Dog and Pony Studios is an integrated creative and digital agency for B2B brands. Headquartered in Toronto, we operate as a hybrid team across Canada, South America and Europe. We’re looking for a seasoned DevOps Engineer to help scale and support the infrastructure behind our portfolio of enterprise websites and applications.

This is a strategic, hands-on role that requires deep technical expertise and collaboration. You'll work closely with developers, designers and senior stakeholders across a remotely distributed team. You will collaborate with a development team of highly intelligent and friendly A-players to streamline development and deployment processes.

You have a strong background in automation scripting and cloud infrastructure, and will be accountable for ensuring the reliability, performance and security of our portfolio of web properties. Configure, optimize, manage, and maintain multi-cloud infrastructure across platforms such as AWS, Azure, and DigitalOcean. Ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and security of systems using automation and cloud-native best practices.

Monitor resource utilization, configure alerts and implement auto-scaling where necessary. Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins. Manage version control workflows with Git, ensuring effective branching strategies, code reviews, and merge pipelines.

Support development team in discovering and integrating AI-powered tools and services to improve workflows, code quality, automation, or end-user experiences. Implement security best practices for cloud resources and applications, including access control, encryption, and vulnerability assessments. Configure, manage and maintain monitoring and logging solutions to track the performance and health of applications and infrastructure.

Assist in incident response,



root cause analysis, and post-mortem reviews to improve system resilience. Monitor and optimize cloud spend with cost controls and resource optimization strategies. Interpret client and internal project requirements to architect and deliver appropriate technical solutions.

We are committed to a remote-first approach, and local development is discouraged in favor of cloud-based development environments. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience). ~5+ years of proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role. ~ Experience with WordPress as a CMS backend. ~ Familiarity with Vue.js, Nuxt.js, React.js, and Next.js. ~ Proficiency in cloud platforms like Azure, Digital Ocean, AWS and GCP. ~ Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows or Azure Devops pipelines. ~ Solid understanding of networking, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and CDNs. ~ Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Working knowledge of cloud cost optimization, billing analysis, and cost forecasting. ~ SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) and security certifications (bonus).

This job posting is for a current open position at Dog and Pony Studios.

AI Disclosure: All applications are reviewed by a member of our hiring team, and final hiring decisions are made by humans. While we generally do not rely on AI based tools in our hiring process, we may occasionally use AI-enabled tools to support certain aspects of application screening. Be part of a highly motivated, multidisciplinary team working on cutting-edge digital experiences. Work on interesting and complex projects for some of the biggest companies in the world.

No Diva Policy: This is a friendly, collegial, client-centric team focused on delivering world-class products.

Hybrid Office: We’ve been a hybrid agency since 2008.

Paid Vacation: 3 weeks annual paid vacation + annual wellness time off through Christmas and New Year’s

📌 DevOps Engineer - Fully Remote (Toronto)
🏢 Dog and Pony Studios
📍 Toronto