Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

2 days ago

Montreal, Quebec, Canada Akur8 Full time
About Akur8

Akuratech is a pioneering Insurtech company that is revolutionizing the insurance industry with cutting-edge AI technology. Our team of experts has developed innovative algorithms that automate the insurance pricing process, providing unparalleled predictive power and efficiency.

Our solution is a cloud-based platform that enables insurance companies to model their risks faster and more accurately than traditional methods. This has made us a game-changer in the industry, with numerous accolades and recognition from leading Insurtech companies.

Akuratech has a diverse team of 31 nationalities, with offices in major cities around the world. We serve 130 clients across four continents and are committed to expanding our reach and impact.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our Cloud Operations team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure to ensure seamless deployments, resilience, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

**Key Responsibilities:**

  • Maintain and improve our infrastructure as code repositories (Terraform & ARM) to ensure Akur8's cloud remains reliable and resilient
  • Contribute to the expansion of Akur8's cloud while maintaining our Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
  • Increase automation and pipeline orchestration to reduce toil
  • Mentor and teach DevOps best practices throughout our organization
  • Mentor the team for Azure skills upgrading
  • Contribute architecture designs for our platform, in collaboration with our development and product team, to improve performance, reliability, cost-effectiveness, and support new features of our products
  • Help us continuously improve on monitoring and observability (mainly via Datadog)
  • Contribute to our CI pipelines (GitHub Actions) ensuring best practices are always applied when dealing with containers (Docker)
  • Work closely with our Security team to secure our cloud, by maintaining IT security standards & best practices, participating in building infrastructure scans
  • Contribute towards open-source projects where appropriate
  • Actively participate in on-call rotation (1 week per 4-6 weeks)

**Requirements:**

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
  • A minimum of 5 years professional experience of monitoring and maintenance production systems throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • At least 2 years recent working experience with Azure, ARM template, or Terraform
  • Recent experience deploying, monitoring, tuning, and maintaining Kubernetes
  • Demonstrable experience configuring and maintaining Azure cloud environments
  • Strong experience with GitHub, workflows, and actions
  • Familiarity with the concepts of IT Security 'best practice' (i.e., Network Security, Firewalls & Flows Encryption, Secrets Management, Security Patch Management, Cloud identity & Access Management, etc.)
  • An enthusiasm to collaborate with other internal stakeholders (Software Engineering, IT Security, IT Operations)
  • A willingness to be 'hands-on' / operational while simultaneously evangelizing on DevOps best practice
  • The curiosity / ability to challenge the status-quo, while being pragmatic
  • The ability to work autonomously and the flexibility to embrace change
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Fluent English language skills (spoken & written), French is a plus

**Bonus Skills:**

  • Programming capabilities with C# and.NET
  • Experience with additional programming languages such as Python or Bash
  • Strong experience with SQL datastores and their optimization
  • Experience with AWS

**Benefits:**

  • Competitive salary + annual bonus
  • Health insurance, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • Retirement Savings Plans
  • Generous vacation policy
  • Commuter benefit
  • Gym membership via ClassPass
  • IT equipment allowance

**Additional Benefits:**

  • Onboarding at our Paris HQ
  • Professional development & trainings
  • Team fun: regular company gatherings and team events
  • Fun goodies

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