Technical Specialist

We are currently requesting resumes for the following position:
Technical Specialist

Resume Due Date:
September 2nd, (5:00PM EST)

Job : 26-

Number of Vacancies: 1

Level: MP5

Duration: 12 Months

Hours of work: 35 Hours per week

Location:
Colonel Sam Dr., Oshawa

Work Mode: Hybrid – 3 days remote

Hourly Range: $90 – $95

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Azure & Databricks Dev Ops Engineer to design, automate, secure, and support cloud-based data platforms and Dev Ops capabilities across Microsoft Azure and Databricks. This role will be responsible for building scalable infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, managing platform reliability, and enabling data engineering teams to deliver high-quality analytics and data products efficiently.
The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions, Terraform, Databricks workspace administration, Unity Catalog, CI/CD automation, security controls, monitoring, and production support.

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure using Infrastructure as Code.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data engineering, analytics, and platform services.

• Administer and support Azure Databricks workspaces, clusters, jobs, repos, workflows, and permissions.

• Implement and manage Databricks Unity Catalog, including catalogs, schemas, external locations, storage credentials, and access controls.

• Automate deployment of Databricks notebooks, jobs, workflows, libraries, clusters, policies, and workspace configurations.

• Develop reusable Dev Ops frameworks and deployment templates for data platform teams.

• Manage Azure services such as:

• Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

• Azure Key Vault

• Azure Synapse Analytics

• Azure Data Factory

• Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

• Azure Functions

• Implement security best practices including RBAC, managed identities, service principals, secrets management, private endpoints, network security, and least-privilege access.

• Support production operations, incident response, troubleshooting, monitoring, alerting, and performance optimization.

• Collaborate with data engineers, architects, security teams, product owners, and application teams.

• Manage environment promotion across development, UAT, and production environments.

• Support cost monitoring and optimization for Azure and Databricks workloads.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, deployment guides, and operational procedures.

Key Accountabilities

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Dev Ops Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Data Platform Engineer.

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services.

• Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks administration and deployment automation.

Experience building CI/CD pipelines using one or more of:
o Azure Dev Ops Pipelines
o Git Hub Actions
o Jenkins
o Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using:
o Terraform
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Experience with Databricks platform components, including:
o Workspaces
o Clusters
o Jobs / Workflows
o Repos
o Libraries
o Secret scopes
o Cluster policies
o Unity Catalog
o Strong scripting or programming skills using:
o Python
o Power Shell
o Bash
o SQL

• Understanding of cloud identity and access management, including Azure AD / Microsoft Entra , RBAC, service principals, managed identities, and group-based access control.
  
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, or Databricks system tables.
  
  • Familiarity with Git branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and release management.
  
  • Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Our client is dedicated to promoting employment equity and encourages applications from equity-seeking communities…