Senior Cloud Specialist (Hybrid)

As a Senior Cloud Specialist, you will be responsible for shaping and maintaining the Azure cloud infrastructure for Irving Oil. You will assist in the design, deployment, and optimization of cloud solutions, ensuring they align with business objectives and industry best practices. You will develop solutions using a variety of technologies from software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS), in a cloud-first environment.

What We Offer

• Work environment - Work in our beautiful home office building with access to a fitness facility, onsite nurse, and a café
• Hybrid work model - Allows for a blend of in-office and work-from-home days
• Competitive compensation - Includes an annual bonus plan, pension plan, and parking allowance
• Flexible Benefits Plan - In effect from day one and offers three levels of coverage to select from to meet your unique, personal needs
• Paid vacation - There is an annual option to purchase additional vacation, too
• Wellness support - With an annual wellness allowance, paid personal care days and a 24/7 Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Opportunity to give back to some amazing causes in our community - Choose when and where to make an impact with a paid volunteer day, company volunteer opportunities, and a donation-matching program

• Cloud Resource Deployment: You will be at the forefront of deploying various Azure resources such as virtual machines, databases, storage accounts, and configuring SaaS and PaaS. Your expertise will ensure these resources are provisioned efficiently and securely.
• Security and Compliance: You will play a critical role in implementing and maintaining Azure security best practices. This includes configuring network security groups, managing encryption, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and organizational security policies.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor the performance of Azure services and applications utilizing Azure Monitor and other relevant tools to proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks or issues to ensure optimal system performance.
• Cost Management: In this role, you will actively manage Azure costs by optimizing resource utilization, setting up budget alerts, and recommending cost-saving strategies to keep our cloud expenditures in check.
• Disaster Recovery and High Availability: You will be responsible for assisting in the design and implementation of disaster recovery and high availability solutions in Azure, ensuring business continuity and minimal downtime in case of failures.
• Technical Documentation: As part of your role, you'll create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for Azure cloud configurations, architectures, and procedures to facilitate knowledge sharing and support efficient troubleshooting.
• Maintenance: Patching and updating applications, operating systems and cloud services will also be part of this role, along with scheduling and reviewing backups.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): On occasion, expect to leverage Infrastructure as Code principles and tools like Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to automate the provisioning and management of Azure resources, promoting scalability, repeatability, and consistency.
• Azure Best Practices: Staying up to date with Azure best practices, trends, and emerging technologies is integral to this role. You'll continuously evaluate and recommend improvements to our Azure architecture to align with industry advancements.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Entra ID, Storage, Compute Resources, Backups, virtual networking, and Azure SQL.
• Desirable Azure Certifications: AZ-900, AZ-104.
• Broad general IT knowledge including Windows and Linux operating systems administration, Databases, Web and other applications servers, networking and security concepts.
• Ability to create and adapt scripts, such as Powershell to automate tasks.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities. Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with exceptional customer service.
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-performance environment.

• Degree or diploma in a computer-related program or equivalent experience within IT.
• Overall 10+ years of experience in Information Technology.