COMPANY OVERVIEW

The Prairie Payments Joint Venture (PPJV) is a joint venture owned by three Prairie centrals created to digitally transform and modernize payment services for credit unions in the Prairies. PPJV’s goal is to ensure prairie credit unions are competitive in payments and have access to efficient, modernized payments processing infrastructure.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• Proficient in providing services in cloud architecture
• Proficient in Azure fundamentals and understands Azure monitoring facility
• Experience in cyber security principles
• Proficient in scripting PowerShell commands
• Proficient in Windows OS and servers and has experience in Linux
• Experience working in financial services industry
• The role requires more than 5 years of relevant experience to perform the job effectively
• Ability to work independently
• A specialist on complex technical and business matters
• Other software as required

ROLE SUMMARY

The Cloud Operations Engineer will be hands-on and involved with building, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting cloud-based assets and experience in Azure environments for PPJV mission-critical application use. The Cloud Operations Engineer plays a pivotal role in the management and optimization of cloud-based systems, ensuring that infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure.
The Cloud Operations Engineer will work with some of the latest technology stack available for building and maintaining reliable cloud infrastructure and services based primarily on the Windows OS, but experienced in Linux based systems, within Azure and its services to deliver automated, highly available and scalable solutions that PPJV clients and staff can rely on. The Cloud Operations Engineer will demonstrate experience administrating environments using Azure Web Services and implementing best practices to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the design and management of the organization’s could systems, applications, policies and strategy
• Evaluates and identifies the best cloud solutions for the organization
• Conduct installation of network hardware in accordance with interoperability requirements with network components and manufacturers’ recommendations both in-person and virtually
• Responds, reports and addresses system alerts, notifications and trending security impacts
• Assists with resource provisioning, migration, configurations
• Develop plans for the installation of the selected software to network and networked computers, with minimum disruption
• Provides patching maintenance support for machine assets
• Develops and modifies scalable architecture to support applications and infrastructure-as-a-service (IAAS) and platform-as-service (PAAS) platforms
• Identify and map any system interaction by identifying data required by users and how often it is accessed
• Install and configure the software in accordance with installation procedures, organizational guidelines and plans
• Modify default user settings to ensure that they match security policies
• Ensures the security and compliance of cloud environments, including data protection and privacy
• Monitors and analyzes cloud infrastructure performance to identify and resolve issues proactively
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud-based environments for performance, scalability, and cost effectiveness
• Tests the installed software and system for error-free performance and resolve problems resulting from the installation
• Designs controls and processes that utilize available audit tools
• Collaborate for configuring hybrid connectivity between on-site systems and the cloud environment
• Maintains up to date and extensive knowledge of cloud products and technology
• Ability to read and manipulate log analytics in cloud monitoring
• Ability to do networking configuration in the cloud