Senior DevOps Specialist (Azure Cloud)

Equisoft Inc. (Canada); Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Retirement Plan

Telemedicine Program

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible hours

40 hours per week

Educational Support

Job summary

Equisoft Inc. is seeking a Senior DevOps Specialist (Azure Cloud) to design quality infrastructure, streamline deployment, and improve developer experience across SaaS products. You will work with Azure DevOps, Terraform, and Ansible-like tooling to support multiple environments and regions.

Join a global team with hybrid work in Canada (Quebec City, Montreal) and remote in Colombia, contributing to enhanced performance, security, and availability of our SaaS offerings.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience with strong Azure expertise.
• Proven ability to build CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and release automation with Octopus Deploy or similar.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform (remote state and versioning).
• Linux/Windows server administration, Git, Docker, and scripting (PowerShell, Bash or Python).
• Excellent knowledge of French and English (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development teams to streamline SaaS application build, release, and operation.
• Manage Azure infrastructure as code with Terraform across environments and regions.
• Build, maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy) and templates for .NET services and configs.
• Diagnose and resolve production issues in coordination with development teams using App Insights and Log Analytics (KQL).
• Monitor security, access controls, and compliance across environments; participate in on-call as L3 for production incidents.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing across Azure regions; optimize cloud usage to reduce costs.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Linux

Windows Server

Scripting (PowerShell/Bash/Python)

Education

Bachelors in Computer Engineering or IT or College Diploma

Tools

Azure DevOps

Octopus Deploy

Job description

HYBRID - Québec City, Canada, REMOTE - Bogota, Colombia

What is Equisoft?

Equisoft is a global provider of digital solutions for insurance and investments, recognized by more than 300 of the world’s leading financial institutions. We offer a comprehensive ecosystem of scalable solutions that help our customers navigate the challenges of digital transformation – powered by a business needs-driven approach, deep industry knowledge, cutting-edge technologies, and multicultural team of experts based in North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Why Choose Equisoft?

With 950+ employees, we are a stable organization that offers career advancement opportunities and fosters a stimulant environment. If that’s not enough, then check out these other perks below:

Hiring Location

Canada (Montréal and Quebec City) and Colombia (Medellin)

You are working hybrid in a collaborative workspace.

Internal Job Title

Senior DevOps Specialist

Contract Type

Full-time Permanent Role

Benefits available day 1

• Medical
• Dental
• Retirement Plan
• Telemedicine Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• etc.
• Flexible hours
• Number of hours per week: 40
• Educational Support (LinkedIn Learning, LOMA Courses and Equisoft University)

Role

The Senior DevOps Specialist (Azure Cloud) reports to the Manager, SaaS Operations and works closely with 3 other DevOps Specialists. The candidate helps design quality infrastructure, facilitates the development and deployment process, implements the right technologies for our products, and improves the lives of fellow developers.

The incumbent will be working with 4 important internal products: AppCapture, Apply, Illustrate and Sync,

Your Day with Equisoft

• Collaborate with development teams to streamline how our SaaS applications are built, released and operated
• Manage Azure infrastructure as code with Terraform, using a versioned module library across multiple environments and regions
• Build, maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy) and shared pipeline templates for .NET services, libraries and configuration packages
• Diagnose and resolve production issues in coordination with development teams, using App Insights and Log Analytics (KQL) to trace distributed systems
• Manage access controls, security compliance and security best practices across environments, including code scanning and secure pipeline practices
• Monitor and optimize performance, availability and security, with proactive recommendations and alerting
• Participate in an on-call rotation as L3 escalation support for production incidents on our SaaS products, including incident response and contributing to root cause analysis (RCA) documentation
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing across Azure regions
• Optimize cloud usage to reduce operational costs

Requirements

• Technical Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering or Information Technology or College Diploma
• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience, with strong Azure experience (App Services, VMSS, Azure SQL, networking, APIM, WAF, Key Vault)
• Proven ability to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML, reusable templates) and release automation with Octopus Deploy or similar
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, including module design, remote state and versioning
• Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows server environments, Git, Docker, and scripting (PowerShell, Bash or Python)
• Solid understanding of Azure networking and security (private endpoints, DNS, NSGs, WAF, RBAC, secrets management)
• Experience with monitoring and observability on Azure (Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, KQL), including alert design
• Strong troubleshooting skills for complex distributed systems and multi-tenant SaaS platforms, with experience handling production incidents at L3 level
• Excellent knowledge of French and English (spoken and written)

Soft skills

Strong sense of organization and prioritizing Analytical and problem-solving skills Ability to communicate, write and synthesize information. Ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced environment Team spirit, tact, diplomacy, autonomy, rigor, and discipline

Nice to have

• Azure Cloud and Terraform certifications
• Experience building VM images with Packer and managing CI build agents
• Familiarity with .NET build and release pipelines, and NuGet publishing
• Experience with performance and load testing and DR testing
• Kubernetes experience is an asset
• Relevant experience in product development

Equisoft is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran