Azure Platform & DevOps Architect - Remote AI Platform

Fidus; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

RRSP matching

Profit-sharing bonus

Job summary

Fidus, a Canadian high-tech design firm, seeks an Azure Platform & DevOps Architect to own and secure our Azure-based AI platform and DevOps tooling. This senior, hands-on role centers on building reliable infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and strong IT operations across Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket.

You will collaborate with platform and engineering teams across hardware and software domains, supporting production workloads on Azure while enabling scalable workflows and cost-efficient cloud

Qualifications

• 5+ years in platform engineering, DevOps or site reliability engineering, including at least 2 years supporting production workloads on Azure.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, and working with containers (Docker, Azure Container Apps or AKS).
• Experience administering Jira and Confluence, including workflow design, automation and permissions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run the Azure infrastructure for the AI platform with Terraform and multiple environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions and Jenkins, including automated testing, approval gates and rollback.
• Run PostgreSQL in production, including backups, restore testing and performance tuning.
• Monitor availability, define SLAs, and manage incident response.
• Secure the platform with Entra ID, least-privilege access, Key Vault and private networking.
• Manage infrastructure behind AI services, including model API access and cost.
• Own Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket administration and workflows.
• Improve Jira workflows, dashboards and reporting; keep Confluence organized.
• Set and support DevOps standards across the org, including source control and CI/CD practices.

Skills

Azure

DevOps

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Linux admin

Networking

Python or Bash

Security and IAM

Incident management

Communication

Tools

Jira Admin

Confluence Admin

Bitbucket Admin

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Docker

Azure AKS

PostgreSQL

Terraform

Entra ID

Key Vault

Azure Container Apps

Job description

Fidus, a Canadian high-tech design firm, seeks an Azure Platform & DevOps Architect to own and secure our Azure-based AI platform and DevOps tooling. This senior, hands-on role centers on building reliable infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and strong IT operations across Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket.

You will collaborate with platform and engineering teams across hardware and software domains, supporting production workloads on Azure while enabling scalable workflows and cost-efficient cloud