Lead Cloud Applications Engineer

OpenText; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Cloud Applications Engineer to ensure the reliability and performance of its cloud infrastructure. The role involves close collaboration with various teams for application deployment, migration, and disaster recovery planning. Ideal candidates will have extensive cloud computing experience, strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to enhancing system efficiencies in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 to 9 years of experience in Cloud Applications and Platforms.
• Hands-on experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Google, Azure).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving techniques.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cloud infrastructure's reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborate with teams to deploy services and enhance stability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application performance issues.

Skills

Cloud computing

Automation with Python

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Job description

Hiring Manager: Ernie Riedelbach

Talent Acquisition Advisor: Draun Raval

Job Code Level: IRP4

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YOUR IMPACT
As a Cloud Applications Engineer at OpenText, you will be responsible for ensuring our cloud infrastructure's reliability, scalability, and performance. You must be able to learn and understand current application designs thoroughly and have hands-on technical experience. You will work closely with development and operations teams to design, implement, and maintain systems that are resilient and efficient.

WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS
• Collaborate with Product Development, Professional Services, and Customer Support teams to deploy services and applications and make these services more stable and resilient.
• Be an expert on migration of applications and services, and disaster recovery planning & execution.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure and application performance and provide root cause analysis.
• Develop and enhance OpenText automated deployment strategies (CI/CD) to streamline development and deployment processes.
• Utilize AWS services to build and maintain cloud infrastructure.
• Work with 3rd party vendors and their support organizations for any impact to OT hosted solutions
• Prioritize work to ensure timely project deliveries.
• Available to work on weekends to perform scheduled maintenance activities, upgrades, and deployments.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24x7 support for critical systems.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
• Minimum 7 to 9 years of experience in Cloud Applications and Platforms.
• Hands-on experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Google, Azure)
• In-depth knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems and system administration.
• Design, implement, and manage Kubernetes clusters to ensure high availability and scalability.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts for container-based application deployments and management.
• Solid understanding of Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Able to automate tasks with Python, Go, bash, PowerShell, or Shell-script.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices (Ansible/Chef/Puppet/Gitlab/Concourse etc.)
• Understanding security and network protocols, such as SFTP, VPN, HTTPS, and SSH.
• Familiarity with load balancers, SMTP, DNS, and networking protocols.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving techniques and the ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to analyze and debug complex systems and maintain detailed documentation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• A fast self-learner, and ability to adapt to a changing application/platform.

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