Job Description

JANA is focused on improving the integrity of gas distribution and gas transmission pipeline systems through the application of advanced risk modeling technologies. Our models and software are defensible and highly predictive, allowing gas pipeline operators to take actions to reduce risk in their systems. And our Integrity Data suite enables pipeline operators to finally capture their pipeline asset data and unlock the value associated with this data.
An entrepreneurial company, we provide an exciting, dynamic and respectful work environment where you will be an important contributor to the JANA Team. Our Mission at JANA is “Better Pipelines for a Better World” – we are true believers and inspire our employees to join us in this Mission!
JANA has a progressive culture of personal and professional growth. With a vested interest in each employee’s professional growth and continuous improvement as an individual, JANA supports professional development, continuous education, industry participation and technical accreditations. Other Perks that come with joining JANA’s Team include:

• High-energy Collaborative Environment: JANA combines the energy of a start-up software organization with the discipline of a precision engineering firm.
• Regular Social Events: Join the entire JANA Team for fun Social Events like our Weekly Kahoot and Beer Club, Annual Birthday Bonspiel, Ice Cream Parties, Holiday events, Cinco de Mayo… even an Easter Egg Hunt!
• Best-in-Class Benefits: JANA offers all employees a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability coverage, as well as our great Wellness Benefit!!
• Giving Back: JANA is dedicated to giving back to our community in various ways. Every year we hold an annual food drive for the Aurora Foodbank and have become one of their top contributors!
• JANA promotes a healthy work-life balance: Through our comprehensive vacation program, floater days, and a hybrid work environment (combination of in-office and work-from-home), JANA employees are able to take time to rest and rejuvenate!

Reporting to the IT Manager, the Cloud Operations Engineer will play a critical role in our cloud strategy and will be responsible for managing the organization’s cloud infrastructure that supports efficient, robust, scalable, and secure solutions to meet business requirements and technology strategies. Additional areas of accountability will include designing and implementing complex end-to-end cloud solutions.
The successful candidate will be expected to be fully aware of and actively working towards the achievement of the organization’s objectives as established by its stated policies, procedures, and guidelines.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deploy, provision, and manage multiple cloud infrastructure components including but not limited to virtual networks and subnets, virtual machines, applications, containers, serverless, storage, IAM services, virtual network appliances, VDI, logging, and monitoring.
• Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of cloud business solutions.
• Ability to translate business requirements into designs for secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions.
• Perform regular management and administration tasks for all cloud services including upgrades, patching, backup, restore, troubleshooting, and issue remediation.
• Automate the provisioning of cloud environments to provide fast and reliable services to a rapidly growing client.
• Assist with the automation of cloud deployment, provisioning, and management tasks.
• Monitor cost of storage, compute, and general utilization of the cloud platform.
• Disaster recovery planning, design, implementation, and testing activities.
• Create and maintain technical documentation.
• Drive meetings with subject matter experts from all areas of the business including infrastructure, operations, applications, vendors and leads to seeking input from and plan/coordinate migrations, resources requirements and timelines.
• Perform other related projects and duties as assigned

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Post-Secondary Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, related discipline. An equivalent combination of training and experience will be considered.
• Professional cloud certifications (i.e., Azure 303/304/305/500) would be considered an asset.
• 3+ years experience working with Azure cloud; experience with working with AWS or GCP is considered an asset.
• 2+ years of architecture experience or comparable role.
• Demonstrated experience working with multiple cloud services and technologies including but not limited to virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets, containers and AKS, App Service, Azure Functions, databases, Azure AD, Data Factory, VPN Gateways, Load Balancers, Azure Storage, Azure Files, Network Security Groups, etc.
• Experience in designing, configuring and deploying secure, scalable, and high-availability enterprise
• Deep understanding of cloud design patterns, cloud architecture and principles, cloud operations and cloud security models.
• Proven ability to maintain both a strategic long-term outlook and enterprise perspective, while also supporting tangible, business-driven and IT-delivered solutions.
• Understanding of big data, data warehousing, data modelling and ETL development is considered an asset.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Good written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Team-oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills.
• Ability to multi-task across various projects in a high-paced work environment to meet deadlines.