Please send your resume at [email protected] if you are interested in this 1 year contract (10/13/2025 to 10/12/2026) contract role. Please feel free to forward if you are not interested. This is with Govt of Alberta.

DevOps Specialist (GOAPRDJP00000680)- 3 positions

Work Location:

7000 - 113 ST

Edmonton

Alberta

CAN

T6H 5T6

Soft Skills

Experience with research, analysis and problem solving.

Must Have:

Experience documenting issues, solutions, and procedures.

Experience with access tools like SSH Clients and Remote Desktop.

Experience with basic security awareness such as secrets management and the principle of least privilege.

Experience with cloud platforms, including AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Storage), or Azure (Azure SQL Database, Blob Storage), with a focus on deploying scalable data solutions and optimizing data pipelines for a range of projects.

Experience with command line interfaces for command execution and file system traversal

Experience with networking tools like DNS lookups, Trace Routes and load balancing.

Experience with scripting tools, such as Powershell.

Nice to have:

Experience as a DevOps Specialist supporting the continuous delivery of custom-built solutions

Experience in designing and deploying Hybrid cloud applications using Red Hat Openshift

Duration - Experience with automation and provisioning tool (Automate routine tasks using GitHub/GitHub Actions)

Experience with disaster recovery testing

Experience with IaC tools (ex. Terraform)

Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 or higher. Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 or higher.

Experience working with CI/CD pipelines in a large-scale enterprise environment.

Hands-on experience with generative AI orchestration tools, vector databases and frameworks, and their integration with enterprise source data systems for conversational interfaces.

Project Overview

The Province is looking for up to six (6) DevOps Specialists to work with DDD on service innovation, program review, and digital transformation projects across the GoA.

We are seeking talented and versatile DevOps Specialist(s) to join our dynamic team. The DevOps Specialist(s) identifies and removes roadblocks and distractions that affect sprint commitments and prevent delivery of product features. The DevOps Specialist(s) will be responsible for the management of the agile sprint process for cross-functional program review or product delivery teams. The DevOps Specialist(s) will provide leadership and mentoring in agile principles, policies, and procedures, to enable the teams to self-organize and deliver consistently on sprint deliverables. The DevOps Specialist will be expected to manage communication, maximize transparency, disseminate information related to service delivery, and resolve any conflict when it arises.

Scope of Services

The DevOps Specialist(s) will be required on a full-time basis, working across two (2) to three (3) projects. Time, location and frequency of work will vary depending on the needs of the particular project. At the end of each term, it is expected that the DevOps Specialist(s) may work a maximum of 1,960 hours, unless otherwise agreed upon with the Province. However, DevOps Specialist(s) may be required to work fewer or more hours depending on the nature and needs of their work, as directed by the Province.

Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses, in response to emerging user and business needs, as well as design and technical opportunities. However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project:

• Create scripts, tools, and procedures for operations by designing and implementing automation for limited downtime deployment and maintenance.

• Lead operations of digital services in production by:

• Managing configuration and credentials for the production environment;

• Planning and managing maintenance activities; and

• Managing database upgrades and migrations, backups, recoveries, etc.

• Provide operations support for implementation and enhancement of digital services by:

• Creating templates and patterns for application deployments and CI/CD pipelines; and

• Creating scripts and tools to automate the establishment of environments for development and testing.

• Creating tools, scripts and processes that will enable application teams to have better observability of the application through monitoring and telemetry tools

• Support delivery teams in adopting best practices by:

• Providing operations support for early and frequent integration testing, security scans, system testing, and performance and load testing; and

• Providing operations support for early and frequent delivery to end-users in limited availability launches (Alphas and Betas).

The Province and the Contractor shall determine changes to Services and Materials as required. The Province and the Contractor will determine changes to Services and Materials through the Artifacts.

Facilities

DevOps Specialist(s) shall be responsible for providing all of their equipment, including computers, software, printers, supplies, desks and chairs. However, the Province shall ensure that the DevOps Specialist(s) have the necessary access and credentials to the GoA system.

Should a DevOps Specialist be assigned to a team working for Justice, prior to performing Services, the DevOps Specialist must provide the Province with an Enhanced Security Clearance. A DevOps Specialist may be rejected if, in the opinion of the Province, the Enhanced Security Clearance or equivalent is unacceptable. The Province does not receive any information specific to the reason an Enhanced Security Clearance may be rejected. Participating law enforcement agencies only identify if an applicant’s clearance is not accepted.

DevOps Specialist(s) should be aware that over the course of the SOW, DevOps Specialist(s) may be required to complete higher-level security clearances, such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Top Secret Clearance. Please ensure applicants are eligible to apply if required by the ministry.

Evaluation

The evaluation criteria will be distributed within the following categories. Subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP), the evaluation of Responses shall be confidential, and not released to any party.

1. Requirements - 40%

2. Interview - 50%

3. Pricing - 10%

Anticipated Interview Dates: Interviews are estimated to be held between September 22 – September 26.