On behalf of our public sector client, Affinity is looking for DevOps Specialist(s) to identify and remove roadblocks and distractions that affect sprint commitments and prevent delivery of product features. The DevOps Specialist will be responsible for the management of the agile sprint process for cross-functional program review or product delivery teams. The DevOps Specialist will provide leadership and mentoring in agile principles, policies, and procedures, to enable the teams to self-organize and deliver consistently on sprint deliverables.
Responsibilities:
• Create scripts, tools, and procedures for operations by:
o Designing and implementing automation for limited downtime deployment and maintenance.
• Lead operations of digital services in production by:
o Managing configuration and credentials for the production environment;
o Planning and managing maintenance activities; and
o Managing database upgrades and migrations, backups, recoveries, etc.
• Provide operations support for implementation and enhancement of digital services by:
o Creating templates and patterns for application deployments and CI/CD pipelines; and
o Creating scripts and tools to automate the establishment of environments for development and testing.
o Creating tools, scripts and processes that will enable application teams to have better observability of the application through monitoring and telemetry tools
• Support delivery teams in adopting best practices by:
o Providing operations support for early and frequent integration testing, security scans, system testing, and performance and load testing; and
o Providing operations support for early and frequent delivery to end-users in limited availability launches (Alphas and Betas).
Qualifications:
Must-Have:
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with research, analysis, and problem-solving.
• 3 years of experience documenting issues, solutions, and procedures.
• 2 years of experience with access tools like SSH Clients and Remote Desktop.
• 2 years of experience with basic security awareness, such as secrets management.
• 3 years of experience with command-line interfaces for command execution and file system traversal.
• 2 years of experience with DevOps practices within a Public Sector organization in Canada.
• 1 year of experience with networking tools like DNS lookups, trace routes, and load balancing.
Nice To Have:
• 2 years of experience with disaster recovery testing.
• 2 years of experience with Government of Alberta development guidelines and principles.
• 1 year of experience with load balancing through tools like Azure FrontDoor, F5 BigIP, etc.
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About Affinity:
Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca
Job Number: 11595
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