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Cloud Operations Specialist

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Hiring Remotely in Canada
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Hiring Remotely in Canada
Entry level
As a Cloud Operations Specialist, you will manage cloud infrastructure including Azure and AWS, handle support tickets, monitor incidents, apply security patches, and deploy new client projects. You will ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of cloud-based operations, while maintaining compliance with security policies and developing positive relationships with coworkers and clients.
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The future of insurance starts with AI. To date, Shift Technology's AI-powered products have benefitted more than 300 million policyholders globally by reducing underwriting risk, identifying more fraud, and automating critical tasks throughout the claims process.  Shift harnesses the power of AI to enable the world’s leading insurance organizations to make better decisions. Our products help insurers improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver superior customer experiences to their policyholders.  Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry by imagining and innovating solutions that impact insurers and their customers - like you! We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures and together we are creating the future of insurance.


The Cloud Operations Team at Shift Technology plays a critical role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our cloud-based infrastructure. As part of the Infrastructure team, Cloud Operations Specialists are responsible for maintaining and optimizing cloud environments that support Shift’s AI-driven solutions for the insurance industry.

What you will do

  • Manage support tickets (changes, requests, incidents, etc.) and escalate to the appropriate resolution level.
  • Ensure that the Incident management process is running as expected, and that the incidents are handled in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Monitor alerts and follow their evolution, escalate as needed.
  • Manage cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, and OVH) and take care of the infrastructure backup and the backup checks.
  • Maintain Linux and Windows systems, network, and security software/equipment.
  • Apply security patches to the entire IT infrastructure.
  • Deploy new client projects and infrastructure based on established requirements.
  • Manage day-to-day infrastructure work and ensure that servers are compliant with security policies.
  • Cultivate great co-worker and client relationships.
  • Available to work during weekends based on the team’s rotation schedule. (1 in 3 weekends)

What you bring

  • Knowledge and experience working with cloud computing - e.g. Azure or AWS or GCP
  • Networking and firewall expertise - VLANs, Zone based firewalling, IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, URL filtering, IDPS
  • Proficiency in Windows, Office, and Active Directory is required
  • Infrastructure security experience - Patch and vulnerability management
  • Backup knowledge and experience
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform or CloudFormation or ARM, for deploying and managing cloud resources. (good to have)
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes for container orchestration (good to have)
  • Understanding of cloud cost management and optimization techniques, including resource tagging, reserved instances, and usage analytics. (good to have)
  • Familiarity with monitoring and logging solutions, such as Grafana (good to have)
  • Experience with Jira ticketing system and Confluence (good to have)
  • Familiarity with DevOps methodologies and tools, such as Git, Jenkins and Ansible, for automating software delivery and infrastructure management. (good to have)
  • Knowledge of compliance standards and regulations, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2, and experience implementing controls to meet these requirements. (good to have)

Soft Skills

  • Autonomous, dynamic, curious, and eager to learn, always looking to expand your fields of expertise.
  • Proactive and take pride and ownership of your work.
  • Ability to work under pressure and still deliver excellent service to our customers.
  • Maintain a high level of confidentiality, professionalism, and a courteous demeanour when working with clients and internal teams.
  • Ability to adapt your work to changing priorities as needed.

Tools:

  • Microsoft Azure AD, Intune and Autopilot, Office 365, and G Suite.
  • Windows Server, Linux (Centos and Ubuntu), MacOS.
  • Microsoft Azure and AWS cloud native services.
  • VMWare Data Centres.
  • Palo Alto Firewalls, Palo Alto Prisma, Cisco WiFi, Cisco Switches.
  • Automation driven - IaC (Terraform), Ansible, Python, Github. 
  • Thycotic
  • VMWare
  • Veeam backups
  • Atlassian products - Jira, Opsgenie, Confluence

LI-RE

Interview Process: 

  • HR Screen
  • Tech round with HM
  • Final interview with Head of Infra

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To support our permanent, full time employees at every stage of their careers and lives, we provide a competitive total rewards and benefits package. Here are the global benefits we’d like to highlight:

  • Flexible remote and hybrid working options
  • Competitive Salary and a variable component tied to personal and company performance
  • Company equity
  • Focus Fridays, a half-day each month to focus on learning and personal growth
  • Generous PTO and paid holidays
  • Mental health benefits 
  • 2 MAD Days per year (Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering)

Additional benefits may be offered by country - ask your recruiter for more information. Intern and Apprentice position are eligible for some of these benefits - ask your recruiter for more details.

At Shift we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from and hire people who will contribute to the diversity of our company, without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other non-merit criteria.

Shift Technology is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our application and employment process. Should you require accommodation, please email [email protected] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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Shift Technology does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies in response to the Shift Technology Careers page or a Shift Technology social media post. Any unsolicited CVs, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Shift Technology.

Top Skills

Ansible
Arm
AWS
Azure
CloudFormation
GCP
Git
Grafana
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Terraform

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