DevOps Engineer
Equinix•Toronto, ON
•$118,000 - $176,000
About The Position
Equinix is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer for a hands-on engineering role maintaining and evolving Kubernetes-based infrastructure across on-premises and AWS environments. The position has significant ownership and impact on platform reliability and scalability. The engineer will work with Principal Engineers and internal customers to design, build, and maintain Kubernetes environments for business needs while ensuring operational excellence.
Requirements
- Solid hands-on experience with Kubernetes cluster operations, upgrades, and troubleshooting, including RKE1/2 and CAPI.
- Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms.
- Working knowledge of Golang and Python.
- Experience using GitHub for code and collaboration.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD and automation.
- Experience managing infrastructure maintenance, patching, and upgrades.
- Ability to work with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive engineering mindset.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with hybrid infrastructure spanning on-premises and cloud.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes networking, security, and observability tooling.
- Experience with Kyverno policies for Kubernetes governance and compliance.
- Familiarity with Backstage or other developer portal/platform engineering tooling.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and operate Kubernetes-based infrastructure across on-premises and AWS environments.
- Work with Principal Engineers and internal customers to gather requirements and design Kubernetes-based solutions.
- Provision, configure, and manage Kubernetes clusters with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Perform infrastructure maintenance, including operating system updates and patching, Kubernetes upgrades and lifecycle management, and software updates across the platform stack.
- Monitor platform health and proactively improve system stability and efficiency.
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and platform issues.
- Contribute to automation, tooling, and infrastructure-as-code initiatives.
- Participate in team on-call rotations.
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Health or healthcare insurance coverage.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- Voluntary or optional benefit plans.
- Retirement or savings plans.
- Paid time off, vacation, personal time, and paid holidays.
- Bonus eligibility; equity may be offered depending on the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
