DevOPS/Cloud Engineer - Senior

Responsibilities:

  • Provide expertise in AWS cloud platform.
  • Provide design, build and support for cloud environments to create solutions for Public Health domain.
  • Provide expertise on Linux operating system like Red-Hat including installation, troubleshooting, hardening and scripting to automate.
  • The role will monitor and assess the performance of applications in a cloud environment to ensure solutions are available
  • Participate to create, test and implement safeguards to maintain data integrity and protect against unauthorized access
  • Regularly review production logs, providing analysis & suggestions to implement measures in a proactive manner
  • Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology
  • Provide detailed documentation for system design, integration, configuration, development and implementation of related activities
  • Develop and maintain system design models, technical documentation and specifications
  • Produce integration plans, inputs into configuration and development project.

 

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

 

Technical Skills – 50 points

10+ years of experience in IT field:

  • Creation, management, and maintenance of AWS & related cloud-based production system.
  • Deployment and automation of packages for cloud-based system
  • Ensuring availability, performance, security, and scalability of AWS & related production systems.
  • Excellent knowledge in managing AWS resources and configuring Amazon VPC, AWS Firewall, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, auto-scaling, AWS IAM, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora DB, Amazon Redshift, Active MQ, AWS CloudTrail, AWS CloudWatch, and other services in the AWS family.
  • Knowledge of the following Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies – Amazon Connect, Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon Polly
  • 5+ years working experience of Unix/Linux operating systems like Solaris and Red-Hat including installation, troubleshooting, hardening and scripting to automate
  • 3+ years with administration of Kubernetes and Docker container solutions
  • Proven implementation of cloud security models, particularly identity, network, and encryption
  • Knowledge of Gitlab or other DevOps tools and CI/CD integration
  • Knowledge of Salesforce solution and MuleSoft API integration
  • Provision of critical system security by leveraging best practices and prolific cloud security solutions.

 

Core Skills and Experience - 30 points

 

10+ years of experience with:

  • Production environment troubleshooting and tuning to improve application performance
  • Developing and maintaining system design models, technical documentation and specifications
  • Experience setting up development environments and mechanism using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Maven and Jenkins or similar tools
  • Experience in scripting languages like Python, Bash, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Node, etc.
  • Experience in build tools like Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppet etc. for continuous integration
  • Knowledge of container-based virtualization technology like Docker
  • Integration experience in building and using APIs
  • Experience applying industry web, architectural and security standards and best practices
  • Experience in mobile device management for various versions of cellular and tablets
  • Providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements.
  • Definition and deployment of systems for metrics, logging, and monitoring on AWS and related platform.
  • Designing, maintenance and management of tools for automation of different operational processes.
  • Evaluation of new technology alternatives and vendor products.

 

Public Sector/Healthcare Experience - 5 points

  • 5+ years of experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers
  • Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technical documentation that comply with industry standard practices
  • In-depth knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies.
  • Knowledge and experience with Public Sector Health related projects
  • Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements
  • Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies
  • Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects.

 

General Skills - 15 points

  • Proven technical leadership skills with ability to identify areas for improvement, and recommend solutions
  • Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
  • Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
  • Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience
  • Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution
  • Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships
  • Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome
  • Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively
  • A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team player with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities, and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.

 

MUST HAVES:

  • Creation, management, and maintenance of AWS & related cloud-based production system.
  • Knowledge of Salesforce solution and MuleSoft API integration
  • Experience in scripting languages like Python, Bash, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Node, etc.