N-iX is looking for Lead DevOps Engineer (AWS Migration) - to join the team
About the client
Our client is a leading European online car marketplace, serving over 30 million monthly users across 18 countries. As a Lead DevOps Engineer – AWS Migration & Security, you will play a pivotal role in modernizing the platform that powers their business — migrating core services to AWS and strengthening the security posture that protects their customers and data at scale.
About the role
We are looking for two experienced engineers to drive a cloud migration and security-hardening initiative through the end of the year. This is a hybrid role, split roughly 50/50 between SRE/operations work and hands-on software development. You will work cross-functionally with multiple teams, migrating services to AWS while identifying and remediating security issues along the way.
This role suits someone who is equally comfortable writing Terraform as they are debugging application code, and who enjoys the pace and ownership that comes with a focused, time-boxed engagement. This is a hands-on project-based role combining platform engineering, cloud migration, DevOps, and security remediation. You will work across multiple engineering teams, helping migrate services to AWS, implement infrastructure on EKS, improve deployment processes, and address security issues. The role may have a stronger focus on infrastructure and platform engineering or on development and DevOps, depending on the candidate’s background and the needs of the assigned domain.
This position does not include on-call, incident response, or traditional SRE responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
- Migrate existing services from Azure and potentially other platforms to AWS.
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
- Work with AWS EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized workloads.
- Configure and maintain AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, security groups, IAM, and load balancing.
- Support migration activities across AWS accounts, environments, and engineering teams.
- Identify and remediate security issues related to secrets, keys, dependencies, and infrastructure configuration.
- Apply security fixes, patches, and library updates, including Dependabot-driven remediation.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using GitHub Actions.
- Work with existing observability tools, including Datadog and New Relic, while supporting the migration toward Grafana.
- Make application-level configuration or code changes where required to support migration and security activities.
- Collaborate with development, platform, and infrastructure teams to coordinate migration activities with minimal disruption.
- Document infrastructure changes, migration procedures, and security remediation work.
- Use AI-assisted development tools, including Codex, to improve engineering productivity and delivery speed.
Requirements:
- 6+ years of commercial DevOps experience
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS in production environments.
- Proven experience with Kubernetes and AWS EKS.
- Practical experience with Docker and containerized workloads.
- Strong Terraform and infrastructure-as-code skills.
- Experience with cloud migration projects, ideally involving migration from Azure to AWS and/or re-platforming.
- Solid understanding of AWS networking, IAM, security groups, load balancing, and related services.
- Practical experience with security remediation, including secrets and keys management, vulnerability remediation, dependency patching, and infrastructure hardening.
- Experience with GitHub Actions or comparable CI/CD tools.
- Ability to work across multiple teams, services, and codebases.
- Familiarity with PHP, Python, or TypeScript is beneficial for communication with development teams and understanding application-level changes.
- Fluency with Codex or comparable AI-assisted coding tools.
- Excellent English communication skills
- Ability to work during Toronto timezone business hours, with reliable EST/EDT overlap.
Nice to have:
- Experience with Datadog, New Relic, or Grafana.
- Experience with Dependabot or automated dependency management.
- Experience with RDS and other AWS data services.
- Experience working with multi-account AWS environments.
- Prior contract or consulting experience with clearly defined deliverables.
We offer*:
- Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
- A competitive salary and good compensation package
- Personalized career growth
- Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
- Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
- Education reimbursement
- Memorable anniversary presents
- Corporate events and team buildings
- Other location-specific benefits
*not applicable for freelancers
Skills Required
- AWS certification: Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) or AWS Certified Developer
- Proven hands-on production experience with AWS services, particularly ECS and RDS
- Experience with AWS networking: VPC, subnets, security groups, and load balancing
- Strong infrastructure-as-code skills with Terraform
- Working experience with Ansible
- Software development experience in PHP, Python, or TypeScript (ability to read, modify, ship production code)
- Experience with cloud migration projects (lift-and-shift and/or re-platforming)
- Practical security experience: vulnerability assessment, patching, hardening, remediation
- Availability to work Toronto timezone (EST/EDT) business hours
- Multi-account AWS experience
- Containerization and Docker in production
- CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance
- Familiarity with compliance/security frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, CIS benchmarks)
- Prior experience in contract or consulting engagements with defined deliverables
What We Do
N-iX is a global software solutions and engineering services company that helps world’s leading organizations turn challenges into lasting business value, operational efficiency, and revenue growth using advanced technology. Whether you need to build a custom solution, modernize your digital product or acquire extra tech expertise - we have the experience and capabilities to ensure your success. With over 2,000 professionals in 25 countries across Europe and the Americas, N-iX offers expert solutions in cloud, data analytics, embedded software, IoT, AI, machine learning, and other tech domains. Being in business for over two decades, we have worked with dozens of industry-leading enterprises and Fortune 500 companies creating value across a wide variety of sectors, including finance, manufacturing, supply chain, retail, e-commerce, healthcare, and more. Our unique combination of business domain expertise and technical know-how enables us to effectively collaborate with ISVs, tech companies, and enterprises of all sizes. Thanks to the strong tech ecosystem and partnerships with AWS, GCP, Microsoft, SAP, OpenText, Snowflake, and others, we bring extra speed, scale and efficiency to more than 160 organizations across the globe. N-iX is recognized by numerous industry awards, such as CRN Solution Provider 500, Global Outsourcing 100 by IAOP, ISG Provider Lens™, Modern Application Development services providers by Forrester, etc
