Senior DevOps Specialist – Azure Cloud

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About the role

  • Senior DevOps Specialist managing Azure infrastructure, Terraform, and CI/CD for Equisoft's insurance and investment software. Supporting secure SaaS operations, production incidents, and disaster recovery.

Responsibilities

  • Report to the Manager, SaaS Operations and work closely with 3 other DevOps Specialists
  • Help design quality infrastructure
  • Facilitate the development and deployment process
  • Implement the right technologies for Equisoft's products
  • Improve the developer experience
  • Work with the AppCapture, Apply, Illustrate and Sync internal products
  • Collaborate with development teams to streamline how SaaS applications are built, released and operated
  • Manage Azure infrastructure as code with Terraform using a versioned module library across multiple environments and regions
  • Build, maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Octopus Deploy, including shared pipeline templates for .NET services, libraries and configuration packages
  • Diagnose and resolve production issues with development teams using App Insights and Log Analytics (KQL) to trace distributed systems
  • Manage access controls, security compliance and security best practices across environments, including code scanning and secure pipeline practices
  • Monitor and optimize performance, availability and security with proactive recommendations and alerting
  • Participate in an on-call rotation as L3 escalation support for production incidents on SaaS products, including incident response and root cause analysis documentation
  • Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing across Azure regions
  • Optimize cloud usage to reduce operational costs

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering or Information Technology or College Diploma
  • 5+ years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience, with strong Azure experience (App Services, VMSS, Azure SQL, networking, APIM, WAF, Key Vault)
  • Proven ability to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML, reusable templates) and release automation with Octopus Deploy or similar
  • Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, including module design, remote state and versioning
  • Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows server environments, Git, Docker, and scripting (PowerShell, Bash or Python)
  • Solid understanding of Azure networking and security (private endpoints, DNS, NSGs, WAF, RBAC, secrets management)
  • Experience with monitoring and observability on Azure (Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, KQL), including alert design
  • Strong troubleshooting skills for complex distributed systems and multi-tenant SaaS platforms, with experience handling production incidents at L3 level
  • Excellent knowledge of French and English (spoken and written)
  • Strong sense of organization and prioritizing
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to communicate, write and synthesize information
  • Ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced environment
  • Team spirit, tact, diplomacy, autonomy, rigor, and discipline
  • Azure Cloud and Terraform certifications are nice to have
  • Experience building VM images with Packer and managing CI build agents is nice to have
  • Familiarity with .NET build and release pipelines, and NuGet publishing is nice to have
  • Experience with performance and load testing and DR testing is nice to have
  • Kubernetes experience is an asset
  • Relevant experience in product development is nice to have

Benefits

  • Full-time permanent role
  • Benefits available day 1: Medical, Dental, Retirement Plan, Telemedicine Program, Employee Assistance Program, etc.
  • Flexible hours
  • Educational Support (LinkedIn Learning, LOMA Courses and Equisoft University)
  • Hybrid work arrangement in a collaborative workspace
  • 40 hours per week

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Tech skills

AzureCloudDistributed SystemsDNSDockerKubernetesLinuxPackerPythonSQLTerraformVault.NET

Location requirements

HybridMontrealCanada

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