Job description:

A Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure and services to meet the needs of an organization. Their primary focus is on leveraging cloud computing technologies to optimize scalability, reliability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.

Location: British Columbia, Canada

What You'll do:

• Cloud Infrastructure Design : Designing cloud architectures and solutions that align with business requirements and objectives. This involves selecting appropriate cloud services, platforms, and deployment models (such as public, private, or hybrid cloud) to meet performance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Cloud Platform Implementation : Deploying and configuring cloud platforms and services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or other cloud providers. This includes provisioning virtual machines, containers, storage resources, networking components, and identity and access management (IAM) policies.
• Automation and Orchestration : Developing automation scripts, templates, and workflows to streamline the provisioning, configuration, and management of cloud resources. This involves using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible to automate infrastructure deployment and configuration tasks.
• Cloud Security and Compliance : Implementing security controls, encryption mechanisms, and access management policies to protect cloud environments from unauthorized access, data breaches, and security threats. This includes configuring firewalls, identity providers, monitoring tools, and compliance frameworks to ensure adherence to industry standards and regulations.
• Performance Optimization : Monitoring and optimizing the performance and efficiency of cloud-based applications and services. This involves analyzing resource utilization, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing performance-tuning strategies to improve scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) : Implementing CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows to enable rapid and reliable deployment of software applications and updates in cloud environments. This includes integrating version control systems, build tools, testing frameworks, and deployment pipelines to streamline the software development lifecycle.
• Collaboration and Documentation : Collaborating with cross-functional teams, such as developers, sysadmins, and cybersecurity professionals, to integrate cloud solutions with existing systems and workflows. This also involves documenting architecture designs, deployment processes, and operational procedures to facilitate knowledge sharing and maintain system documentation.

What You'll bring (Qualifications):

• To excel in this role, Cloud Engineers should have a strong understanding of cloud computing principles, architectures, and best practices, as well as hands-on experience with cloud platforms and services. Additionally, proficiency in scripting and programming languages, such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash, is valuable for automating tasks and building scalable solutions in the cloud.
• Technical problem-solving skills. Technical problems can be complex and urgent in nature at times. Often, problems are first of their kind and must be clearly understood and resolved without established or documented procedures.
• An internally focused role that affects the own team and department, customer Cloud workloads, and the ability for other teams to support customer workloads.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, computer engineering or other related field. Focus on Cloud Computing coursework.

Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions on AWS. Demonstratable application of AWS well–architected framework.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• AWS Certification Path: SysOps Administrator, Security Specialty, DevOps Engineer, Advanced Networking, AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

(Agfa) Our Values:

• Own It (I do what I say, full accountability for results, finding solutions and Practice ethical and safe behaviors)

• Play as One (Collaborate for a common goal, diverse perspectives. Listen and communicate with respect, support decision for teams’ benefits)

• Move Forward (Embrace change, explore opportunities to innovate, feedback and improve performance, Proactive steps to resolve issues and continuous progress).

• Drive Value (Bold choices to maximize value creation, customer deliver exceptional value, add value to all stakeholders, use data to generate crucial insights and outcomes).

We offer:

We offer a rewarding career in a field that impacts lives, the opportunity to work with a talented and committed team of individuals, training and career development programs, and a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you want to be part of this experience, we'll take you there!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment application process, please contact agfahealthcarehrna@agfa.com.

At Agfa HealthCare, we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes diversity of Age, Gender, Gender Identity or expression, Race, Sexual Orientation, Physical Ability, Ethnicity, or any other aspect that makes someone unique. The differences among us are our strengths. We are committed to promoting a diverse, equal and inclusive workplace that fully represents the different cultures, viewpoints and backgrounds of our global organization and the world we live in.

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