It is anticipated that the DevOps Specialist(s) will be required for one (1) year; however, the Province may extend the contract for up to twenty-four (24) months on the same terms and conditions.
The DevOps Specialist(s) will be required on a full time basis (7.25 hour work day), working across two (2) to three (3) projects. Time, location and frequency of work will vary depending on the needs of the particular project. At the end of each term, it is expected that the DevOps Specialist(s) may work a maximum of 1,960 hours, unless otherwise agreed upon with the Province. However, it may be adjusted depending on the nature and needs of their work, as directed by the Province.
Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses, in response to emerging user and business needs, as well as design and technical opportunities. However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project:
- Create scripts, tools, and procedures for operations by:
o Designing and implementing automation for limited downtime deployment and maintenance.
- Lead operations of digital services in production by:
o Managing configuration and credentials for the production setting;
o Planning and managing maintenance activities; and o Managing database upgrades and migrations, backups, recoveries, etc.
- Provide operations support for implementation and enhancement of digital services by:
o Creating templates and patterns for application deployments and CI/CD pipelines; and o Creating scripts and tools to automate the establishment of environments for development and testing.
o Creating tools, scripts and processes that will enable application teams to have better observability of the application through monitoring and telemetry tools
- Support delivery teams in adopting best practices by:
o Providing operations support for early and frequent integration testing, security scans, system testing, and performance and load testing; and o Providing operations support for early and frequent delivery to end-users in limited availability launches (Alphas and Betas).