Architect DevOps (Azure)

Architect DevOps (Azure)

What is Equisoft? Equisoft is a global provider of digital solutions for insurance and investment, recognized by over 250 of the world's leading financial institutions. We offer a comprehensive ecosystem of scalable solutions that help our customers meet all the challenges brought about by this era of digital transformation, thanks to our business needs-driven approach, industry knowledge, cutting-edge technologies and experts.  With its business-driven approach, in-depth industry knowledge, cutting-edge technologies and multicultural team of experts based in North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, Equisoft helps its customers meet the challenges of this era of digital transformation. 

Why Choose Equisoft? With 950+ employees, we are a stable organization that offers career advancement and fosters a stimulating environment. If that’s not enough, then check out these other perks below:   

• Hiring Location: Canada (Montreal or Quebec City)     
• Internal job title: Senior DevOps Specialist
• You are welcome to work in our office, hybrid or remote
• Full-time Temporary (6 months with possibility of extension) Role 
• Flexible hours    
  
  

Role: The Architect DevOps (Azure) reports to Senior Manager, Product Development and works closely with a team of five professionals that include DevOps Specialists, Infrastructure Team Lead, Dev Tech Lead. The candidate will be responsible for optimizing our multi-tenant Azure infrastructure, implementing stronger governance, and improving cost management across our client environments. They will be responsible for reviewing and cleaning up our Azure subscriptions, implementing best practices for multi-tenant architecture, and improving our deployment processes for our SaaS platform.  

Below, is a brief description of the expected product the candidate will be working on

Equisoft/centralize is a powerful back-office insurance agency management system that offers our clients a way to connect carriers' feeds, paramedical data, clients, policies, and more to a single platform. Our workbench solution helps our customers work smarter, provides unique insights, and makes it possible to automate their business processes.   

Your Day with Equisoft:   

• Review and clean up Azure subscriptions across multiple client environments
• Designing and developing a robust DevOps framework that integrates with the company's existing systems and workflows
• Optimize resource allocation to improve the scalability of our SaaS platform
• Assessing the current infrastructure and recommending technologies to improve performance, reliability, and scalability
• Develop cost management solutions to track and allocate expenses per client and environment
• Automate CI/CD deployment, configuration and infrastructure management tasks using orchestration tools
• Implement efficient auto-scaling processes to optimize resource utilization and cost
• Establish tagging standards and policies for resource tracking and cost allocation
• Design architecture to properly separate and secure client-specific customizations while maintaining shared components
• Creating and maintaining cloud infrastructure, governance policies, and deployment processes
• Work with development teams to improve deployment workflows for both shared and client-specific components
• Providing guidance and mentoring to team members on DevOps methodologies and best practices for long-term infrastructure improvements
• Evaluate the performance, availability and security of our systems and recommend the restructuring of existing configurations 
  
  

Requirements:   

Technical  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering or Information Technology or College Diploma combined to 3 years of relevant experience   
• 5+ years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience in cloud-native environments
• 10 years minimum in software applications project development
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services, specifically:
• Azure Policy
• Azure Cost Management
• Azure Management Groups
• Azure App Service
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Virtual Networks
• Strong knowledge of the principles of software architecture and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Expert knowledge of Helm charts for Kubernetes application deployment and lifecycle management, cluster management and operations
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS architecture in cloud environments
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows (Azure DevOps & Argo CD)
• Knowledge of cost optimization strategies for cloud resources
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools in Kubernetes environments
• Knowledge of programming languages relevant to automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Experience designing and implementing cloud governance frameworks
• Excellent knowledge of French & English (spoken and written)   
  

Soft Skills  

• 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 
  
  

Nice to Haves:   

• Cloud certifications (Azure, Kubernetes) 
• Familiarity with Infrastructure Performance Monitoring (IPM) tools
  
  

Equisoft is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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