Senior DevSecOps Engineer (CANADA only)

This is a remote position.

About Us

Berkeley Payment Solutions is a leading payment technology provider specializing in innovative solutions for businesses to manage and process payments seamlessly.

Role Overview

Candidates must be located in Canada for this role.

The Lead Security / DevSecOps Engineer will strengthen and maintain the company's security posture through secure development practices, infrastructure security controls, and DevSecOps principles. This hands-on role bridges software engineering, operations, and cybersecurity—ensuring security is integrated across the entire development lifecycle. The role involves leading secure CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure hardening, automated threat detection, and compliance enforcement in direct collaboration with engineering, DevOps, and product teams.

Our Technology Stack

Berkeley operates a cloud-native, Kubernetes-first platform on AWS. You will work directly with:

• IaC: Terraform 1.5+ (tf-environments, tf-shared-modules with 29+ reusable modules)

• Compute & Orchestration: Amazon EKS 1.28+, Karpenter v1.0.10+, Helm (25+ charts), Docker

• GitOps & CI/CD: ArgoCD (App-of-Apps), GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, ECR, OIDC IAM roles

• Networking & Edge: Transit Gateway (hub-and-spoke), VPC multi-account, CloudFront, HAProxy Ingress

• Security: AWS WAF (JA3/JA4, OWASP rules), GuardDuty (9 accounts), IAM Identity Center, JumpCloud SAML, Secrets Manager, External Secrets Operator

• Data & Storage: Aurora Serverless v2 (PostgreSQL 14.17, MySQL 8.0), DynamoDB, ElastiCache Redis, S3

• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki Distributed, Promtail, AlertManager, PagerDuty

• Data Workflows: Argo Workflows, Spark Operator, Jupyter, 56+ scheduled jobs

• Applications: Elixir/Phoenix, Go, NestJS, React, RabbitMQ, SQS

• AI Operations: Claude Code for DevOps automation, IaC generation, and operational workflows

• Compliance: PCI-DSS, SOC 2 Type I/II, GDPR

• AWS Accounts: Multi-account strategy — Root, Dev, Staging, Production, CAMS Production

Requirements

1. Security Engineering & DevSecOps Implementation

• Design and implement security controls across CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CodeBuild), Terraform IaC, and deployment workflows (ArgoCD, Helm charts).

• Integrate automated security scanning (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, container image scanning) into CI/CD to detect vulnerabilities early.

• Harden EKS/Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS environments with best-practice configurations, Karpenter node policies, and Kubernetes security policies.

• Enforce least-privilege access and secrets management via AWS Secrets Manager and External Secrets Operator across all environments.

• Automate security and compliance tasks using Claude Code for IaC generation, infrastructure scripting, and security workflows.

• Manage SSL/TLS certificate renewals, CSP enforcement, and AWS WAF rules (JA3/JA4 fingerprinting, OWASP rule sets) protecting CloudFront edge infrastructure.

2. Real-Time Security Monitoring & Incident Response

• Deploy and manage GuardDuty (9 accounts), Security Hub, and the Grafana-Loki-Prometheus stack to detect and respond to threats in real time.

• Develop and execute incident response playbooks, coordinating alerts through AlertManager, PagerDuty, and Slack.

• Configure alerting for unauthorized access, configuration drift, and anomalous behavior across the multi-account AWS environment.

• Analyze logs and telemetry from Grafana, Loki, Promtail, and Prometheus; monitor VPC Flow Logs, Transit Gateway traffic, and CloudFront access logs for anomalies.

3. Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC)

• Lead compliance efforts for SOC 2 Type I/II, PCI-DSS, and GDPR, including automated enforcement and evidence collection within CI/CD and Terraform.

• Perform security risk assessments, gap analyses, and audits across all AWS accounts (Root, Dev, Staging, Production, CAMS).

• Collaborate with legal, compliance, and auditing stakeholders; conduct vendor and third-party risk assessments.

• Maintain centralized compliance documentation for frameworks, control implementations, and audit activities.

4. Secure Architecture & Infrastructure Reviews

• Lead threat modeling and architecture reviews for services across Elixir/Phoenix, Go, NestJS, and React stacks.

• Define and enforce baseline security configurations (hardened AMIs, K8s security policies, Karpenter NodePool constraints, Security Groups).

• Conduct security reviews for Aurora Serverless v2 databases, message queues (RabbitMQ, SQS), and caching layers (ElastiCache Redis).

5. Senior DevOps Engineering & Platform Reliability

• Manage scalable infrastructure on AWS via Terraform (29+ shared modules), ArgoCD, and EKS across dev/stage/prod accounts.

• Build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and CodeBuild with ECR image management.

• Operate Kubernetes environments using Karpenter for intelligent node provisioning; oversee the Prometheus-Grafana-Loki-Promtail observability stack.

• Manage database infrastructure (Aurora Serverless v2, DynamoDB, ElastiCache), Transit Gateway networking, and CloudFront edge configurations.

• Implement and monitor SLOs, SLAs, and error budgets in collaboration with product and engineering.

6. AI-Assisted DevOps & Automation

• Leverage Claude Code for Terraform module development, Helm chart authoring, Kubernetes troubleshooting, and security policy generation.

• Use Claude Code to accelerate incident investigation, generate runbooks, and produce IaC patches.

• Build Claude Code-driven automation for certificate rotation, compliance checks, and environment provisioning.

• Evaluate AI-assisted tooling for the DevSecOps pipeline; mentor team members on effective Claude Code usage.

7. Security Culture & Engineering Enablement

• Conduct security training tailored to engineers, product managers, and DevOps teams.

• Embed a DevSecOps-first mindset from ideation to deployment; facilitate post-incident reviews and drive remediation.

• Mentor team members on security practices, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, and observability.

8. Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

• Maintain documentation for security standards, tooling, infrastructure configuration, and response procedures.

• Build a security and DevOps knowledge base aligned with existing architecture documentation.

• Track and report KPIs for system security, infrastructure reliability, and compliance maturity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Security Engineering with hands-on cloud infrastructure experience.

• Deep expertise with AWS (EKS, IAM, GuardDuty, WAF, Secrets Manager, Transit Gateway, CloudFront, Aurora, S3, DynamoDB, ElastiCache).

• Strong Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, ArgoCD, and container security experience.

• Proficiency in Terraform IaC, including module development and multi-environment management.

• Experience building and securing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and/or CodeBuild.

• Solid understanding of PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and/or GDPR compliance frameworks.

• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) and incident response tooling (PagerDuty, AlertManager).

• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go).

Preferred

• Experience with Karpenter, HAProxy Ingress, or External Secrets Operator in Kubernetes.

• Experience securing Elixir/Phoenix, Go, or NestJS application stacks.

• Experience with Claude Code for infrastructure automation and operational scripting.

• Hands-on experience with Argo Workflows, Spark Operator, or data pipeline security.

• Experience with JumpCloud or similar identity providers for SAML/SSO.

• Background in payment technology, financial services, or PCI-compliant environments.