Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer to design, build, manage, and optimize mission-critical AWS cloud production environments. In this role, you will be responsible for automating cloud deployments, orchestrating containerized workloads, enforcing robust security frameworks, and monitoring system availability and performance. Working closely with cross-functional development, architecture, and security teams, you will streamline CI/CD pipelines, troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, and ensure scalable, highly available cloud operations.

Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite – 5 days/week required)

Duration: 5-month contract.



Advantages
Cutting-Edge AWS Ecosystem: Direct hands-on management of advanced AWS services including Serverless, Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, and Aurora.

Enterprise Kubernetes & DevSecOps: Lead container orchestration and automated CI/CD pipeline engineering for mission-critical applications.

Full-Stack Infrastructure Scope: Own end-to-end cloud infrastructure from Linux OS hardening to API gateways and serverless microservices.

Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Work alongside senior architects and technical leads in a focused, 5-day onsite workspace.



Responsibilities
AWS Infrastructure & Cloud Management: Architect, configure, manage, and optimize enterprise AWS resources, including VPC, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto-Scaling, EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail.

CI/CD & Deployment Automation: Design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for seamless code package deployments using tools like GitLab, Jenkins, Maven, Ansible, or Puppet.

Database & Data Streaming Management: Configure and maintain cloud database and messaging services, including Amazon Aurora DB, Redshift, DynamoDB, ActiveMQ, and Kinesis Data Streams.

Containerization & Kubernetes Orchestration: Administer, scale, and secure Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters across distributed application environments.

Linux System Administration: Perform OS installation, hardening, performance tuning, and shell scripting (Bash, Python) on Linux distributions (Red Hat Enterprise Linux).

Cloud Security & Compliance: Implement zero-trust cloud security controls, network firewalls, identity access management (IAM), encryption protocols, and audit logs.

Monitoring, Logging & Troubleshooting: Analyze production logs, set up system metrics, troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, and implement proactive system safeguards.

Technical Documentation & Advisory: Produce comprehensive system design models, integration plans, architecture specifications, and runbooks while providing technical recommendations for platform improvements.



Qualifications
Seniority & IT Experience: 10+ years of overall IT experience with a proven track record creating, managing, and maintaining production-grade AWS cloud environments (Strictly Required).

AWS Core Services Mastery: Demonstrated expertise managing AWS infrastructure including VPC, AWS Firewall, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto-Scaling, IAM, EC2, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora DB, Redshift, ActiveMQ, CloudTrail, and CloudWatch (Strictly Required).

Specialized AWS Suite Knowledge: Hands-on experience with Amazon Connect, Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, and Amazon Polly (Strictly Required).

Package Deployment & Automation: Proven ability to automate package deployments and manage infrastructure-as-code for cloud-based systems (Strictly Required).

Linux & Containerization: 5+ years of Linux/Unix administration experience (RHEL) paired with 3+ years administering Kubernetes and Docker container solutions (Strictly Required).

DevOps Tooling & Scripting: Proficient with CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins, Ansible) and scripting languages (Python, Bash, Node.js).

Nice-to-Have Assets:
Prior experience delivering cloud and DevOps engineering within healthcare or public sector environments.

Familiarity with Salesforce solutions and MuleSoft API integrations.



Summary
If you're interested in the "Senior 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!

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