Azure Platform & DevOps Architect

📋 Job Overview

Fidus is a global high-tech design firm headquartered in Ottawa, with additional design centres in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Jose. We specialize in leading-edge electronic product development, with hardware, embedded software, FPGA/ASIC, and signal integrity teams working together to design and deliver next-generation products for clients in emerging technology markets.

🏢 About Fidus

Fidus is a global high-tech design firm headquartered in Ottawa, with additional design centres in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Jose. We specialize in leading-edge electronic product development, with hardware, embedded software, FPGA/ASIC, and signal integrity teams working together to design and deliver next-generation products for clients in emerging technology markets.

🎯 The Role

Fidus is hiring an Azure Platform & DevOps Architect to join our IT team. Your first priority will be our internal AI platform, which runs on Azure: you will make sure it is secure, reliable and ready to support client-facing service commitments as it grows.

Alongside the platform, you will own DevOps for Fidus, including our Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket), and help engineering teams across the company work more effectively through better tooling, workflows and automation. This is a hands-on senior role where you will work closely with the platform build and product leads and with engineering teams across Fidus.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and run the platform’s Azure infrastructure using Terraform (or similar), with separate development, test and production environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions and Jenkins, including automated testing, approval gates and rollback.
• Run PostgreSQL in production, including backups, regular restore testing and performance tuning.
• Monitor availability and performance, lead incident response, and define and report on service level objectives.
• Secure the platform with Entra ID, least-privilege access, Key Vault and private networking, working with IT & Security on export-control and CMMC requirements.
• Manage the infrastructure behind the platform’s AI services, including model API access, usage and cost.
• Own administration of Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket, including access, permissions, single sign-on, licensing, apps, upgrades and backups.
• Work with engineering, project management and operations teams to improve Jira workflows, automation, dashboards and reporting.
• Keep Confluence organized and easy to use, with a clear space structure, templates and permissions.
• Set and support DevOps standards across Fidus, including source control, branching and CI/CD practices.
• Contribute as a member of the IT team, including change management, security reviews and shared on-call.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in platform engineering, DevOps or site reliability engineering, including at least 2 years supporting production workloads on Azure.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, and working with containers (Docker, Azure Container Apps or AKS).
• Experience administering Jira and Confluence, including workflow design, automation and permissions.
• Production experience with PostgreSQL or a similar relational database.
• Solid Linux administration and networking skills, including hybrid on-premise and cloud environments.
• Working knowledge of cloud security and identity management.
• Scripting skills in Python or Bash.
• Experience with on-call support and incident management.
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience operating AI or LLM-based applications.
• Experience in regulated environments such as CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, export controls or Canada’s Controlled Goods Program.
• Microsoft Azure (AZ-104, AZ-400 or AZ-500), HashiCorp Terraform Associate or Atlassian certifications.
• Experience at an engineering services or electronics design company.

🎁 Benefits

Annual base salary ranges from $120,000 to $155,000 CAD. The final offer within this range takes into account the variations in knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions, and with consideration to internal equity.

Our competitive compensation package also includes a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, matching RRSP contributions, annual profit-sharing bonus, along with other supplementary benefits.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

This role involves access to systems that may hold export-controlled technical data. Candidates will be required to complete background checks and security screening under Canada's Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and may also be required to obtain a security clearance under the Contract Security Program (CSP) administered by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC, formerly PWGSC).