Cloud Automation Engineer - Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada - Mitchell Martin

Description

Our client, a major American low cost airline, is seeking a PE -Cloud Automation Engineer


Location :
Remote


Position Type:
Contract

The Cloud Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, documenting, provisioning, and maintaining cloud infrastructure via code.

This Engineer prepares performance and cost-optimal cloud services to deliver infrastructure aligned with reference architecture standards, frameworks, and patterns.

The Engineer excels when working on complex projects, is motivated to deliver results, maintains operational excellence, and exhibits the, Caring, Integrity, Passion, and Fun.

Write and execute Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipelines capable of deploying standard cloud services including Virtual Networks, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Storage Accounts, Application Program Interface (API) Management Gateways, Kubernetes clusters, Messaging bus services, Managed databases, and Virtual Machines
Write and execute code capable of managing Cloud governance policies, security, and cost management constructs
Implement and leverage Configuration Management and GitOps to maintain infrastructure leveraging Ansible, Salt, and Terraform
Build auto-remediation capabilities using automation frameworks and serverless functions
Implement autoscaling features, container management policies, and specify virtual hardware to optimize for low cost and high application performance
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related IT discipline; OR demonstrated capability to perform job responsibilities with a High School Diploma/GED and at least four (4) years of previous relevant work experience
Three (3) years of experience in a production operations environment
Three (3) years of experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud production environment
Three (3) years of experience coding and scripting in one of the following: Python, Bash, PowerShell
Experience deploying scaling, and administering production Kubernetes clusters - Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preferred
Excellent knowledge of Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Delivery (CD) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation tools
Proficient in IT Infrastructure, networking concepts, IT security, server engineering, virtualization, data center tools, processes, and modern event-driven application architecture
Available for overnight travel (up to 10%)
Able to work flexible hours and be available for emergency responses on short notice
Must pass a pre-employment drug test
Four (4) years of experience working as a Linux Systems Administrator or Windows System Administrator
Four (4) years using a Configuration Management platform: Experience designing and building critical production solutions which are: implemented as code, fully automated, auto-scaled, fully instrumented, and monitored
Experience with VMware vRealize management suite, including vRealize Automation and Orchestration
Experience designing monitoring and alerting strategies, backup, and disaster recovery
ITIL/Agile/Scrum/DevOps/SRE

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