Platform & SRE Engineer

TechDoQuest; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDoQuest is seeking a DevOps/Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and manage scalable Kubernetes-based services in a fast-paced environment. You will build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, strengthen observability with Prometheus and Grafana, and ensure secure service onboarding with OAuth2/SSO.

You will troubleshoot issues, automate tasks, and support API and UI deployments. Ideal candidates are hands-on with Linux, container orchestration, and web deployment architectures, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Kubernetes and Docker hands-on experience.
• Solid understanding of containerization, deployment strategies, and orchestration.
• Deep familiarity with observability stacks: Prometheus, Grafana, alerts, and metrics.
• Working knowledge of web deployment and web component architecture.
• Experience with authN/authZ mechanisms (OAuth, SSO).
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Comfort with Linux and basic database operations (SQL).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, containerized applications on Kubernetes clusters.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable and repeatable deployments.
• Own and improve platform observability using Prometheus and Grafana with effective alerts.
• Collaborate with application teams to onboard services with proper authentication/authorization.
• Troubleshoot production issues, improve availability, and drive root cause analysis.
• Automate routine tasks using Python scripting, Ansible, or similar tooling.
• Support web-based deployments including APIs and UI apps.
• Collaborate on system design, capacity planning, and performance tuning.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Containerization

Observability

OAuth/SSO

CI/CD

Linux

SQL

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Ansible

Terraform

Helm

Job description

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, containerized applications on Kubernetes clusters.


• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and repeatable deployments.


• Own and improve platform observability using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and alerts.


• Work closely with application teams to onboard services with proper authentication and authorization (OAuth2, SSO, JWT, etc.).


• Troubleshoot production issues, improve availability, and drive root cause analysis.


• Standardize and automate routine tasks using Python scripting or Ansible.


• Support web-based deployments including APIs, UI apps, and their configurations.


• Collaborate on system design, capacity planning, and performance tuning.

Must-Have Skills

• Solid hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.


• Strong understanding of containerization, deployment strategies, and orchestration.


• Deep familiarity with observability stacks: Prometheus, Grafana, alerts, and metrics.


• Working knowledge of web deployment and web component architecture.


• Experience in setting up or working with authN/authZ mechanisms (OAuth, SSO)


• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.).


• Comfort with Linux and basic database operations (SQL)

Nice to Have

• Proficiency in Python scripting for automation.


• Experience with Ansible or other config management tools.


• Exposure to infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm).


• Familiarity with cloud-native concepts and services.

Who You Are

• A systems thinker who understands both the development and operations side.


• Someone who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional team.


• Passionate about automation, stability, and continuous improvement.