Application Release Engineer

Pyramid Consulting, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 76,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. seeks an Application Release Engineer for a 06+ months contract in Toronto, hybrid. The role focuses on building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and security-integrated deployment processes.

Requirements include 7+ years in infrastructure/DevOps, AWS DevOps certification, and advanced cloud security credentials. On-site/hybrid work with proximity to the Toronto area is expected.

Qualifications

• University or post-graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering.
• 7+ years in infrastructure/DevOps, with at least 3 years in a highly regulated industry.
• AWS certified DevOps engineer.
• Certified Cloud Security Professional or Certified DevSecOps Professional.
• Years of experience – 12.
• Candidate should be within 40 miles of work location.

Responsibilities

• CI/CD Pipeline management – building and maintain pipeline that automatically test and deploy code from development, optimized for heavy engine builds.
• Infrastructure as Code – write scripts to automate server set up.
• Monitoring and logging – setting up alters to monitor the stability of the environments.
• Security integration – ensure security checks are built into the code deployment processes, implement automated security gates so no code reaches production without passing vulnerability scans.
• Hybrid Infrastructure - managing a mix of cloud instances and bare-metal servers; cloud instances across platforms like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
• Audit trail automation – ensure every change to the infrastructure is logged and traceable. Build systems that can prove to a regulator exactly who changed what, and when.
• Network Orchestration – configure software-defined networking to ensure the engine's wire protocols have prioritized bandwidth and low jiter
• Resiliency and chaos engineering – designing multi-region, multi-cloud disaster recovery strategies to ensure 99.9999% availability

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GCP

Azure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

Immediate need for a talented Application Release Engineer. This is a 06+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Toronto - ON (Hybrid).

Pay Range: $48/hour.

Key Responsibilities

• CI/CD Pipeline management – building and maintain pipeline that automatically test and deploy code from development, optimized for heavy engine builds
• Infrastructure as Code – write scripts to automate server set up
• Monitoring and logging – setting up alters to monitor the stability of the environments
• Security integration – ensure security checks are built into the code deployment processes, implement automated security gates so no code reaches production without passing vulnerability scans
• Hybrid Infrastructure - managing a mix of cloud instances and bare-metal servers; cloud instances across platforms like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
• Audit trail automation – ensure every change to the infrastructure is logged and traceable. Build systems that can prove to a regulator exactly who changed what, and when
• Network Orchestration – configure software-defined networking to ensure the engine's wire protocols have prioritized bandwidth and low jiter
• Resiliency and chaos engineering – designing multi-region, multi-cloud disaster recovery strategies to ensure 99.9999% availability

Key Requirements and Technology Experience

• Skills- Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, GCP, Azure
• University or post-graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering
• 7+ years in infrastructure/ DevOps, with at least 3 years in a highly regulated industry
• AWS certified DevOps engineer
• Certified Cloud Security Professional or Certified DevSecOps Professional
• Years of experience – 12
• Candidate should be within 40 miles of work location

Our client is a leading IT Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions.

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