Associate DevOps Engineer

About the Opportunity - Associate DevOps Engineer - Hiring Immediately Vinetra Talent has partnered with a modern SaaS platform built for K-12 education that is streamlining operations and supporting student success across Canada. As they approach full production rollout, we are hiring for an Associate DevOps Engineer who enjoys hands-on operational work, infrastructure support, and troubleshooting within an established environment. Important Context: This is not a greenfield architecture role.

The core cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes setups are already established using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices. This role is ideal for someone looking to rapidly scale their hands-on skills alongside a collaborative engineering team. Benefits & Perks: RRSP Match, Dental Care, Extended Health Care, and Vision Care.

The Mission: Work directly with modern cloud-native technologies to help improve and scale a growing SaaS platform. The Tech Stack You’ll Support Cloud Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Docker, containerized deployments, Helm. Automation & CI/CD: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, GitOps release workflows.

Monitoring & Operations: Grafana dashboards, Prometheus, New Relic observability, centralized logging. Legacy & Internal IT Systems: Microsoft Azure VMs, Azure SQL infrastructure, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace migration support. What You Will Do Support Infrastructure: Assist with the daily maintenance and reliability improvements of the core cloud infrastructure.

Automate Deployments: Work directly with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows to improve release automation. Monitor Performance: Maintain Grafana dashboards and Prometheus alerting to investigate incidents and provide operational support. Enable Developers: Partner closely with internal engineering teams to resolve deployment friction and infrastructure issues.

What We Are Looking For Cloud Experience: Professional experience supporting live production cloud infrastructure environments. Containers: Direct, hands-on experience working with Docker and Kubernetes configurations. CI/CD & Code: Practical familiarity with building or maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines and core Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) concepts.

Fundamentals: Strong Linux and networking fundamentals, paired with robust technical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.