DevOps Engineer
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Department : Technology
Location : Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area, Canada
Veriforce is seeking a DevOps Engineer to be a key member of the Veriforce software development team, working to deploy, monitor, and operate our software across key production systems that serve tens of thousands of customers. Your work will have a strong impact on user experience, customer satisfaction, and company growth. We work in an agile environment utilizing modern tools such as AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes and Ansible. The ideal candidate will be experienced, organized, positive, driven, and a team player.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide technical thought leadership in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering
- Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) for development, UAT, and production environments. Ability to leverage AI coding assistance (i.e. Copilot)
- Design, implement and maintain observability and monitoring solutions and monitor the system health, taking action to maintain up‑time and performance SLAs, including on‑call rotation
- Design, implement, and maintain continuous integration (CI) and delivery (CD) systems and advise development teams on code and implementation to increase application resiliency, operability, and best practices. AI assisted coding will be leveraged wherever possible.
- Management of containerized workloads. Deploying application servers hosting APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and clients.
- Design, implement, and maintain Kubernetes clusters with advanced configuration and features
- Design, implement, and maintain Kafka clusters with advanced configuration and features
- Identify points of failure with ability to recommend and implement solutions in our infrastructure
What you’ll need to be successful
Education level – Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) preferableYears of Experience – 3+ relevant experience in Dev Ops in a SaaS environmentExpertise in distributed systems including load balancing, data storage, distributed messaging, and distributed databasesExpertise in software configuration management (SCM) and tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible or similarExpertise in cloud platforms, primarily AWSAWS PaaS tools : ECS, EKS, EC2, VPC, ELBs, S3, WAF, Parameter Store, SNS, SQS, SES, IAM, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudFront, and more.Expertise in automated deployment methodologies that support CI / CD / CM using Git, Jenkins or GitHub Actions preferredExperience with managing infrastructure via IaC. Usage of AI agent assistance (i.e. Copilot) is a strong plus.Experience with source controls systems (i.e. GitHub, Bitbucket) and IaC collaboration tools.Experience configuring and administering Kubernetes clusters using advanced features including non‑standard networking, storage classes / claims, name spacing, and multiple node groupsExperience configuring and administering Kafka clusters including disaster recovery mechanisms, data loss prevention techniques, and determining topic configuration to right size for demanding and variable loadsExperience with Windows and Linux systems and toolsPrior professional application development experience with a particular focus on SaaS applications and web developmentKnowledge of IP networking, including TCP, UDP, firewalls, SSLKnowledge of software engineering and design principles such as design patterns, architectural patterns, CAP Theorem, event driven architecture, and similarMust be security‑minded at all levels and adhere to the principal of least privilegeExcellent communication and team collaboration skills with ability to approach and describe problems in a structured way and find reliable solutions.What you’ll get in return
🧠 Integrated mental health & wellbeing support🌴 Vacation – starting at 3 weeks💟 Wellness Days & Annual Giving Day – an extra to give back to yourself or your community🩺 Comprehensive medical and dental coverage😴 End of the year, company‑wide shutdown for you to relax and recharge🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & developmentVeriforce-Alcumus is proudly an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.
What you can expect if you apply
A response to your application within 15 working daysAn interview process consisting of :An initial discovery call with the recruiterA first stage interview via Microsoft TeamsAdditional interview with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the roleSeniority level
Mid‑Senior levelEmployment type
Full-timeJob function
Engineering and Information TechnologyIndustries
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