DevOps Specialist - Remote / Telecommute

Cynet systems Inc; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services provider in Alberta seeks a DevOps Specialist to enhance digital services through automation and cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will lead operational support, implement CI/CD pipelines, and work within Agile teams. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required, alongside hands-on experience with Azure Red Hat OpenShift and BuildMaster. This role demands strong skills in automation, monitoring, and troubleshooting in cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong experience with Azure Red Hat OpenShift.
• Hands‑on experience with BuildMaster.
• Significant experience in performance monitoring and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scripts for operational automation.
• Implement automation for deployments with minimal downtime.
• Lead operational support of digital services in production.
• Manage configuration and credentials settings.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)

CI/CD pipelines and automation

Containerization and orchestration

Cloud platforms and hybrid environments

Configuration management and automation tools

Monitoring, logging, and observability tools

DevSecOps and secrets management

Release engineering and deployment strategies

Disaster recovery planning and implementation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Computer Science

Tools

Azure Red Hat OpenShift

BuildMaster

Job description

Job Description:

• The DevOps Specialist will work across multiple projects, supporting the delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of modern digital services.
• The role focuses on automation, cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and DevOps best practices within Agile delivery teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scripts, tools, and procedures for operational automation.
• Implement automation for deployments and maintenance with minimal downtime.
• Lead operational support of digital services in production environments.
• Manage configuration, credentials, and environment settings.
• Plan and manage system maintenance activities.
• Manage database upgrades, migrations, backups, and recoveries.
• Create templates and reusable patterns for application deployments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate provisioning of development and testing environments.
• Build monitoring, logging, and telemetry solutions to improve system observability.
• Support early integration testing, security scans, system testing, and performance testing.
• Support limited-availability releases such as Alpha and Beta launches.
• Continuously improve DevOps processes and maintain technical documentation.
• Follow Agile and Scrum methodologies while collaborating in high-performance teams.

Requirement / Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong experience with Azure Red Hat OpenShift.
• Hands‑on experience with BuildMaster.
• Experience with cloud‑based and mobile application development.
• Experience designing and supporting disaster recovery architectures and processes.
• Strong experience in performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Experience replicating environments manually or through Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience scaling services using horizontal and vertical scaling techniques.
• Experience with VM sizing based on performance testing.
• Experience working as a DevOps Specialist on large‑scale Agile enterprise projects.
• Experience collaborating within enterprise Agile development teams.

Should Have:

• Experience modernizing large‑scale legacy systems into digital services.
• Experience working in government or large enterprise environments.
• Experience leveraging AI tools in DevOps practices.
• Experience working in large national or global organizations.

Skills:

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent).
• CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Containerization and orchestration.
• Cloud platforms and hybrid environments.
• Configuration management and automation tools.
• Monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
• DevSecOps and secrets management.
• Release engineering and deployment strategies.
• Disaster recovery planning and implementation.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.