Mandate:
The ARC Software Team in Research Computing Services provides software development services, consultations, and guidance to University researchers, as part of the mandate of Research Computing Services to support our researchers and strengthen the University’s position in advancing research in Canada and internationally. Our team is now adding implementation and support of third-party services to our portfolio as well as expanding our support of commercial cloud platforms. The ARC Software DevOps Analyst will be primarily responsible for these offerings, including initial needs analysis, implementation, and ongoing operation, ensuring vital services are reliable for the UVic research community and thereby help to maintain the University’s competitiveness in the research space.
Objectives:
- Analyze, design, implement, and maintain software-based services that enhance reliability, availability, and support for the research community.
- Collaborate with clients to design or adapt solutions that meet specific needs while benefiting the broader research community.
- Deploy and manage services across RCS-operated platforms, commercial cloud environments, and other supported infrastructures.
- Monitor systems for performance and usage, respond to alerts, and resolve issues for developed applications.
- Work with established and evolving technologies such as Kubernetes, object storage, CI/CD, Git, databases, and various programming frameworks, maintaining agility to adopt new tools as needed.
As a member of the ARCsoft Team, continuous improvement and collaboration are essential across all practices, processes, and documentation, working closely with clients, the ARCsoft team, RCS, other University Systems groups, and the broader Canadian research computing community.
This position will occasionally require work outside of standard hours on a scheduled or emergency basis. There may be occasions where travel out of town or country is required for training or conferences.
