DevOps Specialist

Job Description On behalf of our public sector client, Affinity is seeking a DevOps Specialists to work with service innovation, program review, and digital transformation teams as part of cross-functional product delivery initiatives. Collaborate closely with product owners, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams to support service modernization efforts through field research, backlog definition and refinement, sprint planning, and sprint execution. Contribute to the assessment of current-state services, identification of future opportunities, and delivery of new and improved solutions that enhance efficiency, effectiveness, user experience, and overall value. Responsibilities Create scripts, tools, and procedures for operations by designing and implementing automation for limited downtime deployment and maintenance.Lead operations of digital services in production by:Managing configuration and credentials for the production environment;Planning and managing maintenance activities; andManaging database upgrades and migrations, backups, recoveries, etc.Provide operations support for implementation and enhancement of digital services by:Creating templates and patterns for application deployments and CI/CD pipelines; andCreating scripts and tools to automate the establishment of environments for development and testing.Creating tools, scripts and processes that will enable application teams to have better observability of the application through monitoring and telemetry tools.Support delivery teams in adopting best practices by:Providing operations support for early and frequent integration testing, security scans, system testing, and performance and load testing; andProviding operations support for early and frequent delivery to end-users in limited availability launches (Alphas and Betas).Removal of manual processes through the implementation of automated/AI solutions. Qualifications 3 years - Experience with research, analysis and problem solving.3 years - Experience documenting issues, solutions, and procedures.2 years - Experience leveraging generative AI and agentic tooling to produce executive-grade outputs, including drafting, analysis, structured retrieval, and workflow automation. Demonstrates proficiency in prompt design, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and critical evaluation of AI outputs for accuracy, risk, hallucination, and sensitivity. Actively builds AI-augmented workflows and routines, going beyond basic tool usage to drive productivity and decision quality.3 years - Experience with access tools like SSH Clients and Remote Desktop.3 years - Experience with basic security awareness such as secrets management and the principle of least privilege.3 years - Duration - Experience with cloud platforms, including AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Storage), or Azure (Azure SQL Database, Blob Storage), with a focus on deploying scalable data solutions and optimizing data pipelines for a range of projects.4 years - Experience with command line interfaces for command execution and file system traversal.1 year - Experience with networking tools like DNS lookups, Trace Routes and load balancing.4 years - Experience with scripting tools, such as Powershell.2 years - Experience as a DevOps Specialist supporting the continuous delivery of custom-built solutions.2 years - Experience in designing and deploying Hybrid cloud applications using Red Hat Openshift.2 years - Experience with IaC tools (ex. Terraform).3 years - Experience with VS Code or Visual Studio 2019 or higher.3 years - Experience working with CI/CD pipelines in a large-scale enterprise environment. Affinity Earn Know someone who’s great for this, or any of our open roles? Earn up to $4,000/year for each successful referral through Affinity Earn. You can also earn up to $50,000 for helping us find new clients. Learn about our referral program at https://affinity-group.ca/earn/ or browse our jobs & follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/affinity-staffing/jobs/ About Affinity Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca Job Number: 13922