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DevOps Engineer

Department: Enterprise Systems
Reports to: Enterprise Systems Director
Location: Richmond, BC

Who we are

At TuGo, we’re committed to helping travellers and partners have better experiences. To sum it up: We help—however we can. That’s why we’re one of Canada’s leading travel insurance providers and a Canada’s Best Managed Company!

TuGo’s Enterprise Systems department builds innovative software solutions using modern and leading edge computing technologies to support customer facing solutions, organization wide processes and information flows, data analysis and reporting. As part of the team, you’ll play an active role in contributing creative and fresh ideas, working with experienced developers and designers who love solving complex requirements.

TuGo is privately owned with headquarters in Richmond, BC. We have over 170 employees in offices across Canada.

What you'll do

Summary:

We’re looking for an Operations Engineer/DevOps/SRE  who can design, build and maintain highly available and performant production systems based in the cloud. You’ll be working in a small team that owns entire infrastructure stacks for multiple products. Your work will have a high impact and you will be responsible for a particular set of systems, and run key projects. You will get to collaborate with a high performing development team and be part of shipping great new product features, optimizations, tooling, and workflows. You are passionate about automation, development lifecycle improvement, and being the bridge between infrastructure and development. You embrace the concept of the software defined datacenter and are prepared to scale your systems on demand.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage servers on AWS cloud environment.
  • Diagnose high and low-level performance issues in a highly distributed environment.
  • Develop and manage Kubernetes clusters.
  • Identify time-consuming tasks and automate them.
  • Design and deploy new systems needed for product features.
  • Maintain standards of security, reliability, performance and quality.
  • Improve efficiency and quality of software development and delivery processes.
  • Be part of an on-call rotation.
  • Maintain and update installation and configuration processes and documentation.
  • Work and communicate with development teams to bridge gaps and bring consistency in software builds and release.
  • Collaborate and work in an agile team to design, develop, deliver solutions with high degree of quality.
  • Develop proactive system monitoring of business critical applications.
  • Achieve performance targets.
  • Responsively and effectively handle issues.
  • Look for ways to improve customer experience.
  • Promote and model TuGo culture, values, and brand promise.
  • Continuously build professional and technical expertise.
  • Other duties as required.

What you'll bring

  • Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
  • 2+ years of experience in designing and maintaining production systems in a cloud environment
  • Sound knowledge of Linux and TCP/IP network fundamentals
  • Experience designing or maintaining systems in one of: AWS, Azure or GCP
  • Experience with build automation tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, Docker, Spinnaker, Kubernetes, Vault
  • Proficiency in using or configuring monitoring systems like Nagios, Prometheus, Collectd, identifying critical metrics and correctly prioritizing alerts
  • Ability to code in at least one programming language including but not limited to: Python, Go, Java, Bash, Groovy
  • Experience with system integration and management tools such as Ansible, Puppet
  • Experience in working with containers particularly with Kubernetes is a big plus
  • Good knowledge in CI/CD pipelines and automation of software delivery
  • Experience with database management either SQL and NoSQL and experience with ElasticSearch and Couchbase an asset
  • Familiar with technologies such as SpringBoot, Akka, Kafka, Elastic Search, Couchbase, JBoss, Tomcat
  • Demonstrated ability to clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
  • Proven ability to work with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs
  • Well-developed analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
  • Able to consistently live our values of being valued, effective and trusted
  • A strong customer experience focus
  • A passion for continuous learning and professional achievement
  • A passion for travel
  • Successful completion of a criminal record check

Apply to TuGo

If you’re passionate about providing better customer experiences, and this position fits your career plan, send your resume and cover letter to: careers@tugo.com

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To apply for any position, send your cover letter and resume to us:

Email

careers@tugo.com

Fax

604-276-9409

Mailing Address

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TuGo
11th Floor - 6081 No.3 Road
Richmond, BC, V6Y 2B2

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