Some jobs ask you to keep the machinery running. This one asks you to design the machinery itself. The team is building a greenfield managed services product in AWS, and the first order of business is establishing GitOps foundations with ArgoCD. If you’ve spent years untangling Kubernetes clusters and wondering why GitOps isn’t standard everywhere, this is the role where you get to do it right from day one.The work is both hands-on and architectural: creating and managing ArgoCD applications, fine-tuning synchronization strategies, troubleshooting the inevitable sync issues, and extending functionality with scripting in Python, Bash, or Go. You’ll also make sure observability isn’t an afterthought, because deploying at scale only matters if you can see what’s happening. Required Skills & Experience6+ years of cloud and Kubernetes engineering, with specialization in ArgoCDStrong grasp of GitOps principles and hands-on experience integrating ArgoCD with GitDeep knowledge of AWS and Kubernetes resource configuration in productionProficiency with GitLab for project creation, file templating, and pipeline managementScripting in Bash, Python, or Go for automation and extensionsComfort implementing monitoring and logging for both ArgoCD and deployed applications Desired Skills & ExperiencePrevious experience designing SaaS or automation-heavy solutionsExperience deploying ArgoCD in production with HA/DR considerationsFamiliarity with Akuity, Terraform, Helm, or Argo WorkflowsAbility to bridge gaps between developers and operations to keep deployments smooth Daily ResponsibilitiesHands-On GitOps Development with ArgoCD: 70%Collaboration, Troubleshooting & Continuous Refinement: 30%Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada on a full-time basis now and in the future.Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.#LI-AC1
