LeverageTek is actively seeking a Senior Cloud Automation Engineer for a 9-month contract with its Ottawa-based customer.

Work Location

The successful candidate can work remotely (eastern time zone) with occasional onsite at the customer headquarters in Ottawa, ON

Language Requirements

English essential. Bilingual preferred

Key Tasks

• Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automation that supports the continuous integration, delivery, and deployment of software applications, cloud services and cloud infrastructure
• Ensure automated deployment aligns with security and architecture requirements and provides a foundation for rapidly scaling development and infrastructure support to future cloud-based AI and data & analytics initiatives
• Develop and manage infrastructure through IaC practices
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines to support fast, safe deployments, and help improve overall development workflow automation and productivity
• Set up and configure repositories to manage code
• Automate provisioning for development, staging, and production environments
• Maintain high standards for code development, security, and documentation
• Implement and manage GitHub advanced security
• Collaborate closely with developers, architects, and security analysts to address business needs and to ensure best practices are shared and adopted

Key Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in software development and system integration
• 3+ years of experience in each of the following: DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure
• Deep understanding of DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) concepts, orchestration tools, and CI/CD principles

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD principles with hands-on experience in a DevOps or systems administration role
• Strong expertise with IaC concepts and tools, such as Terraform and Ansible, with experience deploying cloud infrastructure in Azure
• Expertise in containerization technologies and orchestration tools
• Experience with Azure services and architecture (e.g., AKS, ARM templates)
• Experience with software development version control systems
• Curiosity, passionate, a 'hacker' mentality, self-reliance, problem solver
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams

Assets

• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert