Cloud Solutions Administrator (18 month contract)

JANA is focused on improving the integrity of gas pipeline systems through the application of advanced risk modeling technologies. Our models and software are defensible and highly predictive, allowing gas pipeline operators to take actions to reduce risk in their systems. And our Integrity Data suite enables pipeline operators to finally capture their pipeline asset data and unlock the value associated with this data.

- As an entrepreneurial company, we provide an exciting, dynamic and respectful work environment where you will be an important contributor to the JANA Team. Our Mission at JANA is “Better Pipelines for a Better World” – we are true believers and inspire our employees to join us in this Mission!

- High-energy Collaborative Environment: JANA combines the energy of a start-up software organization with the discipline of a precision engineering firm.

- Social Events: Join the entire JANA Team for fun virtual Social Events like our Beer Club. We also like to get together for in-person events such as our Annual Birthday Bonspiel, Holiday events, our annual Company Picnic, and team events!

- Giving Back: JANA is dedicated to giving back to our community. We hold an annual food drive for the Aurora Foodbank and have become one of their top contributors!

- JANA promotes a healthy work-life balance: Through our comprehensive vacation program, floater days, and a hybrid work environment (up to 20% a month in office) JANA employees are able to take time to rest and rejuvenate!

- Employee Recognition: We aim to Win, and we love to celebrate Wins with our People. We also offer a Phantom Share Program and annual bonuses!

Reporting to the IT Manager, the Cloud Solutions Administrator will play a critical role in our cloud strategy and will be responsible for managing the organization’s cloud infrastructure that supports efficient, robust, scalable, and secure solutions to meet business requirements and technology strategies. Additional areas of accountability will include implementing complex end-to-end cloud solutions.

The successful candidate will be expected to be fully aware of and actively working towards the achievement of the organization’s objectives as established by its stated policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Duties & Responsibilities

- Deploy, provision, and manage multiple cloud infrastructure components including but not limited to virtual networks and subnets, virtual machines, applications, containers, serverless, storage, IAM services, virtual network appliances, VDI, logging, and monitoring.

- Contribute to the development, and deployment of cloud business solutions.

- Ability to translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions.

- Perform regular management and administration tasks for all cloud services including upgrades, patching, backup, restore, troubleshooting, and issue remediation.

- Automate the provisioning of cloud environments to provide fast and reliable services to a rapidly growing client.

- Assist with the automation of cloud deployment, provisioning, and management tasks.

- Monitor cost of storage, compute, and general utilization of the cloud platform.

- Contribute to disaster recovery planning, implementation, and testing activities.

- Create and maintain technical documentation.

- Drive meetings with subject matter experts from all areas of the business including infrastructure, operations, applications, vendors and leads to seeking input from and plan/coordinate migrations, resources requirements and timelines.

- Perform other related projects and duties as assigned

Skills & Qualifications

- Post-Secondary Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, related discipline. An equivalent combination of training and experience will be considered.

- 3+ years experience working with Azure cloud; experience with working with AWS or GCP is considered an asset.

- Demonstrated experience working with multiple cloud services and technologies including but not limited to virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets, containers and AKS, App Service, Azure Functions, databases, Azure AD, Data Factory, VPN Gateways, Load Balancers, Azure Storage, Azure Files, Network Security Groups, etc. SQL

- Support and assist with the management of secure cloud operations and corporate networks

- Experience in configuring and deploying secure, scalable, and high-availability enterprise

- Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.

- Good written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

- Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.

- Highly self-motivated and directed.

- Team-oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment.

- Strong time management and prioritization skills.

- Ability to multi-task across various projects in a high-paced work environment to meet deadlines.

Must Haves

- Completed AZ 104 certification

- Hands on experience on Azure networking which includes creation on vnets/subnets/NSG/private endpoints and have good understanding about virtual network gateways, firewalls, DNS etc;

- Hands on experience in working on Azure Entra and SQL user management.

Preferred Qualifications

- Basic understanding of Devops

- Experience with cloud automation and IaC template deployments to Azure (may include PowerShell, ARM and Bicep) is a plus.

- Experience with PowerBI Administrator

- Experience with AWS and GCP

- Exposure to Security

JANA is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process; in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Please let us know if you require accommodation at any stage of the hiring process. By applying for a position with JANA, you understand that we use third party systems and recruiting agencies that may employ the use of Artificial Intelligence within their programs for finding, screening, assessing, and/or selecting candidates. You also understand that offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. The type of check performed is determined by the role and JANA’s employment policies. Checks may include any of the following: employment verification, employment references, SIN validation, education verification, criminal records check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, and/or credit check. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks you are required to complete. We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. This posting is for an existing opening.