Join us in Advancing the Environmental Global Impact within the Rail Industry
For nearly 40 years, ZTR has designed, developed and released products that have a positive environmental impact within the Locomotive Industry. Planning for an environmentally sustainable future means taking action today in preparation for tomorrow. Everyone has a role to play and we take ours seriously.
As the DevOps Engineer, you will work closely with development, security, and IT teams to operate, maintain, and continuously improve ZTR’s cloud platform infrastructure, ensuring reliable, secure, scalable, and cost-effective services across production and development environments. You will monitor platform health and capacity, perform routine maintenance and lifecycle activities, respond to incidents, troubleshoot production issues, and support service continuity. You will also strengthen operational practices through automation, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, security controls, documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Operate, maintain, and continuously improve ZTR’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) production and development platform infrastructure
- Monitor platform health, capacity, availability, and performance; respond to alerts and address emerging risks before they affect users
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, lead incident response, restore services, and complete post-incident reviews with clear corrective actions
- Perform routine maintenance, patching, upgrades, backup verification, recovery testing, certificate renewals, and infrastructure lifecycle management
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, deployment, database, and production service issues in collaboration with development and IT teams
- Manage cloud networking, identity and access management, security groups, secrets, and infrastructure security controls
- Maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards, and operational runbooks to support reliable and efficient service operations
- Administer and improve CI/CD pipelines for repeatable software builds, testing, releases, rollbacks, and deployments
- Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation to provision, configure, and maintain consistent environments
- Automate recurring operational tasks and reduce manual effort, configuration drift, and deployment risk
- Support capacity planning, cost optimization, performance tuning, and service continuity planning for platform infrastructure
- Apply cybersecurity, compliance, and operational best practices across all environments, including controls aligned with ISO 27001
- Create, maintain, and regularly review infrastructure documentation, operational procedures, recovery plans, and knowledgebase content
- Share DevOps and site reliability practices with development and IT teams and contribute to practical, well-defined platform standards
Who you are:
- 3+ years of experience in platform operations, DevOps, site reliability engineering or a related role
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or
- Hands-on experience operating and supporting production cloud environments in AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, identity and access management, and cloud security controls
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, or equivalent platforms
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex production issues, manage incidents, and document root causes and corrective actions
- Experience with system maintenance activities such as patching, upgrades, backups, recovery testing, certificate management, and capacity planning
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI and with safe deployment and rollback practices
- Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages
- Experience supporting backend services and database technologies such as Java, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL platforms
- Familiarity with cybersecurity practices and tooling, including vulnerability management, SAST/DAST, monitoring, and proactive risk mitigation
- Strong written documentation, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Ability and willingness to participate in a scheduled 24/7 on-call support rotation
Please apply even if you don’t qualify for all responsibilities or skills, we still want to hear from you!
This role is open as we're looking to expand our team!
The expected annual base salary range for this position is between $80,000 - $120,000 CDN.
The annual base salary is determined through comprehensive market research and considers factors including qualifications, skills, education, relevant experience, work location, internal equity, and alignment with local and industry market data. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Employees may also be eligible for our comprehensive benefits package, including Employer RRSP matching. Salary ranges listed in job postings are subject to change. All employment offers are contingent upon satisfactory reference and background checks, as well as proof of eligibility to work in Canada.
Why Choose ZTR?
ZTR offers a positive working environment and a group of friendly and talented industry leaders passionate about driving environmental and financial benefits for our clients. We encourage and support employees to find long-term success and explore opportunities that play into their strengths and passions. We value lateral moves as much as vertical promotions; we believe all roles should develop your skills, broaden your experience, and help you continue on a journey to build a rewarding career at ZTR.
We are looking for flexible, compassionate and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in a fast-paced working environment, and who are looking for long-term, meaningful employment in a career that makes a real difference.
At ZTR, we continuously promote a healthy balance between work, fun and family. This is a place where employees make a difference in our company and within our customers’ organizations. You will have the ability to direct your career path at ZTR as we are rapidly growing with numerous opportunities for professional growth and development.
ZTR Control Systems provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please contact Human Resources. We will address information received regarding the accommodation needs of applicants in confidence.
At ZTR, we're proud to share that we do not use AI tools when screening and evaluating candidates throughout our recruitment processes. All hiring decisions are carefully made by our recruiting team. We thank all who apply to our roles. Please be advised that due to a large volume of applications, we will only contact candidates that we decide to proceed with via email or phone.
