Cloud Systems Administrator (contract)

About Cognition+

Cognition+ is a team of talented and dedicated people on a mission to deliver transformative digital solutions to insurance companies of all sizes. In addition to a fully customizable Enterprise Insurance Management Platform, Cognition+ offers on-demand support, connectivity, cybersecurity, and development services. Founded in 1993, we have gained a deep understanding of our client’s business needs and challenges and have invested in R&D to build the next-generation of insurance technology solutions.

With a focus on teamwork, commitment, and trust, we know it takes people with diverse perspectives, ideas, and cultures to make a company succeed. We believe that hiring the best talent will lead to the creation of better products and services to keep our clients on the leading edge. If you are looking for a challenging opportunity for your work to make a lasting impact and your career to grow then we want to meet YOU!

Website: www.gocognition.com

Why Choose Cognition+

• Competitive compensation package including benefits, group RRSP and incentive plan;
• Flexible work hours that offer work/life balance;
• Opportunity to learn, grow and innovate;
• Friendly and supportive team environment; and,
• Opportunity to provide your input into making this organization successful.

The Role 

We’re looking for Cloud Systems Administrator to join our IT Team. In this role, you will be part of a small, but mighty, agile team of senior experts responsible for the integration and operation of a Public and Private Cloud Infrastructure. The work of this Team helps to ensure the integrity, efficiency, and excellence of our IT systems so our people can effortlessly leverage technology to do their work and do it well.

This position is a 20-month contract and can be performed from our office in London, Ontario or remotely within Canada. Remote-based employees may occasionally be asked to travel to our office for meetings or team building events.

Role Responsibilities 

• Responsible for all modernization, migration and upgrade projects related to Oracle Cloud platforms and SaaS based solutions;
• Implement Oracle Cloud security controls, ensure data safeguards are in place, review and analyze environments for vulnerabilities, and conduct audits for compliance;
• Participate in technical implementation of large and complex Oracle Cloud and Azure transformation;
• Managing migration projects from A-Z including setup meetings with our clients to ensure clear and defined execution migration plan of our product to cloud is established;
• Develop, implement, support and document migrations and automation to increase the efficiency of our SaaS platform management;
• Proactively identify performance issues through the tenant using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) monitoring and alerting tools;
• Be available for on-call support;
• Be available for changes outside regular working hours;
• Document the various activities and procedures according to established standards;
• Implement the best cloud computing practices with the best associated cost savings;
• Assist in accelerating cloud adoption with our clients, as well as various Infrastructure services used in the Company;
• Building templates for provisioning resources on the cloud using terraform or other tools; and
• Train clients and internal users as required.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• More than two years of experience with Oracle Cloud solutions, including OCI Migrations, Instances, Compartments, VCNs, Block Volumes, backup and recovery, and others;
• A university degree or college diploma in computer science/engineering, networking or information systems;
• OCI certification(s) required;
• Knowledge of Automation, such as Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, Python, OCI CLI;
• Multiplatform knowledge (RHEL, CentOS, Windows, etc.);
• Knowledge of Docker, Apache Web Server, SSL, Bash;
• Experience in infrastructure automation with CI/CD framework and DevOps best practices;
• Experience with Network and storage architecture;
• Experience providing technical support to customers who are using products, solutions and applications hosted on the Oracle cloud platform;
• Experience in a hybrid cloud environment and the IaaS and PaaS components of public clouds; and
• Strong customer service skills, as well as good planning and organization of work.

Nice To Have

• Experience with Active Directory infrastructure - AD replication/DNS troubleshooting, event log monitoring, OU maintenance of domain controllers, LDAP, DNS/DHCP of servers;
• Knowledge of ITIL processes; and
• Experience working with additional virtualization technologies and public clouds such as VMware, Azure and AWS.

APPLY NOW

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online at www.gocognition.com/join-us/

Equal Employment Opportunities

Cognition+ is committed to employment equity and welcomes diversity. We encourage applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Cognition+ provides accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If you require accommodation, please contact Human Resources at hr@gocognition.com or call 519-432- 8553 ext. 362.

We thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however, only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps in the process.