Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure)

Embark on a journey with one of Canada's fastest growing companies welcome to goeasy! We have been honored with recognitions such as Waterstone Canada s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, the 2022 Report on Business Women Lead Here, Report on Business for Canada s Top Growing Companies and TSX30 as one of the best performing companies on the TSX. We've also received the Greater Toronto Top Employers Award and certified as a Great Place to Work . We're on the lookout for the best and brightest to join our team!

Our vision is to provide everyday Canadians a path to a better tomorrow, today. As one of Canada s leading non-prime consumer lenders, we offer a full suite of products including non-prime leasing, unsecured and secured loans as well as point-of-sale-financing though easyhome, easyfinancial, and LendCare.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering, goeasy is seeking a high performing Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure) at our Mississauga Head Office. You will help build out, maintain, and troubleshoot our rapidly expanding infrastructure and network. You will be part of a talented team of engineers, who are mainly focused on Infrastructure. This job consists of both Azure Infrastructure and Network management.

What will you be doing?

• Architect and design improvements or new solutions in Microsoft Azure and alternate cloud environment.
• Work within a cross-functional team of Cloud Engineers, App Admins, Data Engineers DBA s and DevOps teams to specify, design, develop, test, and implement cloud services and solutions.
• Provide guidance and knowledge to team members, and promote efficiency, productivity, innovations, and knowledge-sharing across multi-functional teams.
• Lead DevOps initiatives to streamline environment deployment and maintenance.
• Support the data solutions team in their operations and projects.
• Regularly evaluate cloud applications, designs, and best practices.
• Work closely with internal business partners to gather requirements, design and implement solutions, manage technical operations, and triage and resolve operational issues.
• Work with internal architecture, infrastructure, governance, and security teams to ensure that all security, governance and business continuity requirements and best practices are integrated and implemented.
• Continuously improve the triage and escalation process for system availability.
• Developing and maintaining documentation for multiple environments.
• Identify repetitive tasks and build tools and/or processes for automation.
• Research and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current technology trends and best practices.
• Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.
• Assist in providing estimates of effort, material costs, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

What experience do you have?

• Bachelor s Degree or equivalent combination education and related experience.
• 5+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure Operations with a minimum of 3 years of experience in Azure.
• Experience administering Active Directory and Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Scripting and coding skills i.e. PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python.
• Extensive experience in DevOps practices, with hands on with Git and Azure DevOps.
• Infrastructure as code (IaC) experience, preferably with Terraform.
• Expertise in Azure Data Solutions, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Databricks, and Data Lake.
• Good knowledge of core cloud services such as VMs, Containers, App Services, Virtual Networks, NSGs, Application Gateways, Load balancers and Storage accounts.
• Comprehensive understanding of key technological concepts such as IT architecture, Cloud technologies, applications, network infrastructure, and security is strongly preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate solid analysis, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Hands-on experience to install, configure, test, and deploy enterprise and multi-cloud network infrastructure.
• Good understanding of Agile/Lean principles such as Scrum, Kanban, MVP etc.
• Experience managing vendor-provided services including outsourcing arrangements.
• Experience working within a structured process methodology (i.e. ITIL).
• Strong systems aptitude demonstrated project management and planning skills; balanced strategic skills with tactical execution skills.

We offer a Flexible Work Program that provides you the ability to work three days onsite per week, between our Mississauga and downtown Toronto office.

Internal Applicants: please apply through the link and provide written endorsement from your current manager.

Why should you work for goeasy?

In keeping with our mission to create better tomorrows for our employees, each year goeasy commits to continuously enhancing its total rewards. Here are some of the perks we offer

Financial Benefits:

• Leverage our RRSP match and Employee Share Purchase Plan programs.
• Annual bonus that rewards your hard work and dedication.
• Employee discounts on furniture, electronics, and appliances.
• MAT & PAT leave top-up.
• Expand your financial knowledge through engaging Financial Literacy Learning opportunities.

Health and Lifestyle:

• Enjoy company-paid volunteer days to give back to the community.
• Access 24/7 healthcare with Virtual Doctor Appointments.
• Personalize your benefits with a flexible modular benefits package.
• Stay fit and energized with exclusive access to our on-site private gym at our head office.

Employee Perks:

• Fuel your growth with the Tuition Assistance Program.
• Double the impact of your generosity with Company Matched Charitable Donations.
• Internal development training programs and platforms including job-specific training, career coaching, leadership excellence, mentorship, and many others.
• Enjoy a state-of-the-art office space with perks like a games room, a healthy snack program, a fitness studio, free gated parking, and more!

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity Employment:
At goeasy, we believe that we can only be the best when people are able to bring their best selves to work every day. This means that we are committed to cultivating and preserving a work culture where we celebrate who we are, where everyone feels seen and heard and where every employee can fulfill their potential. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with all legislative requirements throughout Canada. Please let us know if you require an accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Additional Information:
All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check, credit check, and validation of their work experience to qualify for hire. We thank all interested applicants, however we will only be contacting those for interview who possess the skills and qualifications outlined above.