DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer

VerticalScope owns and operates hundreds of online communities, where users can discuss their passions and share with others on the subjects they love. We focus on building a fast, amazing community experience for our end users and our customers.

VerticalScope from the technology perspective is the single largest purveyor of forums in Canada. Our presence accounts for the second largest deployment on Google Cloud.  As an employee you will receive a competitive salary and a full range of benefits, take advantage of a learning programs and contribute to an international team whose key is innovation.

A day in the life of a DevOps at VS ranges from dealing with a variety of challenges. You would be dealing with a standard LAMP stack at a large scale. Our kubernetes deployment has thousands of pods and services 110+ million visitors a month. As such everything needs to be designed with good design decisions and automation in mind. 

What’s in your tool chest:
  • Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration
  • Experience with automation and configuration of Infrastructure as Code (terraform)
  • Experience in a variety of open source technologies and cloud services (GCP & AWS)
  • Understanding of Continuous Integration and/or Continuous Delivery in the software engineering process (Jenkins, spinnaker, Drone, GitLab)
  • Strong experience using Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems.
  • Strong experience with standard relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL 
  • A strong understanding of code and script (PHP, Go, Python, Perl, Bash and/or Ruby)
  • A strong understanding of web fundamentals and how the various protocols and layers work (TLS, HTTP/2, CDN and Caching, etc)
  • Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available services, additionally best practices for security, particularly in containerized environments.
  • Up-to-date on-latest industry trends; able to articulate trends and potential clearly and confidently

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree or MS in Engineering or equivalent.
  • 3-5 years of experience in managing Linux-based infrastructure.
  • 1-2 years of experience in cloud native environments.
  • Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management
  • Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
  • Love to play on a team.

Bonus points:
  • Ping Pong
  • Kubernetes Certified
  • GCP Certified

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated and ad hoc projects to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

VerticalScope Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, ancestry, colour, race, citizenship, ethnic origin, place of origin, creed, disability, family or marital status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation or any other protected ground or social area according to Human Rights laws in Canada. 

If you require disability related accommodation during the application, recruitment and interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to make all possible adjustments to suit your needs.

 
Though we are only able to respond to applicants that are being considered for an actively open position, we sincerely thank all applicants who are interested in working with us and are glad to hear from you. 

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