Senior Infrastructure Engineer

About Arcus Power

Arcus is at the forefront of the global shift towards electrification and low-carbon power systems. Our AI-driven Energy Cost Management platform is revolutionizing power management by enabling users to optimize operations based on electricity prices, peak demand periods, and market opportunities. Originally a tech startup in Calgary, Arcus is now expanding globally.

The Team

Our diverse team of data scientists, software developers, electrical engineers, and market analysts is committed to creating intelligent models that support efficient energy resource consumption. Arcus Power fosters a collaborative, innovation-driven, and dynamic culture, where everyone's input is valued.

Your Role

We're seeking an experienced

Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our team anddefine the future of our infrastructure practice. This is a rare opportunity to be the architect of our infrastructure-as-code strategy, Dev Ops culture, and site reliability practices from the ground up. You'll work directly with leadership to shape technical direction while building systems that power predictive analytics for global energy markets.

If you thrive on autonomy, love solving hard infrastructure problems, and want your work to directly impact how the energy industry operates, this role offers the creative freedom and technical challenge you're looking for.

What You'll Build

• Design and implement our IaC strategy using Terraform, establishing patterns that become company standards
• Build self-service infrastructure platforms that empower development teams
• Automate everything: from provisioning to monitoring to incident response
• Architect scalable, cost-efficient Azure solutions (AWS/GCP experience valued)
• Design and deploy containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Develop internal platforms that eliminate friction and accelerate delivery

• Establish SRE practices including SLOs, error budgets, and blameless postmortems
• Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines enabling continuous delivery
• Implement observability solutions (Data Dog, Grafana, Splunk) for proactive issue detection
• Collaborate with on-call rotations to support critical systems
• Mentor applications and data science teams to improve observability and monitoring practices
• Create tools and workflows that boost developer productivity
• Build "paved paths" for common infrastructure patterns
• Champion automation and eliminate operational toil

Your Qualifications

Must Have:

• 5-7+ years of infrastructure engineering, Dev Ops, or SRE experience with proven impact
• Deep expertise in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform strongly preferred)
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP also valuable)
• Hands-on proficiency with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation (Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops)
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, Power Shell, Go)
• Strong knowledge of networking, security best practices, and system administration
• Experience with secrets management solutions (Hashi Corp Vault, Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
• Proven track record of improving system reliability, availability, and performance

Highly Valued:

• Experience building internal developer platforms or self-service tooling
• Background in SRE practices: SLOs, error budgets, incident management
• Knowledge of configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Familiarity with Git Ops workflows and tooling (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Experience with time-series databases and high-performance data systems
• Understanding of security and compliance automation
• Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects

Key Competencies and Attributes

• Systems Thinking:You see the big picture and understand systems interaction
• Automation Mindset:If you've done it twice, you automate it
• Ownership:You take pride in building reliable, maintainable systems
• Pragmatism:You balance perfection with shipping and iterate based on feedback
• Communication:You translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences
• Collaboration:You thrive working across teams and mentoring others
• Continuous Learning:You stay current with evolving infrastructure practices
• Ownership & Impact:You take initiative, shape engineering culture, and influence infrastructure practices from day one
• Challenging Problems:you thrive on complex, high-stakes challenges such as real-time data systems, predictive analytics pipelines, and energy-market dynamics

What Arcus Can Offer

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• RRSP match and 3 weeks of annual paid time off
• Opportunities for professional growth in AI, MLOps, and energy technology

Join Us!

This is your opportunity to build something from the ground up in the rapidly evolving energy sector. If you're passionate about infrastructure engineering, excited to establish best practices, and ready to make lasting impact at a…