GOAPRDJP00000495 - DevOps Specialist

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30+ days ago

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Job Description The role is going to DevOps Specialist with the Government of Alberta in Edmonton, AB.

If you have the required experience and are available for new opportunities, please send the following documents by Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 4 : 00 PM EST Below you can find some brief information.

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Job Title : GOAPRDJP00000495 - DevOps Specialist Work Location : Edmonton, Alberta, CAN, T5K 2J5, Remote Estimated Start Date : 03 / 02 / 2025 Estimated End Date : 02 / 02 / 2026 #Business Days : 252.00 Estimated Hours per Day : 7.25 Maximum Duration of Extension : 24 Months

Note : The DevOps Specialist(s) will primarily work remotely ; however, the DevOps Specialist(s) may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in Edmonton on reasonable notice from the Province. At the time of providing such notice, the Province will advise of the expected duration of any such meetings or work sessions. However, time to travel and any associated expenses to and from Edmonton will be at no cost to the Province.

Description The Government of Alberta (“GoA”) has embarked on transforming the work of government to deliver simpler, more efficient, and better services for the citizens of Alberta, thereby ensuring that the needs of Albertans are effectively met in the digital age. The Province has a strategic role within government to drive efficiencies, innovation and modernization. As part of this role, the Province is expanding the GoA’s digital delivery of services with the view of simplifying and providing better user experiences with interactions with the GoA. The Digital Design and Delivery Division (“3D”), formerly the Digital Innovation Office (“DIO”), is the Province’s new centre for digital delivery. It was established to maximize capability and confidence in modern digital practice by ensuring service quality and value through standards and controls. This includes utilizing human-centred design approaches together with agile methodology and modern data practices.

3D is currently working with the Ministries of Justice, Advanced Education, Indigenous Relations, Seniors, Community and Social Services, Children’s Services, and Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction. 3D may establish working relationships with other Ministries throughout this engagement.

The Province requires up to three (3) DevOps Specialists to work with 3D on service innovation, program review and digital transformation projects across the GoA. The DevOps Specialist(s) will work as part of cross-functional program review or product delivery teams. These teams, led by GoA product owners and 3D work collaboratively and collectively participate in a full range of activities including : field research, backlog definition and refinement, and sprint planning and execution. Digital transformation projects review the current state of services, identify future opportunities, and then deliver new services that are efficient, effective and affordable.

A DevOps Specialist identifies and removes roadblocks and distractions that affect sprint commitments and prevent delivery of product features. The DevOps Specialist(s) will be responsible for the management of the agile sprint process for cross-functional program review or product delivery teams. The DevOps Specialist(s) will provide leadership and mentoring in agile principles, policies, and procedures, to enable the teams to self-organize and deliver consistently on sprint deliverables. The DevOps Specialist will be expected to manage communication, maximize transparency, disseminate information related to service delivery, and resolve any conflict when it arises.

Scope of Services

It is anticipated that the DevOps Specialist(s) will be required for one (1) year; however, the Province may extend the contract for up to twenty-four (24) months on the same terms and conditions.

The DevOps Specialist(s) will be required on a full time basis (7.25 hour work day), working across two (2) to three (3) projects. Time, location and frequency of work will vary depending on the needs of the particular project. At the end of each term, it is expected that the DevOps Specialist(s) may work a maximum of 1,960 hours, unless otherwise agreed upon with the Province. However, a DevOps Specialist may be required to work fewer or more hours depending on the nature and needs of their work, as directed by the Province.

Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses, in response to emerging user and business needs, as well as design and technical opportunities. However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project :

This space below should be populated with the resource roles specifics that you are procuring. Specifics can be pulled from the last SOW that was posted with Vendor Connect. The current description is for DevOps Specialists.]

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; and

Managing 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; and

Creating 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; and

Providing operations support for early and frequent delivery to end-users in limited availability launches (Alphas and Betas).

The Province and the Contractor shall determine changes to Services and Materials as required. The Province and the Contractor will determine changes to Services and Materials through the Artifacts.

Qualification Bachelor Degree Job Related Sector(s) DevOps Engineer Experience

Greater Than 10 Year