Site Reliability Engineer

Us Tech Solutions; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Us Tech Solutions is standing up a brand-new data-processing project within Corporate Technology, hiring the first engineering lead to architect the platform on Azure and Databricks. You will own infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and reliability practices in a complex enterprise environment.

You’ll deploy, manage and operate cloud applications, build automation with Python/PowerShell/Bash, and define scalable patterns for production readiness.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years total engineering experience with 7+ years hands-on Azure
• Proven enterprise infrastructure setup and configuration in Azure Databricks
• Strong IaC discipline using Terraform, Bicep, Ansible and PowerShell
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) and scripting for automation

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain Azure infrastructure with IaC and version-controlled deployments
• Deploy and configure Azure Databricks workspaces for enterprise use
• Apply configuration management to eliminate drift and automate builds
• Establish environment standards and promotion paths from dev to prod
• Implement secrets and access management per security policy
• Build and own CI/CD pipelines and production-grade automation
• Instrument infrastructure for monitoring and alerting; drive RCA and fixes

Skills

Azure cloud (7+ years)

Azure Databricks

Infrastructure as code

Python

PowerShell

Bash/Shell

DevOps

CI/CD

Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Ansible

Salt

Chef

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

AKS

Grafana

Job description

Duration: 12 months (1 year), starting ASAP — extension & Conversion possible

Schedule: Monday to Friday, core business hours · 7.5 hours/day · 37.5 hours/week

Employment Type: Contract — conversion & extension possible

Job Description

Our client, a leading North American financial institution, is standing up a brand-new data-processing project within Corporate Technology — and this is the first engineering hire on the team. That means the person who joins sets the technical foundation rather than inheriting one: infrastructure as code, CI/CD, configuration management, monitoring and reliability practice for a platform built on Microsoft Azure and Azure Databricks.

You will work in a complex, critical enterprise environment where the scope is genuinely multi-faceted and the expectation is ownership. You will deploy, manage and operate complex applications in the cloud, automate aggressively with PowerShell, Bash and Python, and bring order to a landscape that is still being defined. It is a 12-month contract with extension potential, hybrid from downtown Toronto, and a rare opportunity to architect the runway you will then run on.

Experience:

8–10 years minimum overall engineering experience, with 7+ years hands‑on Azure

Responsibilities

Platform engineering & infrastructure as code

• Design, build and maintain Azure infrastructure using IaC (Terraform, Bicep, Ansible) with version-controlled, reviewable, repeatable deployments.
• Deploy and configure Azure Databricks workspaces for enterprise use — networking, private endpoints, identity/RBAC, cluster policies, cataloguing and workspace configuration.
• Apply configuration management discipline (Salt, Ansible, Chef or equivalent) to eliminate drift and manual build steps.
• Establish environment standards and promotion paths from development through production.
• Implement secrets, key and access management in line with enterprise security policy.

Reliability, automation & operations

• Build and own CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) including build, test, security scanning and deployment gates.
• Write production-grade automation in Python, PowerShell and Bash/Shell to remove recurring manual work.
• Instrument infrastructure, services and applications for monitoring and logging, and define alerting that reflects real user impact.
• Lead troubleshooting of complex production issues and drive root‑cause analysis through to permanent fix.
• Work in Agile delivery with developers and stakeholders, contributing to design reviews, runbooks and operational documentation.

Required Skillsets

• Azure cloud (7+ years): IaaS and PaaS engineering across subscriptions — networking, storage, compute, identity, policy and cost controls.
• Azure Databricks: proven enterprise infrastructure setup and configuration, including workspace provisioning and cluster/security governance.
• Infrastructure as code: Terraform, Bicep, Ansible and PowerShell deployed through automated pipelines, with modular design and state management.
• Configuration management: Salt, Terraform, Ansible or Chef — idempotent configuration at enterprise scale.
• Development/engineering (7+ years): Python, PowerShell, Bash/Shell used for real automation, not one‑off scripts.
• DevOps practice: CI, CD, CM and IaC concepts plus Agile principles within a DevOps organization.
• Toolchain (7+ years): Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket, Nexus or comparable — pipeline authoring and artifact management.
• Monitoring & logging: infrastructure, services and application observability, alert design and log analysis.
• Troubleshooting: excellent diagnostic skills in distributed production systems; methodical RCA.
• Seniority & ownership: 8–10+ years total experience; able to act as senior/lead SME and resolve highly complex issues independently.

Preferred Skillsets

• Big-data technologies and database management — storage, indexing and data‑access trade-offs.
• Delta Lake, ADLS Gen2 and Unity Catalog in an enterprise Databricks estate.
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Grafana, Prometheus or Splunk.
• Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400) and/or Databricks certifications.
• Kubernetes/AKS and containerized workloads.
• FinOps / cloud and Databricks cost optimization.
• Regulated financial‑services or large‑enterprise change‑management experience.
• Strong organizational, follow‑up and priority‑setting skills in ambiguous, multi‑faced assignments.

Education:

Undergraduate degree or technical certificate in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Certifications:

Azure (AZ-104 / AZ-305 / AZ-400) and Databricks certifications strongly preferred, not mandatory

License:

N/A

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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