About this role
Role: AWS DevOps Engineer (AWS, CrowdStrike, CI/CD, Kubernetes)
Toronto
Hybrid - 3-4 days
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer with expertise in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, containerization, infrastructure as code, and endpoint security using CrowdStrike Falcon. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available cloud environments while automating deployment pipelines and ensuring compliance with enterprise security standards.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and Helm.
• Configure and administer AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, ALB/NLB, Auto Scaling, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Route53, RDS, and EKS.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation to automate cloud provisioning.
• Automate deployments, monitoring, backups, and operational tasks using Bash, Python, and PowerShell scripting.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and Splunk.
• Integrate security scanning tools into CI/CD pipelines and automate vulnerability management.
• Administer CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection across enterprise environments.
• Configure CrowdStrike Falcon policies, host groups, prevention policies, sensor deployments, and endpoint detection capabilities.
• Monitor security alerts, investigate endpoint threats, and collaborate with Security Operations (SOC) teams for incident response.
• Perform vulnerability remediation and security hardening following CIS benchmarks and AWS security best practices.
• Implement IAM security controls, MFA, Secrets Manager, KMS encryption, and least privilege access.
• Support disaster recovery, backup strategies, and high availability architecture.
• Collaborate with developers, cloud architects, security teams, and infrastructure engineers throughout Agile/Scrum delivery cycles.
• Maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures, runbooks, and operational standards.
Required Skills
Cloud
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• EC2
• S3
• IAM
• VPC
• Route53
• CloudWatch
• CloudTrail
• RDS
• Lambda
• ECS
• EKS
• Auto Scaling
• Load Balancers
• AWS Systems Manager
DevOps
• CI/CD
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD
• AWS CodePipeline
• AWS CodeBuild
• Maven
• Gradle
• Nexus
• SonarQube
• Artifactory
Containers
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Amazon EKS
• Helm
Infrastructure as Code
• Terraform
• AWS CloudFormation
• Ansible
Security
• CrowdStrike Falcon
• Endpoint Protection
• EDR/XDR
• IAM
• KMS
• AWS Security Hub
• AWS GuardDuty
• AWS Inspector
• CIS Benchmarks
• Vulnerability Management
Monitoring
• CloudWatch
• Splunk
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK Stack
Scripting
• Python
• Bash
• Shell
• PowerShell
Source Control
• Git
• GitHub
• Bitbucket
Preferred Qualifications
• 5+ years of AWS DevOps experience.
• Experience deploying enterprise applications in AWS.
• Hands-on experience with CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Security.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience integrating security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps best practices.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification is preferred.
• CrowdStrike Falcon certifications are a plus.
Nice to Have
• Azure DevOps
• Azure Cloud
• GCP
• HashiCorp Vault
• ServiceNow
• Jira
• OpenShift
• ArgoCD
• Istio
• AWS Control Tower
• Security Compliance (ISO 27001, SOC2, NIST, PCI-DSS)