DevOps Engineer
Company Overview
At Vena Solutions, our mission is to help smart companies better manage their data, spreadsheets, and files. Our cloud solution leverages the flexibility and ease of use of widely-used spreadsheets while adding web-based automated workflows and a powerful cloud-hosted database to make mission-critical Finance and Accounting processes simple. Viewed by many as one of the most innovative Canadian startups, we’re part of a growing industry where there are many opportunities for new solutions and product innovation in response to real world business problems.
About the Role
We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to help us build the next generation operating platform to support Vena’s transition to a cloud-based SaaS product. You understand how automation fits in to the development life cycle and enjoy applying new technologies in innovative ways (think Docker, Ansible). You will help develop our continuous delivery pipeline, improve deployment automation and build monitoring and reporting systems in production.
You are a well-rounded programmer and understand how to apply a systems view to software development that incorporates the people, software and infrastructure that is key to Vena’s business. You are an excellent communicator and are excited by the idea of working in a small team that is growing and learning together.
Our technology stack is constantly evolving because we foster a creative environment where there are many opportunities to take ownership and grow Vena’s product ecosystem. We want to build teams of leaders, innovators and people that share a passion for technology and who are interested in leaving their mark on our product in a fast growing business domain.
Responsibilities
    Build and maintain a continuous delivery pipeline
    Build and improve on health monitoring and reporting systems
    Build and support deployment automation
    Maintain the health, stability and security of our Vena Cloud production environment
    Communicate proactively with other teams, develop best practices for documentation and knowledge sharing
    Build and improve on development tools and related workflows
    Work closely with Product Development, QA and Management to build a robust and scalable product and service offering with high customer satisfaction
    Think outside the box, adapting the latest software technologies while developing innovative functionality to improve software performance and usability
Skills & Qualifications
    Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related technical discipline and/or equivalent experience
    Competent web development and scripting ability
    Software development, deployment and production support experience
    Experience with cloud IaaS (AWS preferred but will consider experience with other providers such as Azure, Rackspace, etc.)
    Experience with system security hardening
    Strong network and performance analysis skills
    Comfortable at the command line
    Strong Windows and Linux experience
    Excellent analytical skills, coupled with a strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive
    Excellent communication skills; ability to communicate effectively across various departments and with all levels of management
Additional Assets
    Exposure to automation engineering (i.e. Chef, Ansible, Puppet, SaltStack, etc.)
    Experience building and supporting web-facing systems
    Java experience
Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Local candidates only. No agencies please.
Company: Vena Solutions
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Contact: careers@venasolutions.com