Senior Cloud Engineer (Montreal, Quebec)

We are seeking a senior cloud engineer to join the Power Factors Cloud Engineering & Operations team to ensure the cloud infrastructure is running properly, efficiently, and securely. In this role, we are looking for someone who can instantly step into the team and be a senior contributor in our engineering and operational areas of our cloud team. As a leading SaaS provider to the renewable energies industry, our applications must be secure, highly available, and scalable with our customers' growing demands.

Regarding the cloud infrastructure, Power Factors works with AWS, GCP, and Azure across its product portfolio. The cloud team works to ensure all infrastructure is created and run in accordance with best practices to ensure cost governance, security, and high availability. Within these cloud environments, Power Factors SaaS products are tested, deployed, and operated. These products are both single tenant and multitenant and employ microservices architectures using a combination of open-source technologies and cloud-specific ones.

The Cloud Engineering & Operations team is responsible for the foundational resources and environments used by the rest of Power Factors - including networks, backups, infrastructure as code, and shared resources used across various development teams, such as Kubernetes clusters and monitoring tools. With these responsibilities, the cloud team often works closely with development, architecture, and information security teams to ensure the cloud environments run in a secure and efficient manner.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with other teams for cross-functional projects in the cloud
• Evaluate new technology and champion for improvements to existing tools and processes
• Work with junior members of the team to mentor and teach
• Optimize Cost Management - Implement automated approach balancing cost vs performance
• Cloud Governance / Security standards - ensuring compliance across cloud environments
• Monitoring / Observability stack - Working thru Design and upgrades to ensure platform stability and resiliency
• Continuous Learning and Innovation - Stay informed about latest trends and technology
• Collaborating with stakeholders, such as developers, engineers, managers, and customers, to ensure the cloud services are delivered effectively and efficiently
• Work with development teams to ensure high availability and uptime of SaaS applications

QUALIFICATIONS

We believe you enjoy working in a purpose-driven organization and that you thrive in an environment where you need to find creative solutions to challenging problems in a fast-changing context. This also means that you are effective at managing multiple tasks of varying complexities, work well under pressure, and are driven by continuous learning and growth. Specifically, we are looking for someone with the following toolbox :

Benefits

LIFE @ POWER FACTORS

We are an agile software development company - big enough to make an impact, but small enough to move quickly and execute in a growing industry, taking advantage of rapidly evolving technologies. We are a collective of bold and ingenious talents driven by results. Our team is made up of hard-working, fun-loving people who are passionate about making the world a better place. We seek fierce and humble people to help us achieve our ambitious plan.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Power Factors is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to engaging a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Additional information

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Information Technology

Industries : IT Services and IT Consulting

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