DevOps Specialist

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**Job Title: DevOps Specialist

Location: Edmonton, AB (Remote)

Duration: 12 Months
Client: Public Sector
Pay Rate: C$90-C$100/hr
Note: Occasional travel to Edmonton, AB office required.**
 

Mandatory Skills:

• Experience with research, analysis, and problem-solving.

• Experience documenting issues, solutions, and procedures.

• Experience with access tools such as SSH clients and Remote Desktop.

• Experience with basic security practices, including secrets management and the principle of least privilege.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Storage), or Azure (Azure SQL Database, Blob Storage), with a strong focus on deploying scalable data solutions and optimizing data pipelines across various projects.

• Experience with command-line interfaces for command execution and file system navigation.

• Experience with networking tools such as DNS lookups, traceroutes, and load balancing.

• Experience with scripting tools, including PowerShell.

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

• Experience in designing and deploying hybrid cloud applications using Red Hat OpenShift.

• Experience with disaster recovery testing.

• Experience with IaC tools (e.g., Terraform).

• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 or later.

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

Role & Responsibilities:

• Create scripts, tools, and procedures to support operations by designing and implementing automation for low-downtime deployment and maintenance.

• Lead production operations for digital services.

• Managing configuration and credentials for the production environment.

• Planning and overseeing maintenance activities.

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

• Provide operational support for the implementation and enhancement of digital services.

• Develop templates and patterns for application deployments and CI/CD pipelines.

• Create scripts and tools to automate the provisioning of development and testing environments.

• Build tools, scripts, and processes that enhance application observability through improved monitoring and telemetry.

• Support delivery teams in adopting and following best practices.

• Provide operational support for early and frequent integration testing, security scans, system testing, and performance/load testing.

• Provide operational support for early and frequent delivery to end users through limited-availability launches (Alphas and Betas).

If this opportunity matches your experience and career goals, please share your most updated resume for consideration.

As a certified minority-owned business, Pride Global and its affiliates - including Russell Tobin, Pride Health, and Pride Now - are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.
 
Russell Tobin is a leading minority-owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization. We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies. We are the staffing arm of the Pride Global network, a minority-owned integrated human capital solutions firm, with additional offerings in vendor management, payroll programs, and business process optimization.
 

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