DevOps Specialist

What is Equisoft? Equisoft is a global provider of digital solutions for insurance and investment, recognized by over 250 of the world's leading financial institutions. We offer a comprehensive ecosystem of scalable solutions that help our customers meet all the challenges brought about by this era of digital transformation, thanks to our business needs-driven approach, industry knowledge, cutting-edge technologies and experts. With its business-driven approach, in-depth industry knowledge, cutting-edge technologies and multicultural team of experts based in North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, Equisoft helps its customers meet the challenges of this era of digital transformation.

Why Choose Equisoft? With 950+ employees, we are a stable organization that offers career advancement opportunities and fosters a stimulant environment. If that's not enough, then check out these other perks below:

• Hiring Location: Canada (Montréal and Quebec City)
• You are working hybrid in a collaborative workspace.
• Internal job title: DevOps Specialist
• Full-time Permanent Role
• Benefits available day 1: Medical, Dental, Retirement Plan, Telemedicine Program, Employee Assistance Program, etc.
• Flexible hours
• Number of hours per week: 40
• Educational Support (LinkedIn Learning, LOMA Courses and Equisoft University)

Role: The DevOps Specialist (Cloud Azure) reports to the Director, Product Development and works closely with other DevOps Specialists. The candidate helps design quality infrastructure in Azure, facilitates the development and deployment process, implements the right technologies for our products, and improves the lives of fellow developers.

Below is a brief description of all the expected products the candidate will be working on:

Equisoft/centralize is a powerful back-office insurance agency management system that offers our clients a way to connect carriers' feeds, paramedical data, clients, policies, and more to a single platform. Our workbench solution helps our customers work smarter, provides unique insights, and makes it possible to automate their business processes.

Your Day with Equisoft:

• Collaborate with development teams to optimize workflows and remove blockers
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and infrastructure upgrades
• Diagnose and resolve production issues in coordination with development teams
• Manage access controls, security compliance, and implement security best practices across environments
• Manage development, staging, and production environments supporting multiple clients
• Document infrastructure architecture, processes, and runbooks for knowledge sharing
• Monitor and optimize system performance, availability, and security with proactive recommendations
• Troubleshoot complex distributed systems and implement corrective measures
• Optimize Azure cloud resource usage to control operational costs

Requirements:

Technical

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering or Information Technology or College Diploma
• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience in cloud-native environments
• Strong experience with Kubernetes cluster management and operations
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Proven ability to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows (Azure DevOps, Argo CD)
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services, architecture, and multi-tenant SaaS environments
• Experience with database administration and performance optimization (PostgreSQL, MSSQL)
• Strong knowledge of Linux, Git, Docker, and scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell)
• Solid understanding of security implementations (Azure KeyVault, RBAC, compliance frameworks)
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus) in Kubernetes environments
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for complex distributed systems
• Excellent knowledge of English (spoken and written)

Soft skills

• Strong sense of organization and prioritizing
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate, write and synthesize information.
• Ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced environment
• Team spirit, tact, diplomacy, autonomy, rigor, and discipline

Nice to have :

• Cloud certifications (Azure, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure Performance Monitoring (IPM) tools

Equisoft is committed to creating a diverse environment and is 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, disability, age, or veterans