RQ09891 – DevOPS/Cloud Engineer

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
Work Location:
222 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario,
Onsite
Estimated Start Date:

Estimated End Date:

#Business Days:
406.00

Extension
:
350.00

Hours per day or Week:
7.25 hours per day

Security Level:
No Clearance Required

Must Have

• DevSecOps pipeline build and maintenance
• Application runtime environment provisioning using automation tools
• Cloud architecture and deployment model design.
• Linux shell scripting
• OpenShift administration, Azure PowerShell, and Azure CLI
• Experience in building Terraform templates and Ansible playbooks is a must-have.
• Experience with OCP (OpenShift Container Platform).

Nice Have

• Related certifications.

Description
Responsibilities

• Design, build and support cloud environments to create digital products.
• Monitor and assess the performance of applications in a cloud environment to ensure solutions are available.
• Create, test and implement safeguards to maintain data integrity and protect against unauthorized access.
• This role will support the design and implementation of the SUS platform on public cloud IaaS.
• The DevOps/Cloud Engineer will be responsible for creating and updating service templates used for provisioning cloud resources and installing software required for running the business applications.
• The DevOps/Cloud Engineer will also be responsible for setting up the DevSecOps pipeline for the build and deployment of ministry applications across various runtime environments.
• The role will also be responsible for setting up, configuring and maintaining common platform components such as logging, auditing, monitoring, alerting, vulnerability detection etc.
• The role will support the operations team in troubleshooting application issues related to the platform components.

Skill Set Requirements

• DevSecOps pipeline build and maintenance
• Application runtime environment provisioning using automation tools
• Cloud architecture and deployment model design. Certified candidates preferred.
• Linux shell scripting
• OpenShift administration, Azure PowerShell, and Azure CLI
• Network topologies and protocols
• Storage and Relational Database fundamentals
• Security Analysis and Vulnerability Mitigation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

General Skills

• Experience in one of the leading cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, etc.
• Experience in maintaining complex Linux cloud environments, like CentOS, Ubuntu, or CoreOS, to support modern web technologies: LAMP, MEAN, Drupal and Elasticsearch.
• Experience setting up development environments and mechanisms using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Maven and Jenkins or similar tools.
• Experience in scripting languages like Python, Bash, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Node, etc.
• Experience in build tools like Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppet etc. for continuous integration.
• Knowledge of container-based virtualization technology like Docker.
• Integration experience in building and using APIs.
• Experience applying industry web, architectural and security standards and best practices.
• Experience in mobile device management for various versions of cellular and tablets.

Experience And Skill Set Requirements
General Coordination and Communication - 20%

• Experience with coordinating initiatives with both technical and business stakeholders
• Experience with planning and implementation of changes
• Experience creating and maintaining documentation for operational procedures

Cloud Architecture - 30%

• 3+ years hands-on experience deploying and optimizing applications on public cloud. Experience working on private cloud will be a plus.
• Experience in building Terraform templates and Ansible playbooks is a must-have.
• Extensive knowledge of the cloud architecture and costing model is expected. Candidates with cloud architecture certification on Azure or AWS will be preferred. Experience on Kubernetes based cloud platform (such as OpenShift) is highly desirable.

N-tier application hosting - 20%

• Multiple years of experience on traditional n-tier application architecture and technologies
• 2+ years working experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• 2+ years working experience with IBM WebSphere/Liberty/NDM
• 2+ years technical working experience in supporting application/web servers
• Experience with Managed File Transfer systems or FTP/SFTP system will be an asset
• Development experience or exposure to DataPower gateway will be an asset
• Development experience with Informatica, IBM MQ, IBM ACE will be an asset
• General exposure to network topologies (firewalls, load balancers, DNS)

DevSecOps - 25%

• 2+ years working experience with DevSecOps tools for building and deploying traditional as well as containerized workloads
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub, Nexus, Urban Code Deploy, Urban Code Velocity, etc. is desirable
• Experience setting up SAST, DAST and Container Vulnerability Scanning tools and associated mitigation processes are highly desirable
• Public Sector Experience - 5%
• Experience working within the OPS, BPS or other government would be preferred

Note
This position is listed as
"Onsite"
; the resource is expected to work 7.25 hours per calendar day between the standard working hours of 8:00-5:00 PM (excluding lunch breaks) every Monday to Friday inclusive at the identified OPS office location".

• From October 20, 2025, the candidate is required to work onsite 4 days a week and 1 day from home
• From January 5, 2026, the candidate is required to work onsite 5 days a week fully

Eligibility and Application Steps
If you are enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity, we kindly request you to provide the following documents:

Without mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate.

• Updated Resume in word format (Mandatory)
• Skills Matrix and References (Mandatory)
• Expected hourly rate (Mandatory)
• Visa Status (Mandatory)
• LinkedIn ID (Mandatory)

Please only apply if you meet the qualifications mentioned above. Feel free to share with your network or tag someone who fits for this role
If you have any questions or need further clarification, feel free to call or text