Senior Azure & Kubernetes DevOps Engineer

Rubicon Path; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A cloud solutions provider in Toronto is looking for a Senior DevOPS/Cloud Engineer skilled in Azure and Kubernetes. The successful candidate will design and support cloud environments, implement security measures, and work in a collaborative team setting. The role requires significant expertise in cloud platforms and DevOps tools, focusing on delivering reliable and scalable digital solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Proficient in maintaining complex Linux environments like CentOS or Ubuntu.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps practices and software development life cycles.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support cloud environments.
• Monitor application performance in cloud settings.
• Implement safeguards for data integrity and security.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Linux environments

Scripting languages

DevOps tools and techniques

API integration

Data management

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Git

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

About the job RQ08297 - DevOPS/Cloud Engineer - Senior

Responsibilities:

Design, build and support cloud environments to create digital products
Monitor and assess the performance of applications in a cloud environment to ensure solutions are available
Create, test and implement safeguards to maintain data integrity and protect against unauthorized access

General Skills:

Experience in one of the leading cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, etc
Experience in maintaining complex Linux cloud environments, like CentOS, Ubuntu, or CoreOS, to support modern web technologies: LAMP, MEAN, Drupal and Elasticsearch
Experience setting up development environments and mechanism using 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, Puppet etc. for continuous integration
Knowledge of container-based virtualization technology like Docker
Integration experience in building and using APIs
Experience applying industry web, architectural and security standards and best practices
Experience in mobile device management for various versions of cellular and tabletsSkillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Knowledge and Skills: 30%

You are a seasoned expert in Azure among other cloud platforms.

You have experience in production environments such as Kubernetes (AKS).

You are familiar with container-based virtualization technology.

Experience with microservice based architectures

You have knowledge of DevOps tools and techniques, and in-depth technical knowledge of system architectures,including technical, data, application and network architectures.

You have experience implementing software engineering practices for full software development life cycles (SDLC),including coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes, and testing.

You have experience working independently with high-level direction to build and maintain complex Linux cloud

environments, like CentOS, Ubuntu or CoreOS, to support modern web technologies.

You have extensive knowledge and demonstrated experience in open source search and analytics engines likeElasticsearch (Setup, configuration, watcher, and alerts).

You have experience in build tools like Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, and others for continuous integration.

You have integration experience using and building APIs.

You have worked with relational and non-relational databases like MySQL, MongoDB, and others.

Standards and Best Practices Skills: 25%

You have experience applying industry cloud and security standards and best practices to your work that can beadopted by others.

You have designed, implemented and maintained DevOps continuous delivery pipelines to manage from build todeployment and cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as code practices.

You have knowledge of common authentication technologies, security controls, and standard application security tools.

You have experience securing environments using offensive and defensive approaches.

You have shared best practices and tools with your peers across the organization.

You can research industry best practices to support DevOps standards, and apply them to your work.

Communication and Collaboration Skills: 15%

You are a strong communicator who collaborates on your work within a multi-disciplinary team.

You have strong leadership skills to support and guide team members.

You have experience influencing others by persuasion rather than authority making your case through excellentcommunication, speaking clearly to be easily understood, and persuasive writing skills.

Your responsibilities include working closely with internal and external partners and team members.

You are comfortable leading discussions and selling your ideas to technical and non-technical colleagues, and seniormanagement.

Project and Digital Expertise:

You can articulate methods for build/buy decisions on project components, identify common IT risks and address themwith contingency plans and back-out options.

You can analyze designs and determine coding, programming and integration activities to identify issues and provideproduct solutions.

You have worked on an established environment, balancing the need to address technical debt with new enhancementsthrough continuous iterations.

You are adept at navigating complex issues, handling partners and stakeholder interactions.

You have worked with partners to establish relationships with their security, operations, and IT teams.

You have experience providing production support for multiple cloud environments with a focus on quality, security,reliability and scalability.

Must haves:

• You are a seasoned expert in Azure among other cloud platforms.
• You have experience in production environments such as Kubernetes (AKS).