Senior Software Engineer 1

Sophos
Canada
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 105,000 - 175,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Troubleshooting","Independent ownership","Engineering judgment","Written and verbal communication","Mentoring"]

Own medium-complexity platform engineering initiatives that improve automation, developer tooling, and cloud-based software delivery across the engineering organization. Lead work from design through production support, designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes (EKS) environments, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Troubleshoot complex build and deployment issues, improve observability and reliability, and mentor engineers while collaborating with QA, product, architecture, security, and release teams.

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Sophos
Sophos
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer 1

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Job Summary

Own medium-complexity platform engineering initiatives that improve automation, developer tooling, and cloud-based software delivery across the engineering organization. Lead work from design through production support, designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes (EKS) environments, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Troubleshoot complex build and deployment issues, improve observability and reliability, and mentor engineers while collaborating with QA, product, architecture, security, and release teams.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own end-to-end delivery of medium-complexity platform engineering, DevOps, and CI/CD initiatives from design through production support.
  • •Design, implement, and improve developer platforms, release automation, and engineering workflows that increase reliability, scalability, and productivity.
  • •Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Jenkins, and Artifactory to support cloud-native software delivery.
  • •Drive improvements to Kubernetes environments (Amazon EKS), deployment standards, operational readiness, and platform reliability.
  • •Troubleshoot complex build failures, deployment issues, infrastructure problems, and runtime behavior; improve observability and participate in operational support and on-call rotations.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 105,000 - 175,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Release Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Software Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
  • •Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including shell scripting, process management, networking, system services, permissions, and performance analysis.
  • •Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, or similar platforms.
  • •Hands-on AWS cloud expertise (IAM, EC2, EKS, VPC, S3, Route 53, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, Load Balancers) and production Kubernetes support (Amazon EKS preferred).
  • •Must be able to design and maintain Infrastructure as Code with Terraform; strong automation experience with Python/Groovy and release management practices are required.
Experience:Platform engineeringDevOpsCloud infrastructureCI/CDKubernetes
Skills:TroubleshootingIndependent ownershipEngineering judgmentWritten and verbal communicationMentoring
Tech Stack:AWSIAMEC2EKSVPCS3Route 53CloudWatchAuto ScalingLoad BalancersAzureGitHubJenkinsGitHub ActionsArtifactoryKubernetesDockerPythonGroovyBash

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Sophos
Provides enterprise cybersecurity software and services including endpoint protection, network security, cloud security, encryption, and managed threat response to protect organizations from advanced threats and ransomware.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 500M to 1B
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Abingdon, United Kingdom
Founded: 1985
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