DevOps Engineer (Hybrid in Greater Montreal area)

ABOUT POWER FACTORS

Power Factors is a software and solutions provider leading the next generation of clean energy with Unity, one of the most extensive and widely deployed renewable energy management suites (REMS) in the market. With over 300 GW of wind, solar, and energy storage assets managed worldwide across more than 600 customers and 18,000 sites, Power Factors manages 25% of the world’s renewable energy data.

Power Factors’ Unity REMS supports the entire energy value chain, from monitoring and controls to market analytics. The company’s suite of open, data-driven applications empowers renewable energy stakeholders to collaborate, automate critical workflows, and make more informed decisions to maximize asset returns. Energy stakeholders receive end-to-end support, including solutions for SCADA & PPC, centralized monitoring, performance management, commercial asset management, and field service management.

With deep domain expertise, AI-powered insights are delivered at scale so businesses can optimize assets, unlock growth, and make smarter decisions as the world rapidly transitions to clean energy. Power Factors fights climate change with code.

* Outside China and India

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our team uses a mix of open source, SaaS, and internally developed tools and processes to manage and support our SCADA software product life cycle (deploy, configure, upgrade, monitor, optimize) across a fleet of 1000’s of on-prem devices and multiple public and private Cloud k8s clusters.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Perform and automate deployment, maintenance, and upgrades across a fleet of servers and devices
• Maintain live microservices-based applications by monitoring performance indicators such as availability, throughput, and latency
• Grow systems by advocating for changes that enhance reliability, performance, and serviceability
• Work closely with development team members to support existing microservices on various deployment environments, on both cloud and on-prem infrastructure
• Work with technologies like Kubernetes (GKE, k3s), Cassandra, PostgreSQL, Mosquitto, Redis, Ansible, Kafka, LAMP, Git, GCE, RHEL
• Maintain production flows and CD processes for deployment of software and infrastructure systems at scale

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

We believe you enjoy working in a purpose-driven organization and that you thrive in an environment where you need to find creative solutions to challenging problems in a fast-changing context. This also means that you are effective at managing multiple tasks of varying complexities and are driven by continuous learning and growth. Specifically, we are looking for a DevOps Engineer with the following toolbox:

Essential technical and soft skills:

• 2+ years of working experience with Kubernetes operations and containerized environments
• 5+ years of working experience with Linux, using the GNU/Linux command line, scripting, Linux tools and services
• Working experience with monitoring tools (Zabbix, Prometheus, Datadog, or others)
• A good team player, with developed communication skills, eager to learn and distribute knowledge, able to work with minimal supervision and deliver high-quality work within time limits

Highly appreciated skills:

• Working experience with IP networking, its hardware components (routers, switches), and relevant Linux services such as DHCP, DNS, Routing, NAT, Firewalling, VPNs, VLANs, Web Servers, Forward and Reverse Proxies
• Hands-on experience with RHEL and variants (CentOS, ALMA Linux, Rocky)
• Working experience with Ansible configuration management
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python)
• Application deployment experience of any level, in one or more of the following: Java, Go, Python

We see it as an extra plus if:

• You have professional certifications on Kubernetes such as GKAD, GKA
• You have a university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar disciplines
• You have experience with modern SRE practices
• You have experience working in a fully remote team and can embrace the remote-first way of work, with its advantages, limitations, and responsibilities
• You have experience with cloud environments (private, GCP)
• You see and appreciate the value of documenting your solutions for others to use
• You want to help us improve our systems and processes and contribute to other teams and the product
• You like to learn how things work and troubleshoot issues to their root cause
• You prefer uniformity and repeatability over quick "clever" hacks
• You do not like bias toward “good” and “evil” tech but have sound technical arguments for your opinions
• You are not afraid to embrace new ways to do things, even if they have a steep learning curve

LIFE @ POWER FACTORS

We are an agile software development company – big enough to make an impact, but small enough to move quickly and execute in a growing industry. We are a team of bold and ingenious talents driven by results. We are passionate about making the world a better place. We seek fierce and humble people to help us achieve our ambitious plan.

WHY JOIN US

By joining the Power Factors team, you’ll be part of a dynamic group of innovative and driven individuals dedicated to making a positive impact. Every day, your work will directly contribute to advancing clean energy solutions and supporting global sustainability initiatives. Our culture runs deep and shows up in how we work together - committed, conscientious and collaborative. With many opportunities for professional growth, Power Factors is here to support your development as we lead the charge in transforming the energy industry.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Power Factors is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to engaging a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.