Wirehead | Talent Solutions
Contingent Workforce Management
On behalf of our Public Sector client, Wirehead has a new contract opportunity for a Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer.
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Client: Government
Type: Contract
Role: Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer
Term: 12 Months + extension
Pay Rate: Open
Start date: 2-3 weeks
Location: Hybrid 3 days in office
Req ID: 6279
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Requirements: What you’ll need
Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications
Deliverables:
Technical Knowledge and Skills: 30%
· You are a seasoned expert in Azure among other cloud platforms.
· You have experience in production environments such as Kubernetes (AKS).
· You are familiar with container-based virtualization technology.
· Experience with microservice based architectures.
· You have knowledge of DevOps tools and techniques, and in-depth technical knowledge of system architectures, including technical, data, application and network architectures.
· You have experience implementing software engineering practices for full software development life cycles (SDLC), including coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes, and testing.
· You have experience working independently with high-level direction to build and maintain complex Linux cloud environments, like CentOS, Ubuntu or CoreOS, to support modern web technologies.
· You have extensive knowledge and demonstrated experience in open source search and analytics engines like Elasticsearch (Setup, configuration, watcher, and alerts).
· You have fluency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, C#, Java, React, JavaScript, Node, and others.
· You have experience in build tools like Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, and others for continuous integration.
· You have integration experience using and building APIs.
· You have worked with relational and non-relational databases like MySQL, MongoDB, and others.
Standards and Best Practices Skills: 25%
· You have experience applying industry cloud and security standards and best practices to your work that can be adopted by others.
· You have designed, implemented and maintained DevOps continuous delivery pipelines to manage from build to deployment and cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as code practices.
· You have knowledge of common authentication technologies, security controls, and standard application security tools.
· You have experience securing environments using offensive and defensive approaches.
· You have shared best practices and tools with your peers across the organization.
· You can research industry best practices to support DevOps standards and apply them to your work.
Communication and Collaboration Skills: 15%
· You are a strong communicator who collaborates on your work within a multi-disciplinary team.
· You have strong leadership skills to support and guide team members.
· You have experience influencing others by persuasion rather than authority – making your case through excellent communication, speaking clearly to be easily understood, and persuasive writing skills.
· Your responsibilities include working closely with internal and external partners and team members.
· You are comfortable leading discussions and selling your ideas to technical and non-technical colleagues, and senior management.
· Project and Digital Expertise:
· You can articulate methods for build/buy decisions on project components, identify common IT risks and address them with contingency plans and back-out options.
· You can analyze designs and determine coding, programming and integration activities to identify issues and provide product solutions.
· You have worked on an established environment, balancing the need to address technical debt with new enhancements through continuous iterations.
· You are adept at navigating complex issues, handling partners and stakeholder interactions.
· You have worked with partners to establish relationships with their security, operations, and IT teams.
· You have experience providing production support for multiple cloud environments with a focus on quality, security, reliability and scalability.
Must haves:
· You are a seasoned expert in Azure among other cloud platforms.
· You have experience in production environments such as Kubernetes (AKS).
· You are familiar with container-based virtualization technology.
· Experience with microservice based architectures.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply for this opportunity by using the Apply button or sending your resume directly to patrick@wirehead.com
We thank all candidates for their interest but advise that only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly. Rest assured that your resume will be kept on our database and will be considered for all future opportunities.
Wirehead is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). Should you require accommodations during the recruitment and selection process, please let our recruiter know.
***This opportunity is in Toronto; preference will be given to local candidates. Wirehead does not offer a relocation package. We encourage you continue to refer to our Job listing page as new opportunities become available and updated on a regular basis. Thank you again for your interest in Wirehead!