SRE/DevOps Engineer

MatchBox Consulting Group; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

MatchBox Consulting Group is seeking an Intermediate/Senior DevOps, Site Reliability (Linux) for a permanent, full-time opportunity in Vancouver. This hybrid role requires 2 days in-office and 3 days remote work.

The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in a similar role, with a strong understanding of Linux systems and related technologies. Responsibilities include ensuring service reliability, providing troubleshooting support, and monitoring production systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience as a production operations or SRE or similar role.
• Understanding of software systems, networking, firewalls, protocols, databases.

Responsibilities

• Ensure service reliability and up-time in production and test environments.
• Provide 3rd level troubleshooting support when required.
• Monitor up-time and performance of production systems.

Skills

Linux (CentOS preferred)

Bash

Maven/Gradle

CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Bamboo)

Ansible or Puppet

Docker, VMware or OpenShift Kubernetes

Tools

Ms SQL

Cassandra

NoSQL DBs

Load balancing tools (HA-Proxy, Nginx, F5)

Job description

MatchBox Consulting Group is currently seeking an Intermediate/Senior DevOps, Site Reliability (Linux) for a permanent, full-time opportunity with our client based in Vancouver. This is a hybrid role (2 days in office and 3 days remote) at the clients downtown Vancouver office.

Scope of Duties

• Ensure service reliability and up-time in production and test environments
• Be on-call and provide 3rd level troubleshooting support when required
• Monitoring up-time and performance of production systems
• Executing common sysadmin tasks such as applying patches and report generation and some DB administration
• Occasionally help out in improving tools to reduce repetitive work and improve consistency

About you

• 3+ years' experience as a production operations or SRE or similar role
• Understanding of software systems concepts such as networking, firewalls, protocols, databases and more

Experience Required

• Linux Teams: Linux (CentOS preferred), Bash and Maven/Gradle
• Window Teams: Windows, PowerShell and Nuget
• RDBS and NoSQL DBs such as Ms SQL, Cassandra
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Bamboo
• Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible or Puppet
• Containerization/Virtualization technology such as Docker, VMware or OpenShift Kubernetes
• Load balancing tools such as HA-Proxy, Nginx or F5
• Experience with the following would be considered an asset:
• Experience with any of these: Cassandra, Zookeeper, Hadoop, Kafka, Ms SQL, or MongoDB
• Experience leading or mentoring others
• Understanding of software delivery practices such as feature toggling, no-downtime deployment

Equal Opportunities

MatchBox is committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including members of minority groups such as racialized individuals, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and Indigenous peoples. It is a priority for us that all candidates are treated fairly and without discrimination. Our recruitment teams receive ongoing training on using objective criteria for evaluating candidates and other related topics to create an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.