Senior DevOps Specialist

Our client, the Bank of Canada 12 month hybrid remote renewable contract for a Senior DevOps Specialist.

Under the direction of the Assistant Director, Banking Operations Applications

• Develop scripts and pipelines required in release processes, managing environments and deployment

• Resolve and support the resolution of complex operational issues by leveraging advanced expertise in the underlying business applications and associated infrastructure

• Develop and implement initiatives aimed at enhancing operational excellence through automation and the adoption of appropriate tools and best practices

• Contribute technical expertise within the scrum teams by supporting the resolution of technical issues and sharing knowledge with team members

• Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to support continuous integration, testing, and deployment processes

• Design, develop, and deploy containerized applications to ensure portability, scalability, and efficient resource utilization across environments

• Deploy and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) solutions to provide a fully managed Kubernetes environment integrated with Azure services

• Utilize GitHub for version control, collaboration, and code management, supporting efficient workflows

• Manage the health, scaling, and performance of Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting issues

• Work with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts to meet project goals and best practices

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• University degree or college diploma in computer science, software development or a related field

• Minimum of seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in applications development and systems integration

• Minimum of seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in DevOps and CI/CD expertise: proficiency in DevSecOps, version control, artifact management, and build pipelines

• Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services and solutions

• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Nexus, Jenkins, Tekton, Argo CD, Azure Container Registry, and Azure DevOps

• Demonstrated experience with build automation and dependency management tools, such as Maven and Gradle

• Demonstrated recent experience streamlining processes through automation

• Demonstrated extensive experience supporting enterprise systems, with a solid understanding of production operations, application resiliency and availability

• Demonstrated experience deploying and managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and/or Red Hat OpenShift Additional Qualifications

The following will also be considered:

• Demonstrated Knowledge of managing configurations through yaml, overlays and solutions like Kustomize and Helm

• Demonstrated knowledge of application authentication through certificate management.

• Demonstrated experience working with tools similar to CyberArk, AppviewX

• Demonstrated experience working with Message queues such as AMQ and Spring integration platforms

• Knowledge of Standard Query Language (SQL), Java, Unix scripts, node.js,

• French would be considered an asset