DevOps EngineerLocation: PST timezone (Vancouver preferred)Team/Department: Global Fulfillment Systems – Technology: TradeOpportunity for Permanent Conversion?: YesIdeal Start Date: ASAPContract Length: 6 months contract to hireIdeal # Years' Experience: 7-10 yearsDesired Skills: AWS (EKS, Docker, Linux), S3, Jenkins, Maven, PostgreSQL, Vault, Airflow, Github, Graphana, Terraform, Helm chartsRole Description:Outline of the Role: Senior engineer with leadership qualities to drive technology team to improve current set up. Performs development of high-performing, well-tested and thoughtfully architected software applications that satisfy our internal business needs and power guest experiences. Has proven experience in effectively applying scientific, mathematical and social principles to design, build, & maintain technology products, devices, systems and solutions that provide amazing customer experiences.Principal Duties and Responsibilities:Uses algorithms, data structures, programming languages, programming paradigms to create, test and operate sustainable client-side or server-side software applications and services.Builds and extends software applications in varying (cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premise) environments.Ensures applications are designed to be highly available, observable, and durable via software engineering best practices.Innovative in nature, looking to enhance current technical set up in partnership with architects and engineers.Works with business and systems analysts to understand end-user requirements and translate those into pragmatic and effective technical solutions.Works closely with onsite and remote frontend, backend and operations engineers to ensure deliverables are well-documented, secure and resilient.Provides DevOps thought leadership in delivery contexts, focusing on the requirements of lululemon's end-users and how they are best served by continuous improvements to our delivery approach.Collaborates with the engineering teams (onshore and offshore) to deliver on integration projects.Engages in ongoing quality and performance improvement to ensure reliability and security.Designs for release and configuration management.Assists in troubleshooting and resolving production system issues.Qualifications, Skills, Experience and Personal Requirements:Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent7+ years of software engineering experience in DevOpsBuilding and setting up new development tools and infrastructureUnderstanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developersWorking on ways to automate and improve development and release processesTesting and examining code written by others and analyzing resultsEnsuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threatsIdentifying technical problems and developing software updates and 'fixes'Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intendedPlanning out projects and being involved in project management decisionsExcellent team player, ability to work independently and as part of a teamExperience in mentoring junior developers and providing technical leadershipExcellent pull request review skills and attention to detailStrong technical, hands-on, experience to support development, automated testing, infrastructure and operationsProficient with Git and Git workflowsBuild tools to reduce occurrences of errors and improve customer experienceDevelop software to integrate with internal back-end systemsPerform root cause analysis for production errorsInvestigate and resolve technical issuesDevelop scripts to automate visualizationDesign procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenanceFamiliarity with streaming platforms (real-time data at massive scale like Confluent Kafka)Experience with AWS cloud and implementations from a developer's perspectiveExperience working with containers, Docker, Kubernetes or other container schedulersFluency with relational databases or alternatively NoSQL databasesUnderstanding of DevOps as well as experience with CI/CD pipelinesFamiliar with the project tools: Jira, Confluence, Slack, MS Office, SharePoint, SmartsheetAdditional Manager Comments: Candidates with the following will be prioritized:Industry experience in Retail domainKnowledge of microservices architecture patternsExperience building web services and integrations with message driven architecture