DevOps Engineer
About the role
Cloud DevOps Engineer The initial term will run til Dec 31st, then be reviewed for extensions. Possibly these could flip to permanent down the road as well. 40 hrs/week, 5x/week onsite Vancouver, BC
What You’ll Do
Help lead initiatives for upgrading and scaling our systems to improve availability, reliability, and performance Work with stakeholders across the business to balance and accommodate competing objectives Directly engage with internal & external customers to evolve, understand & improve their resiliency Mentor and develop junior engineers, growing their knowledge, skill-set and capability Use the latest industry standard tools and best practices to meet the evolving needs of our internal engineers, developers and external customers Manage Cloud provider infrastructure, system deployments & product release operations You will use your knowledge of DevOps and infrastructure to promote proper engineering practice, automation strategy, and other advanced concepts across products Work on the continuing reduction of human intervention in operations tasks and process automation Participate in an on-call rotation, using a follow-the-sun model
What You’ll Bring
A strong combination of technical experience, hands-on keyboard capability, technical leadership experience, and ability to learn fast in a fast paced environment Significant (5+ years) of design & implementation experience in multi-cloud environments (GCP & AWS) Experience with architecture and operation of container technologies such as Kubernetes, service-mesh Expertise with Linux system administration, networking and security, ideally in a Cloud environment Hands-on experience working with Infrastructure-as-Code such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm Expertise with modern CI/CD systems such as ArgoCD, Circle-CI, Github Actions Experience with microservices architectures and debugging/investigation techniques. Knowledge of cloud monitoring and troubleshooting skills. Scripting knowledge – proficiency with Python, Go, Java, JS or similar languages Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
Nice to have
Building & deploying pipelines for data flow, processing & storage Knowledge of data engineering components and data architecture best practices Experience with relational & No-SQL database technologies
About Alquemy Search & Consulting
Alquemy challenges traditional thinking and drives innovation through expert delivery of IT consultants, contractors and permanent staff in the areas of IT operations, software development, security, infrastructure, cloud technologies, and IT transformation. Our team creates measurable business value to help your organization gain a competitive edge.
Alquemy has grown quickly since opening our doors; today Alquemy operates across Canada and is actively working with the top contract and full-time talent across North America.
The IT staffing / contingent industry is becoming increasingly plagued by inexperience, misrepresentation, and an increased focus on high volume and low quality; leaving many organizations frustrated with the state of the industry.
Alquemy seeks to reinvigorate the industry by bringing quality, transparency, integrity, and accuracy back to staffing representation. Our proven systems and process are designed to deliver the highest quality candidates and build long lasting partnerships with our clients.
Decades of experience has taught us what to look for and what to ignore. By conducting thorough research on the complete market of passive candidates including talent data mining, sourcing, talent attraction, and recruitment; Alquemy provides you with the ability to make the best decision from the best talent in the marketplace.
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DevOps Engineer
About the role
Cloud DevOps Engineer The initial term will run til Dec 31st, then be reviewed for extensions. Possibly these could flip to permanent down the road as well. 40 hrs/week, 5x/week onsite Vancouver, BC
What You’ll Do
Help lead initiatives for upgrading and scaling our systems to improve availability, reliability, and performance Work with stakeholders across the business to balance and accommodate competing objectives Directly engage with internal & external customers to evolve, understand & improve their resiliency Mentor and develop junior engineers, growing their knowledge, skill-set and capability Use the latest industry standard tools and best practices to meet the evolving needs of our internal engineers, developers and external customers Manage Cloud provider infrastructure, system deployments & product release operations You will use your knowledge of DevOps and infrastructure to promote proper engineering practice, automation strategy, and other advanced concepts across products Work on the continuing reduction of human intervention in operations tasks and process automation Participate in an on-call rotation, using a follow-the-sun model
What You’ll Bring
A strong combination of technical experience, hands-on keyboard capability, technical leadership experience, and ability to learn fast in a fast paced environment Significant (5+ years) of design & implementation experience in multi-cloud environments (GCP & AWS) Experience with architecture and operation of container technologies such as Kubernetes, service-mesh Expertise with Linux system administration, networking and security, ideally in a Cloud environment Hands-on experience working with Infrastructure-as-Code such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm Expertise with modern CI/CD systems such as ArgoCD, Circle-CI, Github Actions Experience with microservices architectures and debugging/investigation techniques. Knowledge of cloud monitoring and troubleshooting skills. Scripting knowledge – proficiency with Python, Go, Java, JS or similar languages Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
Nice to have
Building & deploying pipelines for data flow, processing & storage Knowledge of data engineering components and data architecture best practices Experience with relational & No-SQL database technologies
About Alquemy Search & Consulting
Alquemy challenges traditional thinking and drives innovation through expert delivery of IT consultants, contractors and permanent staff in the areas of IT operations, software development, security, infrastructure, cloud technologies, and IT transformation. Our team creates measurable business value to help your organization gain a competitive edge.
Alquemy has grown quickly since opening our doors; today Alquemy operates across Canada and is actively working with the top contract and full-time talent across North America.
The IT staffing / contingent industry is becoming increasingly plagued by inexperience, misrepresentation, and an increased focus on high volume and low quality; leaving many organizations frustrated with the state of the industry.
Alquemy seeks to reinvigorate the industry by bringing quality, transparency, integrity, and accuracy back to staffing representation. Our proven systems and process are designed to deliver the highest quality candidates and build long lasting partnerships with our clients.
Decades of experience has taught us what to look for and what to ignore. By conducting thorough research on the complete market of passive candidates including talent data mining, sourcing, talent attraction, and recruitment; Alquemy provides you with the ability to make the best decision from the best talent in the marketplace.