Senior devops engineer Jobs in Toronto, ON

We are seeking a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer to lead the architecture, deployment, and automation of a high-security digital credential platform. This role focuses on building mission-critical Azure cloud infrastructure and managing production-grade Kubernetes workloads. You will be responsible for enforcing DevSecOps standards, ensuring all CI/CD pipelines are hardened with advanced security scanning, and maintaining high-availability environments that comply with global identity trust frameworks (NIST, eIDAS).

Pay Rate: $567.28- $602.64



Advantages
- Cutting-Edge Identity Tech: Work directly with OpenWallet Foundation (ACA-Py) products at the forefront of digital credential technology.

- High-Security Environment: Lead the implementation of rigorous security standards (TLS rotation, encryption policies) in a multi-environment cloud deployment.

- Complex Orchestration: Manage large-scale AKS/OpenShift clusters, providing an opportunity to apply advanced scaling and failover policies.

- Collaborative Leadership: Act as a mentor in DevOps best practices while collaborating with cross-functional architects and cybersecurity teams.

Responsibilities
- CI/CD & Automation: Build and optimize robust CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions for backend services, container builds, and mobile wallet deployments.

- Cloud & Kubernetes Orchestration: Architect and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes (AKS/OpenShift) production clusters, including workload orchestration and network rules.

- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Develop and maintain consistent environments using Terraform and Ansible.

- Security & DevSecOps: Integrate SAST/DAST, secret detection, and container scanning into pipelines; manage TLS certificate rotation and OS hardening.

- Performance Engineering: Validate system scalability under peak loads using Locust or JMeter for credential issuance and verification services.

- Observability: Maintain end-to-end visibility using Prometheus, Grafana, and Azure Log Analytics; define SLIs/SLOs and incident playbooks.

- Database & Data Management: Support backend services interacting with PostgreSQL and MySQL through secure connections and optimized queries.

- Specialized Identity Services: Deploy and configure open-source OpenWallet Foundation products, specifically ACA-Py and its plugins.

Qualifications
- Technical Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of Azure cloud infrastructure, Azure networking (VNETs), and identity integrations.

- Containerization: Proven experience managing containerized workloads using Docker/Podman and Kubernetes (AKS/OpenShift).

- Automation & Scripting: Proficient in Python and Bash for task automation and infrastructure management.

- DevSecOps Expertise: Deep understanding of embedding security (SAST/DAST, secret management) into the SDLC.

- IaC Tools: Hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible for automated environment provisioning.

- Monitoring Tools: Proficiency in Prometheus, Grafana, and Azure Log Analytics.

- Database Knowledge: Solid experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL.

- Industry Standards: Familiarity with digital identity trust frameworks (PCTF, NIST, eIDAS) and enterprise cybersecurity policies.

Summary
If you're interested in the Sr. DevOps/Cloud Engineer role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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