Application Release Engineer

Role: Application Release Engineer

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Duration: Contract

Skills:

• 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 – 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

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

Thank you

Praveen

praveen.s@themesoft.com