Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer

Cynet Systems Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance their automation processes and infrastructure management. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise in Linux administration, scripting, and tools like Ansible and Jenkins to build an efficient automated environment. You will be responsible for creating automated processes for system monitoring, managing containerized applications, and ensuring seamless infrastructure provisioning. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a collaborative environment that values innovation and teamwork, where your contributions will directly impact the success of multi-year projects and the overall efficiency of operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Linux administration and automation using Ansible and Jenkins.
• Proficient in Python scripting for automating infrastructure provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate administration and automation processes for DevOps.
• Create automated processes for system monitoring and alerting.

Skills

Linux Administration

Python Scripting

Ansible

Jenkins

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

RESTful APIs

Docker

Git

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Tools

VMware

GitHub

GitLab

Open Shift

Netbox

Job description

Job Description:

• Providing highly specialized senior technical knowledge and coordinating administration, monitoring, management, and implementation of configuration management and automation of processes.
• Providing expertise in working with the right tools and processes to build an efficient and effective automated environment for DevOps.
• Providing expertise in automation for network/infrastructure provisioning.
• Utilizing Ansible, Jenkins, and configuration management to keep track of software and operating system configurations.
• Writing code to replace manual infrastructure provisioning processes such as assigning IP addresses and DNS codes with automated processes.
• Creating automated processes for system monitoring and alerting on downtimes, errors, and similar events.
• Configuring containerized applications in an enterprise environment.
• Utilizing VMware-based virtualization and cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
• Delivering high-quality technical documentation, upgrade documents, run books, etc.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Technical Skills – 50%:

• Experience in Linux administration in an enterprise environment and Linux shell scripting fundamentals.
• Ability to handle popular scripting languages and well-versed with at least one scripting language (preferably Python) to automate repeatable processes.
• Experience with automation for infrastructure provisioning using Ansible, Jenkins, and network automation processes such as assigning IP addresses and DNS codes.
• Experience with configuration management to keep track of software and operating system configurations.
• Experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach.
• Experience with writing code to interact with RESTful APIs to replace manual processes such as assigning IP addresses and DNS codes.
• Experience with continuous monitoring to monitor system and application performance and alert on downtimes, errors, and similar events.
• Fundamentals of Docker containers and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Open Shift.
• Experience with running containerized applications in an enterprise environment.
• Fluency in git-based source code management and version control systems - Git, GitHub, GitLab, etc.
• Experience in VMware-based virtualization and in using cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services is a plus.
• Understanding of administration and management of tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Netbox, and others popular for IaC.
• Experience in writing technical documentation – how to wiki, upgrade docs, run books, etc.

Communication/Analytical Skills - 30%:

• Demonstrated excellent teamwork, communication, collaboration skills, interpersonal, problem-solving, written, and oral communication skills with the ability to work well in a collaborative environment.
• Demonstrated good attention to detail, excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
• Awareness of DevOps and Agile principles; desire and interest to advance in these areas.

Industry and Project Management Knowledge - 20%:

• Experience in working on multi-year projects.
• Knowledge of project management methodology, tools, and processes.