Senior Cloud Engineer

Vistex; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

Paid time off

Volunteer days

Job summary

Vistex in Canada seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead the design and automation of scalable cloud infrastructure. You will build and maintain Kubernetes clusters, implement IaC, and collaborate with DevOps and security teams to ensure highly available environments.

You will mentor others, contribute to OpenStack and public cloud platforms, and drive continuous improvement in deployment pipelines, IAM, and networking across cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8-10 years in cloud engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or related field.
• Experience with production computing environments or equivalent.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible, etc.).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling (Terraform).
• Experience with Linux/Windows system administration.
• Experience deploying to and operating cloud environments (GCP, Azure, AWS, OpenStack).
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, automated cloud infrastructure deployments.
• Maintain and grow public cloud platforms and OpenStack.
• Build and apply Infrastructure-as-Code for resource management.
• Design and maintain production Kubernetes clusters and deployments.
• Develop and maintain deployment pipelines and IAM across environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Security teams to ensure compliance and resiliency.
• Research new technologies to keep the team at the forefront of innovation.
• Participate in on-call rotations for cloud infrastructure support.

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps

Kubernetes

Scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell)

Linux system administration

Windows system administration

Networking concepts

Infrastructure as Code

OpenStack

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

Git

OpenStack

Job description

Vistex is a global enterprise software and services company that helps businesses take control of their mission-critical processes. With a multitude of programs covering pricing, trade, royalties and incentives, it can be complicated to see where all the money is flowing, let alone how much difference it makes to the topline and the bottom line. With Vistex, business stakeholders can see the numbers, see what really works, and see what to do next – so they can make sure every dollar spent or earned is really driving growth, and not just additional costs. The world’s leading enterprises across a spectrum of industries rely on Vistex every day to propel their businesses

Vistex is currently hiring a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our Cloud Infrastructure Team. The Vistex Senior Cloud Engineer will be primarily responsible for developing and providing automated, highly available cloud infrastructure that will be utilized by internal and external stakeholders. The Senior Cloud Engineer will also be responsible for providing architectural input for our environment, as well as mentoring other engineers in the department. This is a highly technical, hands-on role with a strong focus on high-level automation, resilient design, and growth of the Cloud Infrastructure Team. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will collaborate with our DevOps and Basis teams in support of providing full-stack infrastructure technical expertise to meet the demands of our cloud-based applications.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, complex automations that deploy cloud infrastructure components which are utilized by several different teams
• Maintain and grow public cloud platforms, as well as our OpenStack private cloud platform
• Build and implement Infrastructure-as-Code approach to cloud infrastructure creation and management
• Design, implement, expand, and maintain production-level Kubernetes clusters and deployments
• Create custom modules and maintain post-deployment configuration tools (Puppet)
• Maintain and commit code to source control solutions
• Enhance and maintain deployment pipelines
• Understand and implement identity and access management (IAM) for multiple cloud environments
• Work with cloud-native software-defined networking technologies including VPCs, Subnetworks, and Firewall rules
• Write and maintain various scripts for cloud-based systems
• Monitor cloud infrastructure to identify areas of improvement
• Develop container images to be used in hosting on-prem cloud environments
• Research and implement new technology to keep the team at the front of innovation
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues reported by various monitoring systems and our ticketing system
• Work with the Vistex Security Team to ensure we have security coverage throughout all our cloud environments
• Disaster recovery planning and testing
• Participate in an on-call rotation for cloud infrastructure support
• Performing other tasks as defined and approved by leadership

The compensation for this position is $105k - $120k CAD. Base pay will vary depending on factors, including but not limited to, a candidate’s location, job-related knowledge, skills and work experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus.

• Vistex provides highly competitive benefits including comprehensive healthcare plan, and paid time off, including paid volunteerism days!

About us:

The Vistex platform helps businesses finally get control of all their different promotions, rebates, SPAs, discounts, and other incentives. With so many programs across so many partner relationships, it can be impossible to see where all the money is going, let alone how much difference it’s actually making to revenue. With Vistex, business leaders can see the numbers, see what really works, and see what to do next – so they can make sure every dollar they spend really is driving more growth, not just more costs. It’s why global enterprises ranging from Coca-Cola to Sony to Grainger rely on Vistex every day. VisteX | Now it all adds up.

Qualifications

Education

Required

Bachelors or better in Computer Science or related field.

Experience

Required

8-10 years:

Experience working in cloud engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or a related technical field.

Experience with production computing environments OR equivalent work experience.

Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible, etc.)

Experience in Infrastructure as Code tooling (Terraform)

Experience performing design/build/support of multiple operating systems (Linux, Windows)

Multiple years of experience with deploying to and operating cloud environments (Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, OpenStack)

Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows system administration a must.

Ability to design, document, and implement large, cloud-native architecture patterns.

Working knowledge of Kubernetes and various components.

Working knowledge of networking concepts such as IP Addressing, TCP vs UDP vs ICMP, DNS, DHCP.

Strong knowledge of server and software-development lifecycles.

Ability to write highly functional scripts in at least one predominant scripting language (Bash, Python, PowerShell)

Preferred

Strong knowledge of advanced networking concepts (Subnetting, CIDR ranges, VLANs/VXLANs, VPN Tunneling, etc.)

Ability to construct containers from scratch (Docker).

Experience with relational databases is a plus (PostgreSQL, MSSQL).