DevOps Engineer

TekStaff IT Solutions; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 72,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TekStaff IT Solutions is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer for a 12-month hybrid contract in Toronto, Ontario. The role requires 10+ years in IT, with extensive experience in DevOps and Azure services. The candidate will collaborate with various teams to deliver features and handle production support, utilizing tools like Jenkins and Splunk. Strong Linux support and knowledge of CI/CD pipelines are essential, along with a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall experience in the IT industry supporting enterprise applications.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps / SRE roles.
• 3+ years of Azure Virtual Machines management experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with UI developers and stakeholders for successful development.
• Troubleshoot issues in the test environment.
• Support non-prod and prod releases.

Skills

DevOps

Azure Virtual Machines

CI/CD Pipelines

Monitoring with Splunk and Dynatrace

Linux/Unix Support

Batch Processing with Autosys and Python

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in business, financial or technology

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

TekStaff's Client has a current vacancy for a DevOps Engineer

Pay Rate Range: $72-90

Job Description

This is a 12 month contract located in Toronto, ON/ Hybrid (3-4 days/ week)

Typical Day in Role

• Collaborating closely with a team of UI developers, backend API developers, business system analysts, and architects to work on both new features and incremental improvements and provide your technical expertise towards success of the development team
• Communicating closely with the team through Teams daily
• Troubleshooting any issues in the test environment
• Work with stakeholders such as BA, application developers and other internal teams (Tech Ops, Dev Ops)
• Supporting the non-prod and prod releases

Candidate Requirements / Must Have Skills

• 10+ years of overall experience in the IT industry supporting enterprise applications
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps / SRE / Production Support roles supporting enterprise applications
• 3+ years of experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Azure Virtual Machines
• 2+ years of experience supporting and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, including build and deployment automation
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Azure services, including Azure DevOps for pipeline management and Azure Active Directory for identity and access management (Azure Administrator certification preferred)
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk and Dynatrace for monitoring, alerting, and incident investigation
• 3+ years of strong Linux / Unix systems support and troubleshooting experience
• 3+ years of experience providing L2/L3 support in Banking or Capital Markets environments
• 2+ years of experience with Autosys and Python scripting for batch processing and automation

Nice‑to‑Have Skills

• Experience supporting OpenShift Container Platform and Kubernetes-based applications in production
• Hands‑on experience with Grafana, Prometheus, and Jenkins
• Exposure to Azure cloud infrastructure and services
• Experience working with Oracle and SQL Server for database troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Strong understanding of incident management, RCA, and ITIL processes, with exposure to tools such as ServiceNow
• Previous recent experience with top 5 banks is nice to have

Soft Skills

• Good communication and teamwork skills to work with multiple groups across the bank, gathering requirements
• Comfortable with new technologies
• Flexible and able to pivot and adapt to change
• Accountable for and takes ownership of the work
• Eager to learn, mentor, and share ideas in a team environment

Degrees or Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree level or above education, ideally in business, financial or technology.
• Relevant certifications would be a bonus