DevOps / Cloud Engineer

Role Name

DevOps / Cloud Engineer

Location

Toronto / 4 days a week on site not negotiable, F2F interview required (L1 or/and CI)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Work Model

Hybrid, 4 days in office / 1 day working from home

Schedule

Business hours, with occasional after-hours support for scheduled releases and production incidents

Job Title

DevOps / OpenShift Engineer – PostgreSQL

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on DevOps / OpenShift Engineer with approximately 5 to 6 years of DevOps, container platform, and cloud engineering experience. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), working knowledge of PostgreSQL, and the ability to understand and support an existing application by reviewing documentation and learning the environment from the ground up.

We are looking for someone who is technically curious, self-driven, and comfortable taking ownership of an application even when extensive knowledge transfer may not be available.

Key Responsibilities

• Support, maintain, and troubleshoot applications deployed on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP).
• Manage and troubleshoot containerized workloads running on OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Support application deployments and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot application, container, infrastructure, database, and environment-related issues.
• Work with PostgreSQL databases for application support, connectivity, SQL troubleshooting, and performance/health monitoring.
• Review existing application and technical documentation to build a comprehensive understanding of the application and its dependencies.
• Learn the application from scratch through documentation, configurations, logs, deployment pipelines, and hands-on investigation.
• Automate operational and deployment activities using scripting and Infrastructure as Code where applicable.
• Collaborate with application development, infrastructure, database, and production support teams.
• Maintain and improve operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation, monitoring, platform stability, and operational efficiency.

Core / Must-Have Skills

Approximately 5 to 6 years of DevOps / Cloud / Platform Engineering experience.

Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP).

Good understanding of Kubernetes and container technologies.

Hands-on experience with

• OpenShift / OCP
• Kubernetes
• Docker / containers
• CI/CD pipelines
• Git / source control
• Linux/Unix
• Shell/Bash/Python or similar scripting
• Good working knowledge of PostgreSQL, including:
• SQL queries
• Database connectivity
• Application/database troubleshooting
• Monitoring and basic performance troubleshooting
• Experience troubleshooting applications deployed in containerized environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability and willingness to review technical documentation and learn an unfamiliar application from scratch.
• Self-driven with the ability to independently investigate issues and progressively develop application expertise.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Exposure to Generative AI / Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Familiarity with AI/LLM APIs or AI-enabled applications.
• Exposure to Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, OpenAI APIs, or similar technologies.
• Experience with observability/monitoring platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, or Prometheus.
• Infrastructure as Code experience, such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience supporting production or business-critical applications.