Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Fintel Connect

Fintel Connect is a fast growing fintech startup on a mission to helping financial services clients like Scotiabank, Wealthsimple, RBC and many others grow through meaningful partnerships. We're the leading affiliate and influencer marketing platform, network, agency and AI compliance engine exclusively built for fintech and banking - and looking for driven, creative and high-achieving marketers to join our team.

The Why:

• A competitive base salary
• A rapidly growing organization with real career progression and continuous learning
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• 5 Paid personal days
• Paid volunteer time to support causes that matter to you
• A balanced hybrid schedule with one remote day each week
• Team events and social perks
• Summer Fridays, every second Friday, start the weekend early

The Role:

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you will lead the implementation and continuous improvement of cloud security, infrastructure automation, platform reliability, and DevSecOps practices within AWS. You will proactively identify and remediate security risks, strengthen cloud governance, improve system resilience, and embed security throughout the software development lifecycle.

This role works closely with Engineering, IT, Security, and Product teams to build secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure that supports Fintel Connect's business objectives.

The Responsibilities:

AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Security

• Design, implement, and maintain secure AWS cloud infrastructure following AWS and industry best practices.
• Penetration testing
• AWS Security Hub
• AWS Inspector
• Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) findings
• SOC 2 control assessments
• Perform security hardening across cloud environments and patch management, prioritizing Critical and High severity vulnerabilities (CVEs).
• Security
• Reliability
• Performance
• Scalability
• Cost optimization
• Operational excellence
• Administer AWS networking and infrastructure security, including: VPCs, Security Groups, Network ACLs, Firewalls
• Implement and maintain AWS Control Tower and governance best practices.
• Utilize AWS Trusted Advisor to improve security, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Continuously identify and remove unused or legacy cloud resources.

Infrastructure Automation & Reliability

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Automate cloud infrastructure deployment and operational processes.
• Improve infrastructure consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Design and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies.