Senior Cloud Engineer

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

BDO Digital is looking for an Senior Cloud Engineer to join their growing team, with the ability to work remotely from anywhere in Canada. The individual will own the following responsibilities:

• Develop cloud native solutions for a cutting-edge CI/CD ecosystem
• Learn from a great team of fellow engineers in building real-world cloud scale solutions across public and private clouds
• Contribute to a team of like-minded platform engineers building platforms in Azure, AWS and GCP public clouds
• Promote automation and infrastructure best practices
• Create awesome educational material for fellow engineers, like sample cloud native apps and starter code
• Continuously learn new technical skills and practice by applying them in your day-to-day work
• Provide mentorship to peers
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as technical, analytical, and problem-solving ability
• Lead the installation, upgrades and integration of the current and future Kubernetes platform(s), technologies and tools.
• Develop criteria for and participates in the evaluation of third party vendors and software as well as due diligence exercises.
• Design and implementation of highly available, scalable and resilient applications both for cloud native and non-cloud technologies stack
• Develop detailed plans and accurate estimates for the design, build, and implementation and stabilization phases of the project.
• Responsible for defining, planning and executing high level team activities, such as recommendations for architecture and process improvements
• Recommend strategies to drive down cost and improve efficiencies with supported vendor software and written code to ensure optimal use of available resources.
• Provide direction to support staff in conducting performance tuning and capacity planning activities within the Cloud Infrastructure platform.

How do we define success for your role?

• You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspect of your work: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration
• You understand your client’s industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high quality work
• You identify, recommend, and are focused on effective service delivery to your clients
• You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains & attracts talent
• You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace
• You grow your expertise through learning and professional development.

Your experience and education

Must have:

• A passion for making developers more efficient through DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code
• 5-7 years of experience with Infrastructure Automation and Infrastructure as Code (Azure, AWS)
• 5-7 years of experience with Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub, Ansible, Artifactory
• 5-7 years of experience creating and manipulating YAML files
• 5+ years of experience as a Linux system administrator… ideally on RHEL
• Experience with container platforms. Ideally Kubernetes and/or Docker
• Experience with AWS Infrastructure, Cloud Formation (Service Catalog, S3, SageMaker, RDS-SQL), Python, Java Full Stack, Azure, Packer, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Hybrid Services, ARC, Databases, OpenShift, Anthos, Networking
• Communication skills necessary to work on a geographically distributed team.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience developing software
• Experience working in a SAFe, Kanban, or Scrum development methodology

Why BDO?

Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2024. This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.

• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.

• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.

Giving back adds up: Where company meets community. BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.

Total rewards that matter: We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a market leading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Everyone counts: We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

Flexibility: All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.

Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone’s needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.

Ready to make your mark at BDO? Click “Apply now” to send your up-to-date resume to one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists.

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