Cloud Engineer

High Tech Genesis is hiring a Cloud Engineer with secret clearance, who will be responsible for designing and deploying cloud components tailored to application architecture, mentoring team members, and continuously adapting to new technologies.

This role involves serving as an expert during incidents, establishing best practices, and managing automation rules for containerized microservice applications.

Candidates should possess 5+ years of cloud or DevOps experience, expertise in network topology, and proficiency in container management and scripting.

In this role, you will:

Design cloud components (network, compute, storage, orchestration, security, etc.) based on application architecture and requirements (typically containerized microservice applications).

Build and deploy these components using code platforms such as Ansible.
Mentor other team members on good practices and problem resolution.
Continuously learn and adapt to new technologies and frameworks to ensure our systems/processes follow market standards.

Be ready to work as the ultimate subject matter expert (SME) during incidents and support the team on resolution and root cause analysis.

Have the opportunity to design and implement processes and tools with our team.
Work with the latest technologies in the AWS/GCP/Azure and keep your skills current while you innovate.
Install and integrate new cloud storage solutions using Zadara
Install and implement a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, VMs, and containers
Establish best practices for container management
Manage containers using OpenShift
Manage rules for automation
Lead the creation of automation and deployments pipelines for applications to all environments.
Investigate and troubleshoot complex issues and help support to implement applications in all environments.

Required skills and experience:
5+ years of cloud, DevOps, or equivalent experience
Understanding of network topology and creating & organizing secure network communications between different resources in a virtual private cloud (VPC) based on client & security requirements
Experience with building/deploying/managing AWS, GCP, or Azure
Strong experience with CI/CD and tools like Bitbucket, GitHub Actions, and GitLab
Ability to provide expert opinion on monitoring tooling and best practices
Experience working with containerized microservice applications
Ability to consult on cost effective solutions for the present, and how they will evolve in the future as needs scale
Knowledge of cloud security practices
Ability to analyze metrics from distributed applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding
Strong experience with scripting - shell, Python, etc.
Excellent customer service attitude, communication skills (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Optional requirements:
Experience with Hitachi disk arrays
Experience with Zadara
Experience with OpenShift container platform
Experience with Cloud Mainframe
Experience with SRE
AWS Professional Certification
Kubernetes Certification
Google Cloud Certification
Azure Cloud Certification

High Tech Genesis Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity and inclusion are at the core of our values.

Please be advised:

• Applicants must have the legal right to work in Canada.
• Kindly submit your resume in MS Word format upon application for this position.

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