Job Description
On behalf of our client, Affinity is seeking a Senior Platform Lead. The successful candidate will lead platform, integration, automation, and cloud infrastructure initiatives while providing senior-level technical expertise across enterprise environments. They will drive platform strategy, implementation planning, operational readiness, and governance activities in support of technology modernization and service delivery objectives. They will work closely with Information Services teams, technical stakeholders, and project teams to ensure scalable, secure, and supportable platform solutions.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to platform and technical plans for platform and integration initiatives, including cost effective opportunities to improve clients use of technology it already owns.
- Prepare technical implementation documentation, configuration specifications, deployment procedures, operational support documentation, estimates, and platform assessment material for architecture and governance review.
- Work with the other information services teams on shared platform assignments.
- Research platform, integration and automation technologies and recommend where they would help.
- Participate in the development of department plans and appropriate success factors.
- Performs other assigned duties as required.
Qualifications
- Excellent organizational skills with the flexibility to perform multiple tasks and meet deadlines are required. Proven diagnostic, problem solving, and team skills are essential, along with an excellent "customer service" approach. The individual must be self-motivated, self-starter, and work with minimal supervision with excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with the ability to communicate both technically and non-technically, as appropriate.
- A university degree in information technology or another acceptable field from a recognized post-secondary institution, along with at least five years of senior-level experience in complex or enterprise environments building, automating, integrating, and documenting cloud platforms and infrastructure.
- Must have demonstrated experience with: The ability to provide technical system solutions, determine build and implementation approaches, and independently provide solutions for complex technical issues, along with the ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
- Experience with containers and container orchestration for both Windows and Linux server environments.
- Demonstrated proficiency of scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.) is required.
- Previous experience leading and coordinating technical projects and following project management methodologies is required, along with experience with web technologies; and designing, integrating, and managing complex technology solutions.
- Integration and API work, including REST, SOAP, and other API architectures; authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth 2.0, SAML, OIDC); event-driven and message-based integration, and integration tooling such as ServiceNow Integration Hub, Azure Integration Services or Power Platform connectors.
- Experience evaluating implementation approaches and preparing technical estimates, deployment designs and operational impact assessments for platform and integration initiatives.
- Strong technical documentation skills covering build standards, platform designs, and runbooks, along with senior level expertise with server environments on various platforms (Windows, Linux, etc.).
- Experience building to architecture standards set by others, and documenting builds so another team can operate them.
- Familiarity with AI platform services and enablement (e.g., Microsoft 365 Copilot, Foundry, Azure AI) and configuration of the controls for safe adoption (e.g., Microsoft Purview, DSPM, DLP policies and sensitivity labels).
- Following will be considered an asset: Platform administration and engineering for at least one major SaaS or enterprise platform outside the Microsoft stack (for example ServiceNow, Salesforce or an integration middleware platform), including environment management and release upgrades.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. , Bicep, Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, Enterprise GitHub).
- Vendor certifications, for example Microsoft Azure, ServiceNow (CSA, CAD, or CIS), AWS, Linux, or ITIL.
- Familiarity with Jira, Jira Confluence, SharePoint Online, Smartsheet.
- Platform engineering experience in a regulated or public sector environment.
- Experience with agile and waterfall delivery methodologies.
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About Affinity
Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca
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