Cloud Application Specialist

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Job Details

Closing Date: Monday, July 13, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

Location: 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Department: Health Services Cluster

Start Date: 2026-06-29

End Date: 2027-10-05

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Job Type: Contract

Job ID: 062911

Project Overview

Primary Care Attachment Repository (PCAR): A centralized digital solution designed to capture and maintain the attachment status of all OHIP-eligible Ontarians. PCAR will enable improved system-level planning and facilitate better access to primary care services. This initiative is part of the Primary Care Action Plan, supporting the government’s goal of ensuring that every Ontarian is connected to primary care.

Key Responsibilities

Create applications that are served on the cloud
Create the software platform to run on virtual systems
Fine-tune the final program after it has been created
Facilitate IT development, design, construction, testing, promotion, implementation of web-based/n-tier, cloud-based and mainframe applications for workstreams.
Responsible for development utilizing a combination of cloud technologies to develop an integrated solution for online transactional processing and integration
Responsible for in integration of any Open Source Software (OSS) products into new and existing systems
Creation and walk-through of Systems Response documents, Technical Specifications, Application Inventory, and Implementation Plans.
Preparation of test plans, test data, and unit-testing of programs.
Preparation of implementation plans and promotion of programs.
System Support/Documentation
As assigned, response to client queries and troubleshooting of production incidents.
Conduct/participate in design walkthroughs as well as test case and test results walkthroughs.
Support testing of the changes by other team members.
Weekly reporting on status, progress, and key issue/concerns as directed by the Project Lead/Project Manager or Portfolio Manager.
Transfer skills and knowledge to selected OPS staff

Qualifications & Requirements

REQUIRED

Must be able to work 5 days onsite per week
Minimum 8–10+ years of hands-on experience in cloud application development and engineering,
Demonstrated recent expertise in Microsoft Azure (App Services, Azure Functions, AKS), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift), and DevOps/automation tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines), including building and integrating scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions.
Demonstrated experience in enterprise cloud architecture, security (IAM, encryption, compliance), data engineering (ETL/ELT, Azure data services), observability (monitoring/logging), and advanced DevOps/DevSecOps practices, including API-driven integration, CI/CD pipeline design, and scalable, high-availability solution delivery
Experience with writing code to interact with RESTful APIs to replace manual processes such as assigning IP addresses and DNS codes.
Demonstrated experience designing, developing and implementing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with integrated security (DevSecOps)

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Core Skills and Experience - 40%

Minimum 8–10+ years of hands-on experience in cloud application development and engineering,
Demonstrated recent expertise in Microsoft Azure (App Services, Azure Functions, AKS), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift), and DevOps/automation tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines), including building and integrating scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions.
Demonstrated experience in enterprise cloud architecture, security (IAM, encryption, compliance), data engineering (ETL/ELT, Azure data services), observability (monitoring/logging), and advanced DevOps/DevSecOps practices, including API-driven integration, CI/CD pipeline design, and scalable, high-availability solution delivery
Scripting languages such as python to automate repeatable processes
Experience with automation for infrastructure provisioning using Ansible, Jenkins
Experience with network automation processes such as assigning IP addresses and DNS codes
Experience with continuous monitoring to monitor system and application performance and alert on downtimes, errors and similar events
Experience with continuous monitoring to monitor system and application performance and alert on downtimes, errors and similar events
Fundamentals of Docker containers and containers orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenShift
Experience with running containerized applications in enterprise environment
Experience in VMware-based virtualization and in using cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, is a plus

Technical & Engineering Skills - 30%

Experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach
Experience with writing code to interact with RESTful APIs to replace manual processes such as assigning IP addresses and DNS codes
Fluency in git-based source code management and version control systems – Git, GitHub, GitLab etc.
Demonstrated experience designing, developing and implementing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with integrated security (DevSecOps)

General Skills - 25%

Experience creating applications that are served on the cloud
Experience creating the software platform to run on virtual systems
Experience fine-tuning the final program after it has been made
Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle from business systems analysis through requirements gathering and functional specification
Ability to troubleshoot code and make system changes as needed to resolve issues
Experience modify existing software to correct errors to adapt it to new hardware or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance
Experience consulting with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software
Experience developing specifications and performance requirements and resolving customer problems
Must know at least one programming language and should be proficient in that
Be familiar with software development concepts and databases
Fluency with Hypervisor and Virtualization techniques
Have at least fundamental knowledge of cloud computing and basic Networking skills
Ability to work independently or as part of a team
A team player with proven track record for meeting deadlines

Public Sector Experience - 5%

Public sector experience working on mainframe/legacy system

Key Skills & Competencies

AKS, Ansible, API Integration, Automation, AWS, Azure, Azure App Services, Azure Data Services, Azure DevOps, Azure Functions, Business Systems Analysis, CI/CD, Cloud Application Development, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Compliance, Container Orchestration, Containerization, Data Engineering, Databases, DevSecOps, DNS, Docker, ELT, Encryption, ETL, Functional Specification, Git, GitHub, GitLab, Hypervisor, IAM, IaC, IP Addressing, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Legacy Systems, Logging, Mainframe, Monitoring, Network Automation, Networking, Observability, OpenShift, Performance Requirements, Programming, Python, Requirements Gathering, RESTful APIs, Scripting, SDLC, Security, Software Development, Software Maintenance, Source Code Management, Troubleshooting, Version Control, Virtualization, VMware

Applications for this position will be accepted until Monday, July 13, 2026 at 12:00 p.m..

If you meet the requirements for this role, please apply now.

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