Mission-Critical Apps Administrator (DevOps)

MatchBox Consulting Group; Calgary; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

MatchBox Consulting Group is seeking an Application Administrator for a 2-year contract in Calgary to support mission-critical applications.

The role covers deploying new applications, managing prod/non-prod environments, and ensuring security and compliance across key databases and technologies. On-call rotation with four other admins is required; devops experience is preferred and relevant IT experience exceeds 3-5 years.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, IT or related field, or a Diploma in IT Administration with equivalent work experience
• DevOps experience preferred
• 8-10 years IT experience including application deployments and support
• 3-5 years industry experience
• Experience with the listed technologies (Tomcat, Azure API, Entra ID, JDBC, Java EE/SE, Redis, Spring Boot/Hibernate, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Python, PowerShell and security certificates)
• Preferably having a utilities market or industry background
• Experience with financial markets, clearing and settlement (nice to have)

Responsibilities

• Provide Support for mission critical applications by managing prod and non-prod environments.
• Deploy new applications and releases in collaboration with cross functional IT team.
• Deploy application using technologies like Tomcat, Azure API, Entra ID, JDBC, Java EE/SE, Redis, Spring Boot/Hibernate, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Manage capacity, availability, continuity and security of various applications environments.
• Monitor applications performance logs, investigate issues and tune and maintain tasks.
• Perform service restoration tasks and activities related to incident, problem, change and release management processes.
• Deliver high-quality results on assigned applications project tasks.
• Ensure compliance of mission critical systems with AESO standards
• Automate application administration functions using appropriate technology.
• Support datacenter maintenance, annual business continuity and IT security exercises as Application Administrator
• Provide 24X7 on-call support on rotation with four other application administrators.

Skills

DevOps experience

Education

Degree in Computer Science or IT

Diploma in IT Administration

Tools

Tomcat

Azure API

Entra ID

JDBC

Java EE/SE

Redis

Spring Boot/Hibernate

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

Security certificates

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MS SQL Server

Job description

MatchBox Consulting Group is seeking an Application Administrator for a 2-year contract in Calgary to support mission-critical applications.

The role covers deploying new applications, managing prod/non-prod environments, and ensuring security and compliance across key databases and technologies. On-call rotation with four other admins is required; devops experience is preferred and relevant IT experience exceeds 3-5 years.