[Hiring] Senior Cloud Engineer @Think Research Corporation

Role Description

You Will Have The Opportunity To:

• Deploy cloud infrastructure and services on Google Cloud Platform
• Assist in developing, maintaining and monitoring production 24 * 7 * 365 infrastructure
• Produce systems that are secure, scalable, automated, and well-documented, and train others to take on operations
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to deploy and support customer-facing web applications
• Ensure backup functionality and consistency, including restoration process and data recovery plans for disaster recovery
• Provide DBA support as assigned, doing installations, upgrades, database loading, migrations, testing
• Troubleshooting and resolution of database/server problems
• Backup and recovery of local and remote replicated databases
• Create and verify data backups including configuration data in critical environments
• Communicate timelines, service dependencies, resource constraints and progress with key stakeholders quickly and effectively
• Maintain the technical infrastructure for business continuity plan (BCP) and DR (Disaster Recovery)
• Organize and coordinate Disaster Recovery drills and Tabletops
• Develop and improve infrastructure and application performance monitoring and alerting systems
• Provide platform support as required, on 24x7 on-call rotation

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience with design, implementation and management of highly available (HA) system architectures
• 7+ years experience administering and troubleshooting Linux and Windows systems
• 5+ years Containerization
• 5+ years Kubernetes experience
• 3+ years Database Administration experience (e.g. Postgresql, MSSQL, CloudSQL)
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure such as GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.
• Experience managing large-scale infrastructure using automation for provisioning, software deployment and configuration management tool (e.g. Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, etc.)
• Experience handling on-call shifts for mission critical systems

Requirements

• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Ruby, Python, or similar languages, with a focus on automation
• Understanding of DevSecOps principles and practices
• Exposure to CI/CD platforms such as ArgoCD, Cloud Build, and Cloud Run
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog and New Relic
• Experience with metrics collection and visualization using Prometheus and Grafana
• Knowledge of centralized logging solutions such as Loki and Graylog

Benefits

• Fully remote work environment, with a Toronto headquarters that supports in-person collaboration, connection, and team events when it adds value
• Competitive salary and benefits, including 4 weeks of paid vacation plus 6 personal days
• Meaningful work that directly impacts patient care
• Growth opportunities with leaders who support development through mentorship