Senior DevSecOps Lead

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About Ionik (TSXV:INIK):

Ionik, a publicly traded company, is a multi-platform technology company focused on assembling the most effective and complete suite of advertising, marketing and monetization solutions for brands, advertisers and publishers. We acquire, optimize and scale market-leading digital technology businesses providing cross-platform, performance-driven advertising and data solutions to attract, engage and monetize high-value consumers.

Our mission to create the most advanced, data-driven marketing technology company begins with a team of the most energetic and collaborative people on the planet. If you're interested in helping us foster remarkable cultures that fuel innovation and success, then we want to hear from you..

About the Position:

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevSecOps Lead to drive technical excellence and best practices while managing a cross-functional team of DevOps/SecOps engineers and IT compliance specialists. This role requires equal proficiency in hands-on technical execution and leadership, with a security-first mindset across our multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, Digital Ocean, colocation).

Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership (30%):

• Lead and mentor a small team of engineers across DevOps, SecOps, and IT compliance functions
• Establish DevSecOps KPIs and implement team performance metrics
• Own DevOps and SecOps consolidation initiatives across Ionik subsidiaries through:
• Architectural unification of disparate CI/CD pipelines and toolchains
• Standardization of IaC configurations and deployment patterns enterprise-wide
• Alignment of security protocols and controls across 5+ development teams
• Development of common governance models for infrastructure changes
• Establishment of Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) with subsidiary architects
• Coordinate cross-functional security initiatives with Software Engineering teams
• Own incident response protocols and post-mortem analysis processes

Hands-On Engineering (70%):

• Architect secure IaC implementations
• Implement cloud-agnostic abstraction layer for multi-cloud interoperability
• Architect colocation modernization strategies
• Design multi-cloud security strategies with zero-trust networking principles
• Enable consolidation engineering through:
• Unified observability framework (metrics/logs/tracing)
• Unified governance framework (IAM, Access Controls, Cost Optimization, Policy-as-Code, Compliance-as-Code)
• Multi-cloud bulk workload transfers
• Storage consolidation strategies
• Retirement of redundant services
• Multi-account management
• Architect and maintain resilient cross-region/cross-cloud systems

Qualifications:

Must-have skills:

• 8+ years of hands-on DevOps/SecOps experience in enterprise-scale environment, with 5+ years in technical leadership roles managing cross-functional teams
• Proven track record in architecting multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) with zero-trust security principles and hybrid cloud/colocation strategies
• Expertise in IaC implementation using Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, CloudFormation/CDK, or equivalent tools
• Proficiency in PaC (Policy-as-Code) and compliance frameworks, such as HashiCorp Sentinel, Pulumi CrossGuard, OPA/Red Hat, or equivalent tools
• Advanced proficiency in securing AWS/Azure/GCP environments, including IAM, network security, and workload isolation
• CI/CD mastery using Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent tools for standardized enterprise deployments
• Expertise in Observability using Splunk/ELK stack, NewRelic, Grafana, or equivalent tools for unified logging/monitoring across hybrid infrastructure
• Proven track record in Containerization and Orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or equivalent technologies
• Experience deploying runtime security tools in production environments
• Proficiency in Golang/Python for security and automation tooling

Nice-to-have skills:

• Experience implementing SOC 2/HIPAA/GDPR controls through CI/CD-integrated scanning tools (Nessus, SonarQube, Snyk, Checkov)
• Demonstrated success in leading cloud consolidation initiatives (account management, workload migration, cost optimization)
• Experience implementing DevSecOps KPIs for team performance and system reliability
• Certifications: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CISSP, AZ-400, or DASA DevOps Leader
• Experience with Digital Ocean/Linode cloud platforms

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Environment: We value new ideas, and we have a strong technology team and our own platform to bring your ideas to life. This enables us to improve experiences for our internal team, partners, and clients.
• Client Success Focus: We care deeply about driving real growth for our clients. Their success is our success. Your primary objective will be to identify the best ways to drive ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) for our clients, ensuring their budgets are spent effectively and minimizing wasted dollars.
• Professional Growth: Being part of Ionik Group, you will have the opportunity to grow professionally and collaborate with sister companies, bringing holistic, multi-channel strategies across marketing initiatives.
• Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, fully remote environment, and more.

Ionik strives to foster a sense of belonging for everyone and to create a place for everyone to achieve their highest potential. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibit discrimination or harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.