RQ11142 - Sr. Cloud Application Specialist

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 interface between hardware and software

· Experience developing specifications and performance requirements and resolving customer problems

· Must know at least one programming language and should be proficient in that

· Be familiar with software development concepts and databases

· Fluency with Hypervisor and Virtualization techniques

· Have at least fundamental knowledge of cloud computing and basic Networking skills

· Ability to work independently or as part of a team

• A team player with proven track record for meeting deadlines

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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $88.34/hr - $106.03/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $70.68/hr - $84.82/hr T4