Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 6+ Months
Experience Required: 10+ Years
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Lead Middleware Platform Engineer to lead the design, implementation, automation, and operational readiness of enterprise middleware and data platforms in a mission-critical environment. The role focuses on Linux administration, Kubernetes and OpenShift, infrastructure automation, observability, production readiness, and platform reliability. The ideal candidate will combine strong hands-on engineering expertise with technical leadership to deliver secure, resilient, scalable, and highly available platforms.
Primary Skills
Linux Administration and Troubleshooting
Kubernetes / OpenShift
Infrastructure Automation
Terraform / Ansible
Observability and Monitoring
Production Readiness and Platform Operations
Secondary Skills
Python
Shell / Bash Scripting
Logging and Alerting
Middleware Platform Engineering
Infrastructure Security
High Availability and Resilience
Disaster Recovery
Go-Live Planning and Operational Handover
Runbook Development
Performance Optimization
Cloud Platforms
RDF Triple Stores
Graph Databases
Key Responsibilities
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Lead the architecture, implementation, and operationalization of enterprise middleware and data platforms.
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Design and maintain secure, scalable, resilient, and highly available infrastructure platforms.
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Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployments, monitoring, and operational support processes.
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Administer and troubleshoot Linux systems and container platforms, including Kubernetes and OpenShift.
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Implement observability capabilities covering logging, monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis.
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Establish production readiness standards, operational runbooks, disaster recovery procedures, and support models.
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Lead production readiness reviews, go-live planning, deployment coordination, and operational handovers.
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Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and development teams to onboard applications and services onto platform environments.
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Use Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent tools to automate infrastructure and configuration management.
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Develop scripts using Python, Shell, Bash, or similar technologies to improve operational efficiency.
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Partner with third-party technology providers to resolve platform configuration, performance, and operational issues.
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Apply security, resilience, availability, and disaster recovery practices across platform engineering activities.
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Mentor engineering teams on platform engineering, automation, operational readiness, and production support best practices.
Required Qualifications
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10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, middleware, or related technical roles.
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Strong hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting Linux environments.
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Practical experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, or comparable container platforms.
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Experience implementing observability solutions for monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance management.
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Proven experience supporting production readiness, go-live activities, and mission-critical production environments.
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Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent technologies.
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Scripting proficiency in Python, Shell, Bash, or similar languages.
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Understanding of infrastructure security, high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery.
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Experience developing operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures.
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Ability to lead technical initiatives and collaborate with infrastructure, security, development, and vendor teams.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with RDF triple stores.
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Familiarity with graph databases and enterprise data platforms.
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Experience in financial services or banking environments.
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Knowledge of cloud platforms and enterprise infrastructure architectures.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by applicable law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may request assistance.
Employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of job-related pre-employment screening, which may include background and reference checks and, where permitted by applicable law and applicable to the position, drug testing. All such screening will be conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
