RQ11553 - DevOPS/Cloud Engineer - Senior

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Toronto is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, build and support AWS-based solutions in the Public Health domain. You will monitor performance, implement safeguards for data integrity, and document system designs and configurations.

The role requires 10+ years in IT, strong Linux/Unix skills, Kubernetes and Docker experience, and a proven track record delivering secure, scalable cloud architectures for large health-related projects.

Qualifications

• Public sector healthcare experience and governance familiarity.
• Knowledge of PMI and PS I&T project methodologies.
• Experience with Public Sector IT project gating and Enterprise Architecture artifacts.
• Experience with large complex IT health-related projects.
• Unix/Linux administration and hardening.
• Experience implementing security models for cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in AWS cloud platform.
• Provide design, build and support for cloud environments to create solutions for Public Health domain.
• Monitor and assess the performance of applications in a cloud environment to ensure solutions are available.
• Regularly review production logs, providing analysis and suggestions for proactive measures.
• Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed architecture (containers, Kubernetes, serverless).
• Produce integration plans and inputs into configuration and development projects.
• Develop and maintain system design models, technical documentation and specifications.
• Provide detailed documentation for system design, integration, configuration, development and implementation.

Skills

AWS cloud platforms

Linux administration

Kubernetes & Docker

Serverless & microservices

Cloud security

CI/CD pipelines

Public sector healthcare

Documentation

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Maven

Jenkins

GitLab

Job description

• Provide expertise in AWS cloud platform.
  
• Provide design, build and support for cloud environments tocreate solutions for Public Health domain.
  
• Provide expertise on Linux operating system like Red-Hatincluding installation, troubleshooting, hardening and scripting to automate.
  
• The role will monitor and assess the performance ofapplications in a cloud environment to ensure solutions are available
  
• Participate to create, test and implement safeguards tomaintain data integrity and protect against unauthorized access
  
• Regularly review production logs, providing analysis &suggestions to implement measures in a proactive manner
  
• Hands-on experience with microservices and distributedapplication architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverlesstechnology
  
• Provide detailed documentation for system design,integration, configuration, development and implementation of relatedactivities
  
• Develop and maintain system design models, technicaldocumentation and specifications
  
• Produce integration plans, inputs into configuration anddevelopment project.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Public Sector Experience

• 5+ years of experience working withfederal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers
  
• Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts(or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technicaldocumentation that comply with industry standard practices
  
• In-depth knowledge of industry standard such as ProjectManagement Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project managementmethodologies.
  
• Knowledge and experience with Public Sector Health relatedprojects
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and ITproject approval processes and requirements
  
• Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector UnifiedI&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and PublicSector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems DevelopmentMethodologies
  
• Experience with large complex IT Health-relatedprojects."
  

Technical Skills

10+ years of experience in IT field:

• Creation, management, and maintenance of AWS & relatedcloud-based production system.
  
• Deployment and automation of packages forcloud-based system
  
• Ensuring availability, performance, security, andscalability of AWS & related production systems.
  
• Excellent knowledge in managing AWS resources andconfiguring Amazon VPC, AWS Firewall, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing,auto-scaling, AWS IAM, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda,Amazon Aurora DB, Amazon Redshift, Active MQ, AWS CloudTrail, AWS CloudWatch,and other services in the AWS family.
  
• Knowledge of the following Amazon Web Services (AWS)technologies – Amazon Connect, Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon KinesisData Streams and Amazon Polly
  
• 5+ years working experience of Unix/Linux operating systemslike Solaris and Red-Hat including installation, troubleshooting, hardening andscripting to automate
  
• 3+ years with administration of Kubernetes and Dockercontainer solutions
  
• Proven implementation of cloud security models, particularlyidentity, network, and encryption
  
• Knowledge of Gitlab or other DevOps tools and CI/CDintegration
  
• Knowledge of Salesforce solution and MuleSoft APIintegration
  
• Provision of critical system security by leveraging bestpractices and prolific cloud security solutions.
  

Core Skills and Experience

10+ years of experience with:

• Production environment troubleshooting and tuning to improveapplication performance
  
• Developing and maintaining system design models, technicaldocumentation and specifications
  
• Experience setting up development environments and mechanismusing tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Maven and Jenkins or similar tools
  
• Experience in scripting languages like Python, Bash, PHP,Java, JavaScript, Node, etc.
  
• Experience in build tools like Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppetetc. for continuous integration
  
• Knowledge of container-based virtualization technology likeDocker
  
• Integration experience in building and using APIs
  
• Experience applying industry web, architectural and securitystandards and best practices
  
• Experience in mobile device management for various versionsof cellular and tablets
  
• Providing recommendations for architecture and processimprovements.
  
• Definition and deployment of systems for metrics, logging,and monitoring on AWS and related platform.
  
• Designing, maintenance and management of tools forautomation of different operational processes.
  
• Evaluation of new technology alternatives and vendorproducts
  

General Skills

• Proven technical leadership skills with ability to identifyareas for improvement, and recommend solutions
  
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-makingskills
  
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and writtencommunication, and presentation skills
  
• Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience
  
• Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills tofacilitate issue resolution
  
• Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholderswith proven track record for building strong working relationships
  
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skillswith ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to asuccessful outcome
  
• Excellent customer service skills, including tact anddiplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively
  
• A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative teamplayer with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities,and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.
  

Must Have

• Creation, management, and maintenance of AWS & relatedcloud-based production system.
  
• Deployment and automation of packages forcloud-based system
  
• Excellent knowledge in managing AWS resources andconfiguring Amazon VPC, AWS Firewall, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing,auto-scaling, AWS IAM, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda,Amazon Aurora DB, Amazon Redshift, Active MQ, AWS CloudTrail, AWS CloudWatch,and other services in the AWS family.
  
• Knowledge of the following Amazon Web Services (AWS)technologies – Amazon Connect, Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon KinesisData Streams and Amazon Polly