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Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer ? AWS

Openings: 2 Location: Toronto, ON ? 5700 Yonge Street Work Model: 100% Onsite ? 5 days/week Rate: $95?$100/hr Inc.

About the Role

We are seeking Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineers to support the design, implementation, automation, security, monitoring, and ongoing operations of AWS cloud environments supporting complex healthcare technology solutions.

This is a hands-on senior role requiring strong expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, Linux/Unix administration, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, automation, cloud security, monitoring, production support, and system integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure, and maintain AWS cloud environments and production systems.
• Deploy and automate applications, infrastructure, packages, and operational processes.
• Ensure cloud environments meet requirements for availability, performance, security, scalability, and reliability.
• Configure and manage AWS services including; Amazon VPC, AWS Firewall, IAM, EC2, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora, Redshift, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, CloudTrail, CloudWatch
• Work with additional AWS services including Amazon Connect, Pinpoint, DynamoDB, Kinesis Data Streams, and Polly.
• Administer Linux/Unix environments, particularly Red Hat, including installation, troubleshooting, hardening, and automation.
• Design, deploy, and support microservices, distributed applications, Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized environments.
• Implement cloud security controls covering identity, networking, encryption, data protection, and access management.
• Monitor production environments, review logs, troubleshoot incidents, tune application performance, and proactively identify improvements.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation.
• Design and maintain monitoring, logging, metrics, alerting, and operational automation solutions.
• Develop system architecture documentation, technical specifications, integration plans, configuration documentation, and implementation plans.
• Support API development, integration, and distributed system interfaces.
• Evaluate new technologies and vendor products and provide recommendations for architecture, automation, security, and process improvements.
• Provide technical leadership and collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience

AWS / Cloud Engineering

• 10+ years of IT experience, with significant senior-level DevOps/Cloud Engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience creating, managing, and maintaining AWS cloud-based production environments.
• Extensive experience with AWS deployment, automation, administration, troubleshooting, performance, security, and scalability.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, including:VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora, Redshift, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Firewall
• Experience with Amazon Connect, Pinpoint, DynamoDB, Kinesis Data Streams, and Polly.
• Proven experience implementing cloud security models, particularly identity, network security, encryption, and access controls.

Linux / Containers / Automation

• 5+ years of experience with Unix/Linux operating systems, including Red Hat, with expertise in installation, troubleshooting, hardening, and scripting.
• 3+ years of experience administering Kubernetes and Docker/container environments.
• Strong scripting experience using Python, Bash, JavaScript/Node.js, PHP, Java, or similar languages.
• Experience with Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, o