On behalf of our client, Affinity is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join the team on a contract or contract-to-hire basis. 

Responsibilities

• Develop cloud-based applications and large-scale platform with high throughput and reliability
• Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaption process
• Contribute to several applications and modules starting from data ingestion, distributed computing, near real time analytic engines, real time databases, RESTful APIs, CLIs and user interface
• Continuously drive improvements in areas like performance, automation, quality, monitoring and reliability of applications
• Work closely with our security team to implement and monitor our cloud security policies
• Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner
• Identify the top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the company.

 
Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or relevant field.
• 4+ years’ experience in designing, building and managing large scale platform or distributed systems (AWS experience preferred)
• Programming experience in python (minimum 3 years) 
• Familiarity with DC/OS
• Should be well verse with software development methodologies like Agile 
• Prior experience with at-least some of the following distributed computing frameworks and tech stack like Docker, Spark, Zookeeper, Kafka, and Hadoop
• Positive attitude and a strong commitment to delivering quality work.
• Effective communication skills (written and verbal)

 
About Affinity: 
Affinity is a full service Information Technology agency that takes a unique approach to recruiting. We believe recruiting is about creating long term relationships that foster a mutually beneficial partnership - an affinity. Bringing a new style of recruiting founded on four core principles – Transparency – Flexibility – Efficiency – Agility. 
 
For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca