Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

• Pay rate: $52/hr
• Location: Ottawa, ON
• Duration: 12 Months, Hybrid

We at Raise are hiring right now for one of our Clients. If you’re interested, apply below for your chance to join a great place to work.

Responsibilities

Cloud Operations & Reliability Engineering

• Operate and support production‑grade, highly available IAM cloud services
• Ensure availability, performance, resilience, and security of platforms
• Participate in L2/L3 incident response, root‑cause analysis, and post‑incident reviews
• Take part in a 24/7 follow‑the‑sun on‑call rotation
• Drive continuous improvements to operational stability and service quality

DevOps, Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab)
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes‑based platforms (EKS, GKE, OpenShift)
• Automate provisioning, deployment, validation, and rollback processes
• Review DevOps code to ensure quality, security, and consistency

Observability & AIOps Initiatives

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using Datadog
• Leverage AIOps capabilities for anomaly detection and alert correlation
• Support faster root‑cause identification during incidents
• Contribute to predictive analytics such as capacity forecasting and failure prevention

AI‑Assisted Operations & Automation

• Use AI‑powered copilots for troubleshooting and diagnostics
• Generate and improve operational documentation and runbooks using AI
• Develop automated remediation and self‑healing workflows
• Integrate AI‑assisted insights into operational workflows

Database & Platform Services (Supporting Role)

• Support cloud databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, MongoDB, Elastic
• Contribute to upgrades, backups, HA/DR, and monitoring
• Assist with data migrations where required
• Ensure database security and performance

Collaboration, Documentation & Governance

• Produce design documents, runbooks, and operational procedures
• Collaborate with Automation Architects, SREs, and R&D teams
• Improve scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency
• Follow ITIL‑aligned operational processes
• Operate in regulated and security‑sensitive environments

Minimum Requirements: Skills, Experience, Education, Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Certifications, Language

• 5+ years operating cloud‑based production systems
• Strong Kubernetes orchestration experience
• Hands‑on Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise
• CI/CD pipeline experience (GitLab)
• AWS or GCP experience
• Scripting and automation (Python, YAML, JSON, Bash)
• Experience with observability tools
• Strong Linux knowledge

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AIOps platforms or ML‑assisted monitoring
• AI‑assisted DevOps or Cloud Operations exposure
• IAM or regulated environment experience
• ITIL or COBIT familiarity
• Experience in globally distributed teams

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Tools & Technologies

• Cloud: AWS, GCP
• Platforms: Kubernetes, Helm, OpenShift
• IaC & Automation: Terraform, Ansible
• CI/CD: GitLab
• Observability: Datadog
• Collaboration: Jira, Confluence, Slack, Office 365
• AI Tooling: AIOps platforms, internal AI copilots

Soft Skills

• Ownership and accountability
• Clear communication
• Calm under pressure
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Comfortable working across time zones

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

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