CloudOps Engineer - Toronto, Canada - Guidepoint

Guidepoint Toronto, Canada

1 day ago

Description

Guidepoint's Engineering team thrives on problem-solving and creating happier users. As Guidepoint works to achieve its mission of making individuals, businesses, and the world smarter through personalized knowledge-sharing solutions, the engineering team is taking on challenges to improve our internal CRM system and create new products to optimize the seamless delivery of our services.

As a CloudOps Engineer, you will be a core member of the CloudOps team managing the Azure infrastructure and its operations for multiple PODS/Teams. In this role, you will manage, maintain and optimize all elements of the infrastructure as related to Azure services. You will be responsible for the Infrastructure health and its performance.

Your Day-to-Day Will Include:

Complete ownership for managing and maintaining the Azure cloud infrastructure in Enterprise Production, Development and Test environments

Optimize Azure cloud infrastructure for optimum price performance

Monitor the Azure infrastructure using DataDog and create automated remediation

Monitor Azure costs and optimize spending month over month

Use Terraform to deploy changes and maintain optimal state

Implement appropriate policies, process and practices to ensure security and compliance

Manage and administer Kubernetes (AKS) infrastructure

Work closely with AppOps, Engineering and CloudOps teams to resolve complex problems.

Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful cloud deployments

Participate in Security Audits

Implement best practices for Kubernetes (AKS) from a security, configuration and scalability perspective

Support engineering teams deploy containers in Kubernetes (AKS)

Manage Service management and reliability SLA's.

Continuously optimize infrastructure for efficiency and value

Participate in FinOps activities

Minimum Technical Qualifications :

4-5 years + hands-on experience on Azure cloud services

4-5 years + hands-on experience with Networking and Network Security

4-5 years + hands-on experience on Terraform, ARM, PowerShell, Bash/Python, Linux, infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Azure AI

3+ years of automation and managing and administering Kubernetes (AKS) clusters

2 years of automatic service remediation methodologies using DataDog/Splunk or Zabbix alerts and events

2 years of FinOps experience optimizing Azure cloud costs

Highly motivated, detailed and technical resource with the ability to work independently

Strong troubleshooting and debugging capabilities in an Agile software development team environment

Proven track record of exhibiting a combination of functional, conceptual and technical Azure knowledge to offer creative solutions

Preferred Technical Qualifications :

Azure Solutions Architecture Expert

Azure Security Engineer – Associate

Terraform

Ansible

Soft Skills Required :

Maintain problem solving skills and a proactive work style

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Independent contributor with drive

Collaborative and teamwork-oriented

Accountable for work and taking ownership of tasks

Strategic thinker

Manages projects and uphold quality on a deadline

Exhibits judgement when it comes to prioritization and overall team management

Proven effective leadership skills

What We Offer:

Paid Time Off

Comprehensive benefits plan

Company RRSP Match

Development opportunities through the LinkedIn Learning platform

About Guidepoint:

Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients' decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action.

Backed by a network of nearly 1.5 million experts and Guidepoint's 1,300 employees worldwide, we inform leading organizations' research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful.

At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience.

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