Cloud Operations Developer

Please note the base salary will be determined by the successful candidate's education, skills and experience. The listed salary range serves as a general pay guideline for this position's pay level.

Cloud Operations Developer

Location: Remote - Anywhere in Canada

Empire Life is looking to hire a Cloud Operations Developer to join our IT Infrastructure & Operations team!

Why pursue this opportunity

The role - this is a new position and your chance to join a growing team, while being provided the opportunity to make an impact. 

The environment - we understand the importance of work-life balance and strive to provide a supportive work environment that allows our employees to achieve both personal and professional goals.

Impactful work - get the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that have a positive impact on our customers, our company, and society as a whole.

The opportunity - collaborate with cross-functional teams and work on a variety of projects that will keep you engaged and continuously learning.

What you’ll be working on

• Re-platforming and operationalizing existing batch jobs onto cloud-native services (e.g., Kubernetes Jobs, serverless functions) with automated workflows.

• Designing, building, and maintaining automated runbooks and self-healing capabilities for cloud-native applications and shared enterprise services.

• Implementing and managing advanced monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for cloud-native systems and modernized batch workloads, ensuring application observability integration.

• Ensuring the continued stable operation of existing legacy batch jobs and applications during the transition period.

• Developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for operational components and shared services.

• Managing the application layer for self-hosted streaming platforms like Redpanda/Kafka (e.g., configuring brokers, topics, security, monitoring) on provided infrastructure via IaC.

• Automating the deployment and scaling of cloud SFTP services (e.g., Azure / GCP) if cloud-managed, or managing the SFTP application layer if self-hosted in the cloud.

• Collaborating with other teams to manage enterprise-wide document management systems (e.g., Confluence, SharePoint, AODOCS) and enterprise network file shares/storage solutions.

• Contributing to company-wide disaster recovery planning, focusing on cloud infrastructure DR plans and automation.

• Providing Level 2/3 production support and incident management for cloud infrastructure and cloud-managed platforms, acting as incident champion for infra-related outages.

• Shifting operational focus from reactive firefighting to proactive issue prevention and performance optimization.

What we’re looking for you to have

• 5+ years work experience in application design, application development or quality assurance methodologies

• Completion of a University degree or equivalent experience

• Ability to think logically, analyze, and solve problems.

• Ability to learn new technology, including infrastructure and configuration as code.

• Ability to work independently and as a team member.

• Strong understanding of existing batch processes and their modernization to cloud-native services.

• Proficiency in cloud fundamentals and Kubernetes concepts.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for operational components.

• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Go, Terraform, Ansible).

• Experience with cloud-native monitoring, alerting, and workflow orchestration tools.

• Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles for operational excellence.

• Experience with self-hosted streaming platforms (e.g., Redpanda/Kafka) deployment and management is a plus.

• Experience with managing SFTP services (cloud-managed or self-hosted).

• Familiarity with enterprise document management systems and shared file storage solutions.

• If you are applying for a position which is open to applicants across Canada, unless otherwise indicated in the position, language proficiency in English is required for communicating with customers, advisors, or employees across Canada.

Beyond the salary

For regular full-time positions, Empire Life offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes:

• Competitive salaries with annual pay increases

• Annual bonus program, which recognizes both strong company performance and individual contributions, for non sales positions

• Competitive uncapped commission, for sales positions

• A comprehensive employer-funded benefits package starting from day one of employment, that includes life insurance, disability, health and dental and a generous health account

• Flexible work arrangements and an annual allotment of personal health days.

• Four weeks annual vacation from hire date

• A defined contribution pension plan with generous employer matching

• Top up programs for parental leave and compassionate leave

• Employer-sponsored wellness and recognition programs

• A cash employee referral program

To learn more about working at Empire Life, visit https://www.empire.ca/workatempire.

Get to know us

Empire life is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity, are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and welcome everyone to participate in our application process. We encourage those of all backgrounds and experiences to apply, even if you don't believe you meet each unique qualification outlined. Applicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age. 

Empire Life welcomes applications from people with disabilities and disabled people. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the screening and selection process. If you need this job posting in an alternative format or have any accessibility questions, please contact recruitment@empire.ca.