Cloud Engineer - Hashicorp

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid (Downtown, Toronto)

Duration: 10 months (Possibility for an extension, or conversion to full time employee)

Our client, a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Cloud Engineer - Hashicorp to be responsible for creating platform components and services for the broad enterprise use. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in Role:

1. Design, implement, and refactor code
2. Participate in design discussions focused on scalability, design, and implementation best practices
3. Ensure software, programs, and applications are developed and/or configured to meet high availability, integrity, and reliability requirements
4. Work with other lead engineers and architects on designing solutions and breaking down, scoping, and estimating tasks
5. Participate in planning and retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc.
6. Be able to build and operate scalable software and infrastructure

Must-Have Skills:

1. 5+ years’ relevant work experience, 3+ years’ experience in cloud platform/components/services development
2. Strong development experience with Hashicorp Terraform Enterprise/Cloud, specifically with creating modules using HCL
3. Experience with VCS tools such as Github
4. Experience with Policy-as-Code development for Hashicorp Sentinel and OPA (Rego)
5. Full understanding of software development life cycle as well as related technologies
6. Proven experience in cloud development (Google GCP, Microsoft Azure)
7. Understanding of software release process (environments, binary repositories, CI/CD)

Nice-To-Have Skills:

1. Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Azure DevOps
2. Experience with Configuration Management tools such as Ansible and Salt
3. Knowledge of software design patterns, infrastructure architecture, DevOps, and security considerations

Soft Skills Required:

1. Ability to solve ambiguous and typically novel problems that require team effort
2. Strong communication skills, both written and spoken; of specific importance is strong communication to a technical audience
3. Attention to detail with high standards for quality

Education:

1. Post-secondary education in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related IT field is an asset

Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.