Application Release Engineer

Application Release Engineer

T4 Contract Role

Toronto ON Hybrid 4 days

What are the top 3 skills required for this role? Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, GCP, Azure

Job Description:

• CI/CD Pipeline management – building and maintain pipeline that automatically test and deploy code from development, optimized for heavy engine builds
• Infrastructure as Code(Iac) – write scripts to automate server set up
• Monitoring and logging – setting up alters to monitor the stability of the environments
• Security integration – ensure security checks are built into the code deployment processes, implement automated security gates so no code reaches production without passing vulnerability scans
• Hybrid Infrastructure - managing a mix of cloud instances and bare-metal servers; cloud instances across platforms like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
• Audit trail automation – ensure every change to the infrastructure is logged and traceable. Build systems that can prove to a regulator exactly who changed what, and when
• Network Orchestration – configure software-defined networking to ensure the engine's wire protocols have prioritized bandwidth and low jiter
• Resiliency and chaos engineering – designing multi-region, multi-cloud disaster recovery strategies to ensure 99.9999% availability
• Required Qualifications & Experience:
• Key Skills & Competencies:
• University or post-graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering
• 7+ years in infrastructure/ DevOps, with at least 3 years in a highly regulated industry
• AWS certified DevOps engineer
• Certified Cloud Security Professional or Certified DevSecOps Professional

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Containerization – Docker, Kubernetes
• CI/CD tool – Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub
• IaC & configuration – Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Pulumi
• Cloud providers – Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure
• Version Control -GitHub and Bitbucket
• Scripting – Python, Bash, Go or Ruby
• Databases – PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle
• Experience with Mainframe integration or legacy middleware
• Strong problem-solving skills – ability to navigate high pressure asks with transparency and clear communication on progress/ next steps
• Highly adaptable – working in a GSIB, managing high volume of asks with shifting priorities
• Nice to Have:
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator
• Financial domain expertise – familiarity with ISO 20022, SWIFT, Fed and Lynx
• Experience using tools like CloudHealth or KubeCost to manage and optimize cloud spend •
• Knowledge of eBPF for observability or DPDK for high-spped packet processing
• Experiene with FPGAs or GPU-based computing clusters used for high-frequency data processing
• Understanding how to minimize latency spikes in a distributed wire engine environment