About KEV:
KEV Group is an enterprise SaaS company that provides an all-in-one activity fund management solution for K-12 schools. By seamlessly integrating and automating all fee management processes, our SchoolCash platform provides real-time visibility and control over how districts and schools create, collect, manage, track, and reconcile these funds. Parents benefit from an easy-to-use solution that offers convenience and supports all payment types. More than 26,000 schools across North America rely on our solutions to manage over $4 billion in activity funds annually.
The company is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Cambridge, ON and across the U.S., KEV is a portfolio company of Five Arrows. With over €10 billion of assets under management (AUM), the corporate private equity business of Five Arrows invests in companies with highly defensible market positions, strong management teams, and growth-based business models.
Why Join KEV?
- Work in an industry that benefits children, parents and schools
- Do meaningful and purpose-driven work, and make a real impact
- Join a quickly growing organization with real opportunity for learning and growth
- Passionate and accessible leadership team that cares about people, personally and professionally
- Hybrid work environment (3 days a week in either our North York or Cambridge office)
Job Description
KEV is seeking a strong, experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Technology Operations team. Reporting to the Director, Technology Operations & Security, you will be responsible for effectively managing the DevOps environment and the build and deployment processes within. This will require understanding the architecture of each application and ensuring they match with the business requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with development teams to understand project requirements and deploy application builds into various environments, ensuring smooth and timely releases.
- Partner with developers to create and maintain detailed environment diagrams for each application, ensuring correct configuration and seamless integration across systems.
- Apply automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD principles to enhance deployment reliability while reducing manual steps, focusing on minimizing downtime.
- Coordinate with the broader DevOps team to audit and verify configuration settings before deployments, so that each application meets operational standards and performance criteria.
- Oversee the release pipelines in Azure DevOps, including monitoring, approving, and tracking releases, build numbers, and overall application version integrity.
- Provide continuous support for applications post-deployment, troubleshooting issues, gathering developer feedback, and implementing improvements to enhance stability and performance.
- Research, plan, and implement infrastructure changes that directly benefit application performance, including server setups, load balancing, and proxy configurations.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation to support application changes, deployments, and troubleshooting processes, ensuring clear communication across teams.
- Lead and manage projects and incident resolutions through an IT ticketing system, coordinating investigations and responses in partnership with both development and support teams.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to manage after-hours jobs, alerts and escalations, ensuring rapid resolution of any application-related issues.
Requirements and Skills:
- 3–5 years of experience in application support with a strong background in utilizing DevOps practices, particularly within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem and Azure DevOps.
- Post-secondary degree, diploma, or equivalent technical certification in a relevant field. Microsoft Certifications are a strong asset.
- Prior experience in SaaS support and delivery, with a focus on both IaaS and PaaS solutions within Azure environments using Azure DevOps, Octopus, etc.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly as it relates to configuring and managing Azure-based systems with ARM, Bicep and/or Terraform.
- Solid understanding of security principles in complex ecosystems and proficiency with debugging and diagnostic tools to resolve application issues effectively.
- Ability to automate common tasks with PowerShell, PowerAutomate, Azure Functions.
- Experience managing traditional server-based environments, including SFTP, IIS and SQL Server, as well as supporting third-party and in-house applications.
- Excellent communication skills for clear and effective collaboration with developers, management, and technical teams.
- Configuration hardening against standards such as NIST, STIG’s, CIS Benchmarks, etc.
- Working in a regulated environment like PCI, SOC II, ISO27001, HIPAA, HITRUST, etc.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a collaborative team.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to investigating, troubleshooting, and resolving application issues.
This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - KEV Group employees will be expected to go into the office 3 days per week, in either our North York or Cambridge location.
We Offer:
Competitive salary
Comprehensive health and dental benefits
Professional development opportunities
Continuing Education
Great colleagues and collaboration
This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required by an individual joining the KEV team in this or any other capacity.
KEV Group is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with Human Resources or the hiring manager.
KEV Group is an equal opportunity employer who agrees not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.
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What We Do
KEV Group provides the most comprehensive activity fund management solution enabling K-12 schools to manage every dollar efficiently, accurately, and consistently. By seamlessly integrating and automating all processes, the SchoolCash platform provides real-time visibility and control over how districts and schools create, collect, manage, track, and reconcile activity funds. Over 17,000 schools across North America rely on SchoolCash to manage $3 billion+ in activity funds annually.
