REQUIREMENT DevOPS/Cloud Engineer - Senior -Only PR & Citizens. Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid) Contract Role Hybrid: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote. Must Have: 10+ years of experience in systems, data communications and telecommunication technology including experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux V7+, UNIX Solaris V10 and Mainframe IMS Connect, system software and System tools Extensive experience in WebLogic V12, WebSphere V9, Informatica V10 configuration, customization, upgrading, and patching Extensive experience in DevOps toolsets in Azure Cloud, including but not limited to, Docker, Ansible, Packer, Terraform, Azure DevOps Pipelines, OpenShift Working knowledge and experience in git, including branching and merging strategies (e.g. git-flow), collaborating via pull request and practicing GitOps Description Experience and Skill Set Requirements Evaluation Criteria Technical Knowledge – 30% 10+ years of experience in systems, data communications and telecommunication technology including experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux V7+, UNIX Solaris V10 and Mainframe IMS Connect, system software and System tools Extensive experience in WebLogic V12, WebSphere V9, Informatica V10 configuration, customization, upgrading, and patching Extensive experience in DevOps toolsets in Azure Cloud, including but not limited to, Docker, Ansible, Packer, Terraform, Azure DevOps Pipelines, OpenShift Working knowledge and experience in git, including branching and merging strategies (e.g. git-flow), collaborating via pull request and practicing GitOps Working knowledge and experience of designing and implementing infrastructure as code build automation using Terraform and immutable infrastructure with Ansible and Packer Working knowledge and experience of implementing instances/applications performance tuning, storage/capacity management, DB migration/upgrade, Backup/Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies Working knowledge and experience of clustering Load Balancers, and Firewall configuration and accomplishing the same in Azure cloud Experience with technologies (J2EE, Java) and web technologies (Node.js, Azure Functions, Serverless, Pub/Sub event driven systems, Azure App Gateway) Mid-Tier refresh initiatives experience with technologies (Docker, Ansible, Packer, Terraform) in Azure cloud environment Support & Troubleshooting – 25% High skilled problem solving, reasoning and trouble-shooting experience to provide advice and resolve data recovery issues in a multi-platform environment Support for pre-production and production systems on 7/24/365 basis for application and middleware Experience conducting system monitoring and performance and data integrity in accordance with ITIL standards Operations – 25% Experience on supporting enterprise business and infrastructure projects Experience in Incident Management, Change Management Ability to perform performance analysis Experience in resource usage tracking, analysis Ability to perform log searches for problem solving, audit and performance checking Experience in emergency problem resolution Ability to provide ad-hoc reporting Interpersonal & Communication Skills – 15% Strong oral and written communications and interpersonal skills with experience making presentation, liaising with staff to resolve issues, and working as part of a technical multi-disciplinary team Based on management's request, the ability to provide support to internal and external clients on a 7/24 basis Experience in coordinating and providing leadership to staff and stakeholders Public Sector Experience – 5% Working knowledge of Transportation Safety architecture, applications, databases, and systems Interested, can forward your latest resumes to John.s@zirlen.com Flexible work from home options available.