Senior DevOps Engineer (1816) 100/hr Montreal Quebec - Montreal (administrative region) - Direct IT Recruiting Inc.

    Direct IT Recruiting Inc.
    Direct IT Recruiting Inc. Montreal (administrative region)

    1 week ago

    Description

    3-month contract, 40 hours/week, some on-call responsibilities

    SKILLS: 7+ years of DevOps, Azure, CI/CD, microservices, mobile, web, Terraform, HCL, AKS, Docker, Kubernetes, SAST, DAST, Azure Key Vault, RBAC, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Azure Monitor, Python, SQL, GitHub, Bitrise, Swift, Kotlin, Open Telemetry, Firebase, MongoDB, Cybersecurity, Agile

    Responsibilities

    • Own the end‑to‑end DevOps vision, roadmap, and strategy for the organization.
    • Define and enforce best practices across CI/CD, infrastructure management, cloud architecture, observability, and security.
    • Evaluate, select, and manage DevOps tooling and services for long‑term scalability.
    • Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for microservices, mobile, and web applications to ensure DevOps maturity and reliable delivery.
    • Establish deployment standards, branching strategies, and automated testing integration across all teams.
    • Architect, deploy, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure using Terraform and HCL.
    • Own Azure governance including subscription management, networking architecture, identity policies, cost optimization, and scalability patterns.
    • Implement secure, scalable patterns for AKS, container registries, serverless components, and supporting cloud services.

    Containerization & Orchestration

    • Define and maintain Docker image standards, base images, build pipelines, and container security practices.
    • Govern Kubernetes deployment patterns, cluster configuration, and workload management on AKS.

    Security & Compliance

    • Implement security best practices including SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, and secure pipeline requirements.
    • Manage secrets (Azure Key Vault or equivalent), RBAC, identity policies, and secret rotation workflows.
    • Lead responses to cybersecurity audits, vulnerability management, patching, and penetration test remediation.

    Technical Documentation Management

    • Develop and maintain comprehensive infrastructure documentation, diagrams, runbooks, and operational procedures.
    • Ensure all DevOps and cloud systems are documented for maintainability and knowledge sharing.
    • Set up and maintain monitoring systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Azure Monitor, or similar tools.
    • Implement distributed tracing, SLIs/SLOs, alerting standards, and incident dashboards following modern SRE practice.
    • Continuously improve observability to reduce MTTR and enhance reliability.

    Automation & Scripting

    • Automate operational workflows using Bash, Python, or equivalent languages.
    • Build internal tooling to support developers, reduce toil, and improve operational efficiency.

    Incident Management & Reliability

    • Lead response to production incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and drive long‑term reliability improvements.
    • Own production uptime, on‑call responsibilities, and alerting hygiene.
    • Establish disaster recovery strategies, participate in DR exercises, and ensure infrastructure resilience.
    • Work closely with mobile, backend, and web development teams to ensure seamless integration of DevOps practices across the entire SDLC.
    • Provide internal training, coaching, and support to developers on DevOps tools, pipelines, and environments.
    • Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to architectural and operational decision‑making.
    • Identify process bottlenecks and implement improvements to increase efficiency, reliability, security, and standardization.
    • Proactively monitor industry trends and introduce new practices that enhance the organization's DevOps maturity.

    Reporting & Operations

    • Provide clear, concise reporting on priorities, status updates, production health, and ongoing initiatives.
    • Support ad‑hoc nighttime production deployments as required.

    Requirements

    • 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, cloud infrastructure, or related roles. DevOps certification is a plus.
    • Proven ability to operate independently as the sole DevOps engineer for an organization.
    • Strong understanding of SDLC processes, Agile methodologies, and cross‑team collaboration.
    • Proficiency in Terraform and HCL, with experience architecting cloud infrastructure.
    • Deep knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including AKS, networking, identity, SQL Server, and .NET/C# microservices.
    • Strong experience with Docker, container lifecycle management, and Kubernetes workload patterns.
    • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Bitrise.
    • Familiarity with mobile (Swift, Kotlin) and web (Angular, TypeScript) development workflows.
    • Proficient in monitoring, logging, and observability technologies (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry).
    • Experience with Firebase (remote config, Firestore, analytics).
    • Experience with MongoDB (asset).
    • Solid cybersecurity knowledge including vulnerability management, patching, and secure pipeline practices.
    • Strong problem‑solving, communication, and documentation skills.
    • Experience with production‑level deployments and on‑call responsibilities.

    As part of our hiring process, we utilize AI-based systems to assist with the initial screening of applicants.


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