Platform & SRE Engineer

Aarorn Technologies Inc; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 5,786,000 - 7,990,000; Full time

Job summary

Aarorn Technologies Inc in Montreal, QC, is seeking a Platform & SRE Engineer for a contract role on site three days per week. You will design, deploy, and manage scalable Kubernetes-based platforms and drive reliable deployments.

You will build CI/CD pipelines, enhance observability with Prometheus and Grafana, and collaborate with application teams on authentication, authorization, and capacity planning.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters.
• Strong understanding of containerization, deployment strategies, and orchestration.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or GitLab CI.
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana) and alerting.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, containerized applications on Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable deployments.
• Own observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and alerts.
• Onboard services with OAuth2, SSO, and JWT authentication/authorization.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve availability.
• Automate routine tasks with Python or Ansible.
• Collaborate with application teams on deployments and configurations.
• Support capacity planning and performance tuning.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Observability (Prometheus/Grafana)

CI/CD pipelines

OAuth/Security auth

Linux

SQL basics

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Ansible

Terraform

Helm

SSO/OAuth

Job description

Job Title: Platform & SRE Engineer

Location: Montreal, QC (3x onsite a week)

Employment Type: Contract

Pay Rate: CAD$50/HR INC

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

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