optimization and tagging strategies, clean up unused resources, and build architecture documentation and operational runbooks
• Drive infrastructure governance and platform standards while mentoring and coaching other team members on cloud best practices

What you bring

• 7-10 years in IT infrastructure or cloud engineering
• 5+ years owning production AWS environments with deep architecture expertise including multi-account strategies, security stack, and networking
• Advanced Terraform experience in complex environments
• Strong CI/CD architecture experience, with GitLab preferred
• Strong Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS experience
• Professional scripting experience using Python, Go, or Bash
• Experience working in PCI-compliant or regulated fintech or crypto environments
• Strong understanding of SLAs and building systems around them
• Leadership capability with the ability to mentor and influence engineering standards
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C02) certification

Nice to have

• Additional AWS certifications such as DevOps Engineer Professional
• Hands-on Datadog experience
• Experience leading FinOps programs
• Experience with Cloudflare Zero Trust and WARP
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault
• Experience with Snowflake and dbt infrastructure

What we offer

• Salary range of $150,000-$180,000
• RRSP group matching program
• Hybrid work environment with in-office expectation of two days per week at our Etobicoke, ON office
• Professional development opportunities covered by Localcoin
• Regular team socials, meetings, and collaborative workspaces

About Localcoin

Localcoin, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, is the fastest-growing Bitcoin ATM operator in the world. The company operates terminals across Canada, Poland, and the APAC region, including Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, working to simplify buying and selling digital currencies globally through partnerships with leading corporate and franchised retail spaces.