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RQ11142 - Sr. Cloud Application Specialist 1-year 11-month contract (447 business days) - possible extension ONSITE 5 days - 222 Jarvis, Toronto or 49 Place d'Armes, Kingston Security Level: CRJMC NOTE: Rate is important for this role 30% (Lowest per diem proposed to RFS/Specific Vendor per diem) x maximum points in resume evaluation
Must have: · Minimum 8?10+ years of hands-on experience in cloud application development and engineering, · Demonstrated recent expertise in Microsoft Azure (App Services, Azure Functions, AKS), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift), and DevOps/automation tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines), including building and integrating scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions. · Demonstrated experience in enterprise cloud architecture, security (IAM, encryption, compliance), data engineering (ETL/ELT, Azure data services), observability (monitoring/logging), and advanced DevOps/DevSecOps practices, including API-driven integration, CI/CD pipeline design, and scalable, high-availability solution delivery · Experience with writing code to interact with RESTful APIs to replace manual processes such as assigning IP addresses and DNS codes. · Demonstrated experience designing, developing and implementing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with integrated security (DevSecOps) Nice-to-have: • Public sector experience working on mainframe/legacy systems
Responsibilities: · Create applications that are served on the cloud · Create the software platform to run on virtual systems · Fine-tune the final program after it has been created · Facilitate IT development, design, construction, testing, promotion, implementation of web-based/n-tier, cloud-based and mainframe applications for workstreams. · Responsible for development utilizing a combination of cloud technologies to develop an integrated solution for online transactional processing and integration · Responsible for in integration of any Open Source Software (OSS) products into new and existing systems · Creation and walk-through of Systems Response documents, Technical Specifications, Application Inventory, and Implementation Plans. · Preparation of test plans, test data, and unit-testing of programs. · Preparation of implementation plans and promotion of programs. · System Support/Documentation · As assigned, response to client queries and troubleshooting of production incidents. · Conduct/participate in design walkthroughs as well as test case and test results walkthroughs. · Support testing of the changes by other team members. · Weekly reporting on status, progress, and key issue/concerns as directed by the Project Lead/Project Manager or Portfolio Manager. · Transfer skills and knowledge to selected OPS staff General Skills: · Experience creating applications that are served on the cloud · Experience creating the software platform to run on virtual systems · Experience fine-tuning the final program after it has been made · Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle from business systems analysis through requirements gathering and functional specification · Ability to troubleshoot code and make system changes as needed to resolve issues · Experience modify existing software to correct errors to adapt it to new hardware or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance · Experience consulting with engineering staff to evaluate interf