DevOps Specialist (REMOTE) JP1010

Project Overview

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. The Digital Design and Delivery Division (DDD) 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. DDD works in partnership with GoA ministries to deliver programs that better serve Albertans.

DDD requires up to seven (7) DevOps Specialist(s) to work with DDD 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 DDD 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.

DevOps Specialist(s) will be responsible for overseeing the quality in the delivery of digital services and ensuring that a team's focus is on quality. A DevOps Specialist is typically responsible for creating test plans, test cases, and scenarios, identifying required test types, assets, and data environments and tools, and the creating automated test suites.

Scope of Services

The DevOps Specialist(s) will be required on a full-time basis, working across two (2) to three (3) projects. Time, location, and frequency of work will vary depending on the needs of the 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, DevOps Specialist(s) 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:

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:

o Managing configuration and credentials for the production environment;

o Planning and managing maintenance activities; and

o Managing database upgrades and migrations, backups, recoveries, etc.

Provide operations support for implementation and enhancement of digital services by:

o Creating templates and patterns for application deployments and CI/CD pipelines; and

o 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:

o Providing operations support for early and frequent integration testing, security scans, system testing, and performance and load testing; and

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

Removal of manual processes through the implementation of automated/AI solutions.