SRE / Devops Engineer(s)

SRE/DEVOPS ENGINEER

We are a boutique, rapidly growing, GCP (Google Cloud Platform) consulting company based out of Toronto. We work with GCP’s top customers (banking, telco, energy, retail, etc. ) to help them with cloud transformation, security, analytics, ML, data governance, etc. Clients usually engage us to solve their hardest business problems, and help raise the bar at their organization.

Why Us?

You get the best of both worlds. We operate like an early stage startup, with all the associated benefits (talent, growth, learning opportunities, flexibility) but get to solve enterprise level technical challenges, and are actually profitable ;)

• People: We hire top tier talent. Our team consists of ex-Googlers, YCombinator Alumni, and individuals that built software for 400M users.
• GCP is the Best Cloud: Maybe we are biased, but GCP is the most cutting edge cloud provider, building on technologies that have been pioneered by Google : BigQuery, K8s/Anthos, Vertex AI, etc.
• Growth: We have doubled in size in the last 6 months, and are looking to double again this year.

You Will

• Work closely with technical leads and client teams to fully demonstrate the benefits of GCP technology
• Introduce clients to cloud best practices such as CI/CD, infrastructure as code, canonization, monitoring, etc.
• Setup GCP foundation, networking and security best practices using Terraform
• Help build and monitor microservices running on K8s
• Engineer tools and services that improve operational efficiency and help our developers build features faster
• Define and implement cloud-based solutions in line with industry best practices and enterprise architecture guidelines
• Support clients in troubleshoot issues in their test and/or production environments and identifying root cause and solutions

You Have

• GCP experience ( for exceptional talent with other cloud experience, we will provide a training programs)
• Experience in large-scale, secure, and high availability solutions in Cloud environment such as Google Cloud (GCP)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Config Connector
• Extensive programming experience in Python, Go, or Java
• Good understanding of containerization technologies such as Kubernetes (GKE) or Docker
• Good understanding of GCP services such as IAM, Networking components, Managed Instance Groups, and Google Cloud Storage buckets
• An understanding of security principals and other associated controls and features in GCP
• Database experience with either RDBM or NOSQL
• Technical writing, experience in preparing and presenting technical material to a variety of audiences
• Experience in working in, and with, Agile delivery teams

Nice To Have

• Strong K8s, preferably Anthos, knowledge
• Experience with Policy-as-Code (such as OPA)
• Strong understanding of Google SRE best practices

Type of qualities we look for (across all roles)

• Passionate about delivering high quality commercial software products and platforms to market
• Team player. We are a small team, and enjoy working with each other and our clients - we would like it to keep it the same way as we grow
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering processes
• Client focused and passionate about delivering business value with
• Able to communicate clearly and efficiently with a variety of audiences including developers, clients, customers, partners and executives
• Flexible and willing to use the right technology for each problem in the context of timelines and business goals
• Ability to complete the job regardless of the circumstance