Senior DevOps Engineer

About us:

Founded in 2014, Spring Financial has spent the last 10 years simplifying the lending process for millions of Canadians providing a wide range of solutions to effectively manage various financial circumstances. In the process, weve become the largest fintech loan originator in the country with over 80,000 monthly applicants. Today, Spring offers personal lending, credit building, mortgages & savings products, and a growing range of financial services. To learn more about us please visit our website here:www.springfinancial.ca

NOTE:This is a full-time, permanent, on-site position.

What We Are Looking For:

• Has the relentless drive to get things done
• Is able to take ownership of projects and takes full responsibility
• Is self-sufficient and focused
• Is passionate about DevOps

What You Will Be Doing:

• Responsible for automation/configuration management of all development, staging, and production environments as well as the automation of continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Design, build and optimize automation systems that operate web and cloud-based platforms
• Develops self-service solutions to support the delivery of software with great speed, security, reliability, and quality
• Keep up with industry best practices and trends on DevOps, and drive implementation of best practices
• Research, onboard, and contract negotiations of appropriate technology tools and services
• Collaborate with developers on software requirements and deployments
• Overseeing routine maintenance procedures and performing diagnostics tests
• Managing the installation and configuration of various solutions
• Mentoring DevOps Engineers
• Provide after-hours support in case of emergencies

What You Should Already Have:

• 7 years experience in any of the following, DevOps, SRE, Continuous Integration Role
• Hands-on experience with Cloud automation, Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), and use of Open-Source Software (OSS).
• Over 5 years of strong experience using Linux/Unix Distributions like Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, Debian
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages and frameworks such as Python Django/Flask and JavaScript Vue/Nuxt (PHP Laravel experience is a plus)
• Significant experience with public cloud technologies like AWS/GCP/Azure
• Experience working with internal and external development teams
• Ability to pay attention to details
• Expert using text editors, especially VIM, VS Code
• Advance knowledge of monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk
• Solid understanding of relevant networking concepts like DNS, Reverse Proxies, CDNs, Domains etc..
• Advanced knowledge of web server software such as Apache/NGINX
• Experience configuring containers for development and production environments (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Solid experience building serverless applications using AWS Lambda/Google Cloud Functions
• Experience in managing and automating large-scale infrastructure
• An understanding of Distributed Systems and Scalable Architectures
• Ability to install and configure software, gather test-stage data and perform debugging
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Terraform, Packer, Vault, or Ansible
• Ability to read, write and debug code
• Experience with orchestration tools such as Jenkins/Travis
• Strong programming and analytical experience with a variety of automation tools
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Ability to be quick on your feet and troubleshoot issues
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills

This is a truly exciting time to join Spring Financial and we are looking forward to doing great things together!

In addition to a competitive salary, we provide:

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• A great work environment in the heart of Downtown Vancouver
• Transit-Friendly Employer (Transit allowance)
• GRSP matching program
• Opportunity for career advancement