CloudOps Engineer (Azure)

Overview: 

Guidepoint’s Engineering team thrives on problem-solving and creating happier users. As Guidepoint works to achieve its mission of making individuals, businesses, and the world smarter through personalized knowledge-sharing solutions, the engineering team is taking on challenges to improve our internal CRM system and create new products to optimize the seamless delivery of our services.

As a CloudOps Engineer, you will be a core member of the CloudOps team managing the Azure infrastructure and its operations for multiple PODS/Teams. In this role, you will manage, maintain and optimize all elements of the infrastructure as related to Azure services. You will be responsible for the Infrastructure health and its performance.

This is a hybrid position out of our Toronto office.

What You’ll Do: 

• Complete ownership for managing and maintaining the Azure cloud infrastructure in Enterprise Production, Development and Test environments
• Optimize Azure cloud infrastructure for optimum price performance
• Monitor the Azure infrastructure using DataDog and create automated remediation
• Monitor Azure costs and optimize spending month over month
• Use Terraform to deploy changes and maintain optimal state
• Implement appropriate policies, process and practices to ensure security and compliance
• Manage and administer Kubernetes (AKS) infrastructure
• Work closely with AppOps, Engineering and CloudOps teams to resolve complex problems
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful cloud deployments
• Participate in Security Audits
• Implement best practices for Kubernetes (AKS) from a security, configuration and scalability perspective
• Support engineering teams deploy containers in Kubernetes (AKS)
• Manage Service management and reliability SLA’s
• Continuously optimize infrastructure for efficiency and value
• Participate in FinOps activities

Required Technical Qualifications:

• 4-5 years + hands-on experience on Azure cloud services
• 4-5 years + hands-on experience with Networking and Network Security
• 4-5 years + hands-on experience on Terraform, ARM, PowerShell, Bash/Python, Linux, infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Azure AI
• 3+ years of automation and managing and administering Kubernetes (AKS) clusters
• 2 years of automatic service remediation methodologies using DataDog/Splunk or Zabbix alerts and events
• 2 years of FinOps experience optimizing Azure cloud costs
• Highly motivated, detailed and technical resource with the ability to work independently
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging capabilities in an Agile software development team environment
• Proven track record of exhibiting a combination of functional, conceptual and technical Azure knowledge to offer creative solutions

 Preferred Technical Qualifications:

• Azure Solutions Architecture Expert
• Azure Security Engineer – Associate
• Terraform
• Ansible

Competencies:

• Maintain problem solving skills and a proactive work style
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Independent contributor with drive
• Collaborative and teamwork-oriented
• Accountable for work and taking ownership of tasks
• Strategic thinker
• Manages projects and uphold quality on a deadline
• Exhibits judgement when it comes to prioritization and overall team management
• Proven effective leadership skills

What We Offer: 

• Paid Time Off 
• Comprehensive benefits plan 
• Company RRSP Match 
• Development opportunities through the LinkedIn Learning platform 

About Guidepoint: 

Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action.  

Backed by a network of nearly 1.5 million experts and Guidepoint’s 1,300 employees worldwide, we inform leading organizations’ research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful.  

At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience.  

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