Site Reliability Engineer (6-month contract)
Site Reliability Engineer (6-month contract)
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About Vancity
Vancity is a memberowned credit union built on the principles of inclusion and social justice. A relentless commitment to their values has helped them challenge the status quo and break down barriers since day one in 1946. They have bold commitments to make Vancity netzero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans and are pursuing strategies on Indigenous banking and to improve the financial resilience of their members.
Vancity is the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and has been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada. If youre interested in joining their team of 2700 diverse individuals and accessing competitive rewards and benefits all while knowing you are part of a greater movement then apply today!
About the workplace
We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer with extensive cloud knowledge and skills to work alongside other professionals in this area. You will be responsible for maintaining enhancing and securing a cloud platform. You are also expected to maintain the full complement of Observability Infrastructure as Code tools used within the Vancity Cloud Engineering team.
This is a 6month contract role that will enjoy hybrid working arrangements which can be fulfilled primarily from the Vancity head office location and your Lower Mainland based home office. This role may require you to work inoffice at least once a week.
A typical day would involve:
- Build new Infrastructure as Code solutions as required
- Actively seek to raise the knowledge bar amongst your Vancity colleagues through casual & ongoing guidance and assistance to your lesser knowledgeable colleagues.
- Make sense of data through query development dashboard building & report generation.
- Monitor & implement IT work orders & incident tickets action any items within a timely manner as to not breach defined SLAs
- Effectively learn & use Vancitys chosen project management tooling (Azure DevOps)
- At all times work within the boundaries of existing Vancity processes (such as change management)
- In depth knowledge & understanding of the Well Architected Framework principles & methodologies
- High quality documentation of your work to contribute to the Vancity knowledgebase
- Participate in an oncall rotation to ensure Vancity retains support 24/7/365
- At all times work with a security first mindset
You have:
- 5 years of software development and/or production operations experience
- Advanced systems level of understanding of Windows/Linux
- Fundamental network skills
- Web knowledge (HTTP)
- Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (Grafana/Splunk)
- Experience with 24x7 production support and troubleshooting
- Experience with automating builds and releases (CICD) configuration management and infrastructure as code
- Scripting with PowerShell Terraform
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience with VCS (GIT)
- Experience with VPC either in Azure (preferred) AWS GCP
- Experience with databases (SQL/MySQL)
- Experience with build and release tools (Azure DevOps)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Experience with microservices and modern container orchestration
You Are:
- An Analytical Problem solver Able to identify and separate out the key components of problems and situations. Able to manipulate and interpret information from a range of sources to spot patterns and trends in information and to deduce cause and effect from this. Can generate a range of creative solutions evaluate them and choose the most appropriate option.
- Communication Able to communicate information and ideas clearly and articulately both in oral and written form. Uses appropriate language style and methods depending on audience and the purpose of communication. Able to convey complex information clearly. Anticipates the information that others will need.
- Team Player Actively participates. Encourages cooperation. Aware of the needs of others and responds flexibly. Shares information and supports other team members.
- Full stack developer who has worked in a Dev/Ops team and are looking for more experience with coding around monitoring scalability and resiliency.
- A natural collaborator you like working with others and consider it an important element of success.
- Diagnostic Information Gathering you have the ability to identify the information needed to clarify a situation seek that information from appropriate sources and use skillful questioning to draw out the information.
- Multitasker you are adaptable with constant changes and see yourself as a constant learner.
We value lived experience so if you are interested in this role we encourage you to apply even if you feel your skills dont perfectly align with those listed.
The salary range for the role is $81200 to $122000. Base pay offered may vary depending on factors such as relevant qualifications skills previous experience and internal equity. As part of our total rewards package employees may also be eligible for our annual incentive program subject to program eligibility requirements.
Posting Deadline: Posted until filled
A career at Vancity is more than just a job youre joining a tradition of changemakers who are creating lasting change for our communities. Beyond base pay we offer a comprehensive total rewards package to ensure our employees are empowered to thrive:
We offer:
- We are the largest privatesectorLiving Wage Employerin Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of theTop Employers in Canada.
- Our permanent employees qualify for attractive benefit packages that can be customized and changed each year to meet their evolving needs.
- New employees receive between three to four weeks of vacation allowance per calendar year and the number of vacation days grows
- In addition to the 10 statutory holidays in British Columbia Vancity provides an additional three statutory holidays. We offer care days for periods of shortterm personal illness or emergency family illness.
- We have flex credits for our health care & dental benefits offer three levels of coverage for you to select from. These benefits will also be effective immediately based on your hire date.
- We understand that retirement means different things to different people and at Vancity we will offer you a Defined benefits pension plan that pays you a retirement income for life.
At Vancity were committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace to help our people and communities thrive and prosper. Diversity in our workforce is integral so that we can truly represent understand and respond to our community needs and deliver on our member experience.
We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require any accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at for confidential support. Inperson assistance is also available. We will collaborate with you to ensure your needs are met promptly and effectively.
Employment Type
Full-Time
