DevOps Lead

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 Lead – of DevOps & Cloud Engineering, you will be a core member of the engineering leadership team. In this role, you will manage and lead a team of Sys. Admin and DevOps engineers. You will be responsible for developing and executing a Development Operations (DevOps) strategy to ensure quality software deployments and overall application health and performance.

This is a hybrid position out of our Toronto office.

What You’ll Do: 

• Complete ownership of DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines, supporting Enterprise Production, Development, and Test deployments
• Managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Argo CD, Keda, and Velero for backups and DR 
• Lead and manage a team of experienced DevOps engineers in our global team
• Provision, install, configure, optimize, maintain, and support all components of the Web Applications Stack:
• (Linux, Apache, SQL, PHP, Solr, ElasticSearch, Redis, Couchbase)
• Right size and optimize infrastructure, balancing performance and cost for AKS and Azure VMs
• Secure all infrastructure by applying patches and updates at regular intervals
• Configure and manage to monitor and alert of issues with Infrastructure and Application
• Provide production support by triaging and troubleshooting
• Contribute to overall engineering initiatives as a member of the engineering leadership team

What You Have: 

• 5+ years of experience working as a Senior DevOps Engineer
• 3+ years of experience managing a team of DevOps/DevSecOps Engineers
• Hands-on experience and knowledge of Linux (CentOS), PHP (configs/modules), Apache, Nginx, Solr, Elastic Search Clusters, Redis, Couchbase, SQL Server, and RabbitMQ.
• Well-versed in git version control and Artifactory

Preferred to have: 

• Solid understanding and experience of IaaS and PaaS Cloud services (Azure preferred)
• Datadog experience with Infrastructure and Application monitoring and observability Tools
• Expertise in Containerization Technology (Docker, Kubernetes, ASR)
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with CI/CD tools:
• Terraform, Ansible
• Azure DevOps Pipelines
• Argo CD, Keda and Velero expertise
• Experience/knowledge of Azure IaaS/Paas a Plus:
• Compute: VMs, ScaleSets
• Networking: Vnet, ApplicationGateway, Load balancers, NSG, ASG, Firewalls
• Storage: Storage Accounts, Virtual Disks, Blob Storage
• PaaS: WebApps, WebJobs, ServiceBus, EventGrid etc

Soft Skills Required: 

• Maintain problem solving skills and a proactive work style
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills
• Independent contributor with drive
• Collaborative and teamwork-oriented
• Accountable for work and take 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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