About Sycle
At Sycle, we’re transforming how audiology practices operate. Our cloud-based practice management platform powers over 20,000 users worldwide—from local clinics to enterprise retailers—helping them streamline operations and deliver better patient care. We’re a growing SaaS company with startup energy, industry respect, and global reach.
We’re now adding to our DevOps engineering team and looking for a hands-on, startup-savvy experienced professional to help us level up. If you’re passionate about building great platforms, leveraging the latest approaches and being deeply involved in technical decisions—you’ll feel right at home here. The majority of our development team is based in BC so we're specifically looking for someone there.
Overview
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the design, operation, and continuous improvement of our AWS infrastructure and CI/CD platforms. This role is well-suited for an engineer with deep experience managing multi-account AWS environments, building robust CI/CD pipelines, and operating containerized workloads with infrastructure defined and managed through Terraform.
In addition to enhancing our core infrastructure, a key focus for this role will be to mentor our existing DevOps resources and elevate the technical skills of the team to rapidly increase our Agile and delivery maturity.
Key Responsibilities
Architect, manage, and optimize multi-account AWS environments, including account structure, IAM, networking, and governance
Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support diverse AWS workloads and environments, including containerized applications.
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for AWS resources and environments
Build, deploy, and operate containerized applications on our AWS infrastructure, managing their full lifecycle from development to production.
Implement best practices for security, reliability, and cost optimization in AWS
Establish and maintain observability across infrastructure and applications (logging, monitoring, alerting)
Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews
Automate operational processes to improve deployment velocity and system reliability
Partner with software engineering teams to support application architecture, deployments, and scalability
Mentor engineers and contribute to DevOps standards, documentation, and technical strategy
Participate in on-call rotations and provide production support
Required Qualifications
5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure roles
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS, including multi-account environments
Strong experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code in production environments
Deep experience with container-based application delivery
Strong operational experience with AWS Fargate(EKS/ECS strongly preferred)
Proven expertise building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar)
Solid understanding of AWS networking (VPCs, subnets, routing, load balancing)
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, New Relic, Sumo Logic, Cloudflare, etc.)
Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python, Go, or Bash
Strong Linux systems knowledge
Preferred Qualifications
Experience designing and managing AWS landing zones and governance models
Knowledge of AWS security best practices (IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, least privilege)
Experience operating high-availability, production clusters
Experience with cost optimization and capacity planning in AWS
Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA)
Understanding of SRE concepts such as SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
Soft Skills \& Competencies
Strong sense of ownership and accountability in production environments
Ability to operate independently and make sound technical decisions
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
Pragmatic mindset balancing speed, reliability, and security
Interest in mentoring and raising the bar for engineering excellence
What We Offer
Ownership of production-scale AWS
A collaborative engineering culture with evolving DevOps and CI/CD practices
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
Support for learning, certifications, and career growth