The WorkThe Cloud Platform Engineer is responsible for all aspects of our Kubernetes and Docker containers. He/she will be responsible for production support, administration, testing, and documenting various aspects of the cloud technology, tools and continuous delivery. He/she will ensure that all reported incidents are triaged and redressed in a timely manner with minimum business impact. In addition, he/she will work with other IT Administrators and vendors to ensure that the company's applications, servers and systems are maintained as per the bank's policies and procedures.
The Core Responsibilities!- Create, implement and manage cloud deployments using Kubernetes and Docker
- Provide expertise for operational management of cloud platform for monitoring, management, disaster recovery, security compliance/auditing, networking, storage, service brokers and build packs
- Develop and deliver configuration and deployment automation through Kubernetes/Docker required for continuously improving the functionality, availability, and manageability of platform and associated services.
- Set up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation and troubleshooting
- Use scripting tools to automate processes
- Develop, update, follow up and implement strategies, action plans, programs or solutions for technological infrastructure operation to ensure consistency and balance between business needs and compliance with requirements and good practices
- Develop performance indicators and monitoring methods. Identify problems and make recommendations to management.
- Maintain Primary and Disaster Recovery sites
- Interface and coordinate with development and technical support teams to resolve issues reported during daily operation
- Project Execution - perform tasks under the directions of the IT Director and/or according to a project plan in a way such that the timeline of the project is observed and the requirements of the task are satisfied
- Research new technologies and provide technical expertise as requested by IT Director
Let's Talk About You!- College diploma in computer science or equivalent is required. Higher accreditation (e.g., Bachelor of Computer Science) is an asset.
- 5+ years of experience working in an IT capacity
- 5+ years' technical (OS, network operations, and monitoring) experience within an Enterprise sized business
- 2 years solid hands-on experience cloud deployments to Azure, AWS or GCP
- 2+ years of Kubernetes and Docker experience at an Enterprise scale(highly desirable)
- 1-2 years of experience doing DevOps
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in setting up logging and monitoring using one or more tools like ElasticSearch, Kibana, Filebeat, Logstash, Prometheus and Grafana
- Knowledge of containers, orchestration tools, and container management
- Experience in Service Mesh (Istio or Linkerd)
- Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline architecture (Jenkins, Azure Devops) including deployments into Kubernetes environments using tools such as ArgoCD
- Experience in security tool and best practices such as Auqa
- Experience with IaC practice (infrastructure as code)
- Good scripting abilities (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Go, etc.)
- Good problem-solving skills
- Experience working in a banking or financial services environment is desirable
What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]Competitive discretionary bonus
Market leading RRSP match program
🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
📝 Employee Share Purchase Plan
Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one
Generous vacation policy and personal days
Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
Professional development and comprehensive Career Development program
A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from EQ Bank's additional office space located at
2200-25 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON.
