DevOps Engineer

Posted Mar 5

Company Overview

Athennian increases trust in business. Our products help legal, finance, and tax teams be transaction and audit-ready by organizing business entity and corporate structure information. Over 370,000 business entities in almost every country are managed on Athennian to automate workflows for ownership, company secretarial, governance, tax, and compliance.

The Role

We are looking for a motivated and collaborative DevOps Engineer to join our Cloud Security and Infrastructure team. As a DevOps Engineer, you will have responsibility for building and maintaining cloud based infrastructure. Additionally, you will collaborate with engineering teams to solve operational problems, design and implement solutions, tools and practices that help us to increase operational productivity at a large scale. This role is vital in promoting collaboration between engineering to allow for delivery and management of services. 

As a key contributor to our Engineering team you will be responsible for:

  • Work closely with Engineering stakeholders to design and maintain a reliable, scalable, and secure platform
  • Optimize existing deployment Tooling and Infrastructure, including but not limited to creating and maintaining new CI/CD Pipelines, optimizing infrastructure for cost or performance to meet our company goals
  • Collaborate with the Engineering team to identify areas for improvement and implement solutions
  • Provides DevOps domain expertise for existing projects and new initiatives
  • Set up and maintain test environments for manual and automated testing
  • Conduct and analyze results of vulnerability scanning and penetration testing and action findings
  • Plan and perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks
  • Participate in on-call rotations for monitoring and alerting
  • Identify cost-saving opportunities within our infrastructure

A successful candidate will have:

  • 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and/or automation engineering
  • Strong understanding of cloud technologies such as AWS
  • Experience with running and managing systems and services on a cloud platform (AWS)
  • Strong understanding of database technologies such as MongoDB
  • Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes & Linux Systems
  • Knowledge of Terraform and Packer
  • Experience deploying cloud service, monitoring, alerting, and handling critical issues
  • Agile development experience
  • Works well in a team environment, as well as independently
  • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving
  • Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
  • The ability to work without close supervision and thrive in an autonomous working environment that allows for high levels of freedom
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Technical curiosity and desire for continuous learning

Nice to have:

  • AWS DevOps Engineer certification
  • Experience with Cloud-based security protocols

Location

As a forward-thinking, remote-first company, we are dedicated to harnessing exceptional talent across North America. Our vibrant team, distributed across Mexico, Canada, and the United States, embodies the flexibility and innovation of remote work. While our operational model is predominantly remote, we continuously evolve, seeking new opportunities and locations for shared workspaces. Presently, we have collaborative hubs in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, but we are actively exploring additional locations. These hubs are more than just physical spaces; they are dynamic environments where our team members can connect, collaborate, and create. Our commitment is to foster an ever-evolving, cohesive, and innovative work culture, connecting people across geographical boundaries and constantly enhancing opportunities for teamwork and personal growth.

Our Culture

We believe incredible teams can solve any problem, and we strive to be an inclusive workplace where ideas thrive. We are, first and foremost, an organization of people who are passionate about learning, building, and sharing software to transform the legal industry. Our team members thrive when they’re passionate about what they do. We strive to create an engaging environment with challenging tasks, foster meaningful relationships with colleagues, and encourage each other to become the best we can be. Whether you want to customize your workspace, share your latest hobby with the team, or broaden your horizons with a specific project, we have a wealth of opportunities to keep you growing and learning. We’re here to help you become the best version of yourself, all while having fun and connecting with coworkers.

Our Values

Diligent Builder: Ability to design and build scalable systems

Focused Creative: Strategic mind with a solution-first attitude and uses data to navigate the next steps

Ambitious Learner: Eager to take on new challenges and present innovative solutions

Champion Mindset: We set ambitious goals and hustle to make them happen

Athennian is committed to creating an inclusive, equitable, and accessible work environment. Please contact our People team if you require any accommodations during the recruitment process. Interested candidates need to apply online for consideration. We appreciate all applications, but please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.