DevOps Engineer

The Company

At VertiGIS, we build powerful GIS software. Our portfolio of products, solutions, and services enhance the capabilities of leading mapping software, most notably Esri’s ArcGIS. For decades, professionals have relied upon us to overcome complex technical challenges so that they can make a significant impact in the world.

VertiGIS offers challenging and meaningful careers. Our employees help make a difference in the world through our technologies. We believe every individual contributes to a company’s culture through attitude, interests, and skills. Our teams are comprised of passionate, high-performing individuals that come from a diverse set of educational, cultural, and professional backgrounds. Together we strive to do great work, support each other in growth, and have fun!

The Position

Over 1,500 organizations around the world rely on VertiGIS Studio to design, develop and maintain web-based mapping applications. We believe geographic information over the web can empower people to make better decisions about their lives, society, and the world around us. You can help us make a difference.

DevOps is about moving an organization forward and giving it a technological advantage. We view it as a way to think—a state of mind—and we’re looking for a professional DevOps Engineer to join our DevOps team at VertiGIS.

You’ll be involved in a variety of projects including Cloud deployment, infrastructure management, and automation. You’ll search for ways to shorten development cycles and increase the quality of our releases. If you think you have the skills to match our needs, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Design and Automation

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration in the Azure cloud environment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Maintain and modernize legacy cloud infrastructure and perform cloud migrations.

• Design cloud infrastructure for new products.

Azure Cloud Infrastructure Governance

• Orchestrate, operationalize, and govern cloud infrastructure, including management of cloud costs.

Azure DevOps Administration

• Maintain and administer Azure DevOps repositories, branches, and version control systems, including permission and policy management.

Documentation

• Document DevOps processes, procedures, and configurations clearly and comprehensively.

Security Compliance

• Initiate SOC 2 compliance initiatives across R&D and represent R&D during SOC 2 audits.

• Ensure SOC2 security best practices and controls are integrated into our various processes and infrastructure.

• Oversee vulnerability scans, penetration tests, WAF controls, and static code analysis checks.

System Monitoring and Management

• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, pipeline, and deployment issues.

• Proactively implement monitoring systems for both legacy and new infrastructure systems.

On-premises infrastructure maintenance

• Maintenance and modernization of development infrastructure such as web servers and build agents.

CI/CD Pipeline Management

• Design, implement, and manage Azure DevOps pipelines for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes.

QA Environment

• Maintain infrastructure (physical and virtualized) for manual and automated testing.

Support

• Work with the Global IT team to establish appropriate security and privacy standards.

• Have on-call responsibilities in rotation with other team members.

• Prior experience:

  • 3+ years of Software Development related experience

  • Proven top-notch programming capabilities

  • 2+ years of DevOps related experience

• Adaptability: A demonstrable ability to quickly learn and master new technologies, and to adapt quickly to an ever-changing technology landscape

• Collaboration: Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with both development teams and management

• Scripting and Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages like PowerShell, Bash, Python and JavaScript/TypeScript for automating tasks

• Azure DevOps: Proficiency in the Azure DevOps ecosystem, including Azure Pipelines and related tools

• Azure Cloud Services: Familiarity with various Azure services; including compute, storage, app services, networking, databases, Cloudfront, and WAF

• Monitoring and Logging: Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Monitor and PRTG to track system health and performance

• CI/CD: Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and practices

• Security: Understanding of security best practices and how to implement them in a cloud environment. Bonus points for SOC 2 and/or ISO27001 audit experience using Vanta

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with IaC tools and methodologies, with preference for Bicep

Our Perks

Team / Career Growth

• Top-notch colleagues that like and respect one another 

• We listen to peoples' ideas—and act on them 

• A supportive environment with opportunity for training, mentoring, professional development, and advancement 

• Challenging, interesting work 

• Cutting edge technology that improves the world around us 

• We're recognized experts in our field—people around the world seek us out

Benefits

• Fair and equitable salaries, as well as profit sharing

• A competitive group benefits program for you and your family

• A health and lifestyle spending account

• RRSP matching

• 4 weeks of vacation to start and 5 weeks of vacation after 5 years with the company

• Maternity and parental leave top-ups 

• Bottomless book budget

• Company summer and winter parties (that are fun to attend!)    

Working Model

• A choice between a hybrid or remote working model 

• A headquarters office in downtown Victoria with healthy snacks and good coffee

• High-end hardware and equipment, in the office or at home

• Secure bike storage and showers for those that bike to work 

• Lunchtime yoga on Tuesdays and Thursdays

At VertiGIS, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and valued. We encourage everyone who is interested in the role, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability status or age, to apply. Unique perspectives and experiences are what make our teams strong! 

If you self-identify as having a disability, please let us know how we can best assist you. Accommodation is available upon request at any time during the recruitment process. 

VertiGIS Compensation Philosophy

At VertiGIS, we strive to offer competitive total compensation packages that include both direct and non-direct compensation such as salary, health care and retirement benefits, variable/incentive pay, paid time off, and other benefits and perks. 

Our job postings reflect the expected pay or pay range for each position in alignment with our compensation philosophy and salary budget. This reflects what we feel is competitive based on the profile of candidate we are seeking. The background, experience, and skill set we are seeking will be outlined in the role requirements.

We strive to have a comprehensive approach to compensation and ensure that employees are paid based on the value they bring to the company.  

We’re a great place to build your career.

Our colleagues are great people and make our company the kind of place we enjoy coming to every day. We reward top performers and stay true to our core values. Since 1999, we’ve built our business based on steady, sustainable growth – we’re still growing and our future is bright!

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