Application Release Engineer

Global Technical Talent; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing firm is seeking an Application Release Engineer responsible for enhancing automation-driven software delivery within a large financial services environment. Key responsibilities include managing deployments, driving CI/CD practices, and collaborating across teams to ensure operational excellence. Candidates should possess over 10 years of experience, strong proficiency in Microsoft Azure and Terraform, and a customer-focused mindset. This hybrid role is based in Toronto and offers competitive hourly rates.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall professional experience.
• Strong experience with cloud technologies.
• Experience with container technologies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment and release processes across multiple regions.
• Drive automation across CI/CD tooling and workflows.
• Collaborate with teams using data and analytics.

Skills

Strong experience with Microsoft Azure

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform

CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions and/or Jenkins

Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Strong customer-focused mindset

Attention to detail

Education

Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

VMware Cloud

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

Primary Job Title: Application Release Engineer

Alternate / Related Job Titles: Senior DevOps Release Engineer, Cloud Release & Automation Engineer, DevOps Platform Engineer, Release & Deployment Engineer, Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Location & Onsite Flexibility: Toronto, ON — Hybrid (2 days onsite per week)

Contract Details: Position Type: Contract; Contract Duration: 6 months (Extension Possible); Start: As Soon As Possible; Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Pay Rate: C$100 – C$120 per hour; Conversion to Perm: Yes (Potential Convert to Perm)

Job Overview: The Application Release Engineer is a senior-level role responsible for advancing automation-first, design-driven approaches to software delivery, deployment, and release management. This position provides technical leadership to improve the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of enterprise systems within a large financial services environment. The role partners closely with delivery teams to drive best practices across the end-to-end application deployment pipeline, ensuring high availability, faster time-to-market, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level direction to improve system design, scalability, reliability, and efficiency
• Advance automation-first practices across software delivery and release processes
• Execute and lead deployments and releases across multiple regions and environments
• Drive automation across:
  • Source code management
  • Build and packaging
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • CI/CD tooling and workflows
• Build and maintain testing ecosystems to ensure high availability for development and QA teams
• Maintain and enhance DevOps tooling and processes owned by the segment team
• Solve complex technical problems related to deployments and release events
• Communicate and enforce best practices for end-to-end software delivery
• Collaborate across engineering, operations, and platform teams using data and analytics to guide decisions

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Required
  • 10+ years of overall professional experience
  • Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
  • Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and VMware Cloud
  • Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
  • CI/CD and orchestration experience with GitHub Actions and/or Jenkins
  • Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Strong customer-focused mindset with attention to anticipating needs
  • High attention to detail and accuracy

• Preferred
  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Proficiency with SaltStack
  • Experience with container technologies, including Kubernetes

About the Company

A Top 10 bank in Canada and North America, offering comprehensive retail, commercial, wealth management, and wholesale banking services. The organization emphasizes innovation, automation, and engineering excellence to support clients in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company based in Alaska. We value diverse and inclusive workplaces and partner with Fortune 500 organizations across banking, insurance, financial services, technology, life sciences, utilities, and retail throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-01312

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