AKS & ARO DevOps Engineer

Socket.dev; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 103,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Canada in Mississauga seeks an experienced DevOps/Platform Engineer to shape and automate CI/CD pipelines, policy-as-code, testing, artifact, and release management for AKS and ARO/OpenShift environments. You will implement gates, templates, and automation to enable reliable, scalable deployments.

The role requires 8+ years in DevOps with 4+ years in Kubernetes/OpenShift, plus hands-on Terraform, Helm, and GitOps tooling.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in DevOps/platform engineering, including 4+ years with Kubernetes/OpenShift and production CI/CD and IaC automation.
• Strong ownership, structured problem solving, and clear documentation.
• Ability to work collaboratively with Architecture, Cybersecurity, IAM, Network, Operations, Finance, and application teams.

Responsibilities

• Design repository, branching, promotion, approval, and release standards.
• Develop reusable Terraform/Bicep modules and pipeline templates for platform and workload deployment.
• Implement validation, linting, policy, vulnerability, image, manifest, and secret-scanning gates.
• Create environment promotion, rollback, evidence collection, and drift-detection capabilities.
• Integrate approved registries, Key Vault/secret stores, service connections, identities, and testing tools.
• Develop Helm, Kustomize, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and golden-path deployment templates.
• Implement optional Argo CD or Flux proof of value where approved.
• Support upgrade, patch, application release, cutover, and recovery automation.
• Transfer repositories and pipelines and deliver technical KT to client's team

Skills

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

GitOps

Argo CD

Flux

AKS

OpenShift

Scripting

Argo CD/Flux

Release management

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Helm

Kustomize

Scripting

OpenShift

Argo CD

Flux

Job description

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired bya collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizationsunlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world.

Role Purpose

Design and implement the common automation, CI/CD, policy-as-code, testing, artifact, release, and optional GitOps capabilities supporting both AKS and ARO.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Design repository, branching, promotion, approval, and release standards.
• Develop reusable Terraform/Bicep modules and pipeline templates for platform and workload deployment.
• Implement validation, linting, policy, vulnerability, image, manifest, and secret-scanning gates.
• Create environment promotion, rollback, evidence collection, and drift-detection capabilities.
• Integrate approved registries, Key Vault/secret stores, service connections, identities, and testing tools.
• Develop Helm, Kustomize, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and golden-path deployment templates.
• Implement optional Argo CD or Flux proof of value where approved.
• Support upgrade, patch, application release, cutover, and recovery automation.
• Transfer repositories and pipelines and deliver technical KT to client's team

Required Technical and Consulting Capabilities

• Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions
• Terraform, Bicep, Helm, Kustomize and scripting
• AKS, ARO/OpenShift and container registries
• Argo CD/Flux and GitOps patterns
• Trivy, Checkov, TFLint, OPA/Gatekeeper and automated test tools
• Release management, artifact promotion and software supply-chain security

Experience Profile

• 8+ years in DevOps/platform engineering, including 4+ years with Kubernetes/OpenShift and production CI/CD and IaC automation.

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• CKA/CKAD/CKS
• Red Hat OpenShift certification is preferred

Required Behaviours

• Strong ownership, structured problem solving, and clear documentation.
• Ability to work collaboratively with Architecture, Cybersecurity, IAM, Network, Operations, Finance, and application teams.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, fixed-timeline program with formal dependencies and acceptance evidence.
• Ability to communicate risks early, propose practical compensating controls, and avoid unsupported commitments.
• Commitment to knowledge transfer and transfer of administrative control to the client.

Key Deliverables and Success Measures

• Assigned design, implementation, testing, documentation, and handover outputs are completed to agreed quality and schedule.
• Requirements are traceable to backlog, code/configuration, tests, evidence, and acceptance.
• Solutions comply with approved architecture, security, technology, and information-management standards.
• Risks and dependencies are identified early and actively managed.
• Client teams can operate and maintain the delivered capabilities following transition.

The hourly compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $75-$95 CAD.

Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The base compensation range listed for this position reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. This range may be subject to change as permitted by law.

The actual compensation offered to any candidate may fall outside of the posted range and will be determined based on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable jurisdiction.

These may include, but are not limited to: Geographic location, Education and qualifications, Certifications and licenses, Relevant experience and skills, Seniority and performance, Market and business consideration, Internal pay equity.

It is not typical for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the posted compensation range.

Disclaimers

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. Capgemini also participates in the Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations (PAIR) program which supports meaningful engagement with Indigenous communities across Canada by promoting fairness, accessibility, inclusion and respect. We value the rich cultural heritage and contributions of Indigenous Peoples and actively work to create a welcoming and respectful environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodation does not pose an undue hardship. Capgemini is committed to providing reasonable accommodation during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to your recruiting contact.

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Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.