DevOps and Cloud Manager

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📢 DevOps & Cloud Manager – Remote (Canada)

Location: Remote – Canada (preferably aligned with Pacific Time)
Reports to: Senior Technical Program Director
Employment type: Full‑time, permanent
Salary: $130,000 – $155,000 CAD per year
Benefits: 5 weeks PTO, health‑spending account, extended benefits, professional‑development support

About The Land Administration Company (LAC)

The Land Administration Company is a Canadian‑owned leader delivering innovative land‑administration solutions to governments worldwide. Our work directly supports minority rights, poverty reduction, and environmental stewardship. Join a purpose‑driven team where technology meets social impact.

Why LAC?

• Innovation at the Core – Work with cutting‑edge cloud & DevOps tooling.
• Global Impact – Your work helps nations secure land rights and drive sustainable development.
• Mission‑Driven Culture – Collaborate with partners who care about social, economic, and environmental outcomes.
• Collaborative Environment – Learn from best‑in‑class professionals across North America, Europe, and Asia.

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Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Ownership

• Strategic stewardship of LAC’s AWS environment – ensure availability, security, scalability, and resilience.
• Define, document, and enforce cloud architecture standards, guardrails, and reference patterns across all environments.
• Maintain a platform roadmap that aligns with product, business, and operational priorities.
• Review and approve major infrastructure changes, tooling decisions, and architectural designs.

CI/CD, Release & Change Management

• Own the CI/CD platform (GitLab) and all deployment pipelines – guarantee reliability, security, and repeatability.
• Champion Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) practices and environment standardization.
• Establish release & change‑management standards: deployment readiness, rollback strategies, risk thresholds.
• Partner with Engineering & Product to enable safe, predictable releases.

Reliability, Incident Response & Governance

• Lead incident response, post‑mortems, and continuous‑improvement initiatives.
• Design and test disaster‑recovery and business‑continuity plans.
• Implement platform governance (cost‑optimization, compliance, security audits).
• Build a knowledge‑sharing culture to reduce reliance on individual contributors.

Team Leadership & Process Automation

• Build and scale the DevOps function – hire, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team.
• Drive process automation to increase velocity while reducing manual toil.
• Create and maintain clear documentation, runbooks, and SOPs.

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What We’re Looking For

Category	Desired Experience / Skills
Cloud	5+ years designing, operating, and scaling production‑grade AWS environments; deep knowledge of VPC, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation/Terraform, and AWS Well‑Architected Framework.
DevOps & CI/CD	Proven track record building and managing GitLab (or similar) pipelines; strong IaC background (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or Pulumi); experience with container orchestration (ECS/EKS, Docker).
Reliability & Ops	Hands‑on experience with SRE practices: monitoring (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana), alerting, incident management, post‑mortems, and DR testing.
Leadership	2‑3 years leading a DevOps/Platform team; ability to influence cross‑functional stakeholders and translate technical risk into business outcomes.
Security & Governance	Familiarity with security frameworks (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001), cost‑optimization, and compliance audits.
Soft Skills	Excellent communication (both written and verbal), strong analytical mindset, proactive problem‑solver, comfortable working across time zones (PST, India, NI).
Education	Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Other	Must be legally authorized to work in Canada (no visa sponsorship).

If you have additional certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, CKA, etc.) – that’s a plus!

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Compensation & Benefits (at a glance)

• Salary: $130‑$155 K CAD / year (commensurate with experience)
• Work‑style: Fully remote (Canada) – flexibility to collaborate with teams in PST, India, and Northern Ireland.
• Time off: 5 weeks paid vacation + statutory holidays.
• Health: Robust extended benefits, health‑spending account.
• Growth: Budget for professional development, certifications, conferences.

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How to Apply

1. Submit your résumé (highlighting AWS, CI/CD, and leadership experience).
2. Include a brief cover letter explaining why LAC’s mission resonates with you and how you’d drive cloud excellence.
3. Applications are reviewed by the LAC hiring team – AI tools are only used for scheduling and summarization, not for candidate evaluation.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not sponsor work visas.

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Quick Copy‑Paste for LinkedIn / Job Boards

DevOps & Cloud Manager – Remote (Canada) – $130‑$155K CAD
The Land Administration Company (LAC) is seeking a senior‑level DevOps & Cloud leader to own our AWS platform, CI/CD pipelines, and reliability engineering. You’ll define architecture standards, drive automation, and enable safe, rapid releases for global land‑administration solutions that empower communities worldwide.
Key: AWS, GitLab, IaC, SRE, team leadership, remote (Canada).
Apply: [Insert application link]

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