Cloud Engineer Jobs

DataFinery Consulting is a start-up recruiting firm that specializes in harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the hiring process. Our mission is to make AI work for people by leveraging innovative technologies and data-driven insights. Currently, we are seeking a talented and motivated Cloud Platform Engineer to join our client, an environmental company based in Toronto, Ontario.

Responsibilities:

• Work with “full stack” teams to optimize continuous deployment methods for faster velocity
• Design, configure, support, and optimize cloud infrastructure as code where needed.
• Assist in account management as part of an AWS organization strategy.
• Attend vendor training/conferences and presentations for continuing skills development.
• Consult during the onboarding of applications and ensure they are configured properly.
• Analyze project needs/requirements and recommend solutions to enable enterprise cloud adoption.
• Maintain system documentation (e.g., best practices, configuration…).
• Create, propose and implement software development standards with architecture and information Security.
• Communicate with vendors to obtain configurations and best practice recommendations.
• Design, implement, and troubleshoot systems and/or network standards, processes, and security.
• Design and develop automation scripts to build and deploy applications and systems.

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• 2+ years of experience working with an infrastructure as code product (Terraform, Cloud Formation, etc.)
• Ability to learn new technology in a fast-paced environment and deal with varying degrees of ambiguity.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues throughout the organization.
• Desire to grow knowledge and skill set through on-the-job training, formal classroom training, and independent research.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing technologies, with demonstrated hands-on experience in one or more of the following domains:
• Ability to set priorities for scope, risk and quality of technology solutions to meet business needs.
• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Networking, or a related field – or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams is preferred.
• Application development & debugging experience: Git, Go, Python, Node.JS, etc...
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery: Code Pipeline, Github Actions
• 6+ years of experience working with AWS
• Experience with incident management
• Cloud Core Platform Elements: Compute, Storage, Networking, Security, Serverless
• Experience designing and implementing code for infrastructure automation.

Preferred:

• Associate-level certification in AWS
• 1+ year using specifically using Terraform
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes