Cloud Operations Developer

Overview

Cloud Operations Developer —

Location:

Remote - Anywhere in Canada. Empire Life is looking to hire a Cloud Operations Developer to join our IT Infrastructure & Operations team.

Note on salary — The base salary will be determined by the successful candidate's education, skills and experience. The listed salary range serves as a general pay guideline for this position's pay level.

• Re-platforming and operationalizing existing batch jobs onto cloud-native services (e.g., Kubernetes Jobs, serverless functions) with automated workflows.
• Designing, building, and maintaining automated runbooks and self-healing capabilities for cloud-native applications and shared enterprise services.
• Implementing and managing advanced monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for cloud-native systems and modernized batch workloads, ensuring application observability integration.
• Ensuring the continued stable operation of existing legacy batch jobs and applications during the transition period.
• Developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for operational components and shared services.
• Managing the application layer for self-hosted streaming platforms like Redpanda/Kafka (e.g., configuring brokers, topics, security, monitoring) on provided infrastructure via IaC.
• Automating the deployment and scaling of cloud SFTP services (e.g., Azure / GCP) if cloud-managed, or managing the SFTP application layer if self-hosted in the cloud.
• Collaborating with other teams to manage enterprise-wide document management systems (e.g., Confluence, SharePoint, AODOCS) and enterprise network file shares/storage solutions.
• Contributing to company-wide disaster recovery planning, focusing on cloud infrastructure DR plans and automation.
• Providing Level 2/3 production support and incident management for cloud infrastructure and cloud-managed platforms, acting as incident champion for infra-related outages.
• Shifting operational focus from reactive firefighting to proactive issue prevention and performance optimization.

• 5+ years work experience in application design, application development or quality assurance methodologies
• Completion of a University degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to think logically, analyze, and solve problems.
• Ability to learn new technology, including infrastructure and configuration as code.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Strong understanding of existing batch processes and their modernization to cloud-native services.
• Proficiency in cloud fundamentals and Kubernetes concepts.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for operational components.
• Experience with cloud-native monitoring, alerting, and workflow orchestration tools.
• Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles for operational excellence.
• Experience with self-hosted streaming platforms (e.g., Redpanda/Kafka) deployment and management is a plus.
• Experience with managing SFTP services (cloud-managed or self-hosted).
• Familiarity with enterprise document management systems and shared file storage solutions.
• Language Proficiency:
  For positions open to applicants across Canada, English proficiency is required for communicating with customers, advisors, or employees across Canada.

For regular full-time positions, Empire Life offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes:

• Competitive salaries with annual pay increases
• Annual bonus program, which recognizes both strong company performance and individual contributions, for non-sales positions
• A comprehensive employer-funded benefits package starting from day one of employment, including life insurance, disability, health and dental, and a generous health account
• Flexible work arrangements and an annual allotment of personal health days
• Four weeks annual vacation from hire date
• A defined contribution pension plan with generous employer matching
• Top up programs for parental leave and compassionate leave
• Employer-sponsored wellness and recognition programs
• A cash employee referral program

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