Associate Director, DevOps Engineering

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards program

Bonuses

Stock options

Flexible benefits

Professional development

Job summary

RBC in TORONTO is seeking a Senior Solution Engineer to support application teams with DevOps needs and CI/CD implementation. You will guide and troubleshoot across CICD migrations and major initiatives, working closely with application teams.

You will migrate deployments from Jenkins, RLM or manual processes to GitHub Actions, build and debug pipelines, and automate integration. The role requires hands-on experience with Maven, POMs, and containerization technologies including Docker and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Diploma in IT with equivalent IT experience.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, including creating and debugging stages.
• Experience with Maven – POM, SuperPOM; writing POM and Settings from scratch.
• Experience building for NPM and PyPi; understand npm commands and .NET – dotnet/msbuild.
• Proficiency with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and related tooling.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Kubectl.
• Scripting in Groovy, Shell, and Python; strong communication skills.
• Familiarity with Agile tools like JIRA, ServiceNow.

Responsibilities

• Migrate app teams from Jenkins, RLM or manual deployment to GitHub Actions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve DevOps issues in the CICD pipeline.
• Create and debug CI/CD pipeline stages and settings.
• Implement automation/configuration for successful integration.
• Write POM and Settings from scratch across multiple code bases.
• Set up GitHub Actions workflows, details, and runners.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Groovy scripting

Python

Shell scripting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

IT Diploma

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitOps

Artifactory

SonarQube

Terraform

UCD

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Kubectl

Job description

As a Sr. solution engineer, you will be responsible for supporting application teams in all their DevOps needs and implementation. You will be working directly with the application teams to guide, troubleshoot and resolve any issues in the CICD pipeline. You will also be involved with major migration initiative working directly with application teams.

What will you do?

• Support app teams to migrate from Jenkins, RLM or manual deployment to GitHub Actions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve any DevOps related issues
• Create and Debug CI CD pipeline stages writing various stages
• Implement any automation or configuration needed to ensure successful integration
• Write POM and Settings from scratch and working with various code bases
• Set up GitHub Actions and workflow details, execution and runners

What do you need to succeed?

Must-Have

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Diploma in IT with equivalent IT experience

Hands on Experience of CICD pipeline

• Creating and Debugging CI CD pipeline stages
• Writing various stages
• Working with various code bases
• Complete Understanding Maven – Concept of POM, SuperPOM
• Write POM from scratch.
• Write Settings from scratch
• Understand and execute builds for project types NPM
• Understand and execute builds for project types PyPi
• about npm commands
• .NET – dotnet and msbuild
• GitHub Actions – Their workflow details and execution, runners

Hands on Experience of tools such as

• Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitOps, Artifactory, SonarQube, Teraform and UCD, Ansible
• Jenkins Build, Multibranch Pipelines, Maven Pipelines
• Debugging Jenkins Failures
• Configuration of SonarQube

Understanding and hands on experience on

• Docker and Containerization – Writing Dockerfiles, Docker commands
• Kubernetes Clusters and their management
• Concept of Deployment, Namespaces, PV/PVC in K8s
• Helm charts and their purpose
• Deployment using Kubernetes – Helm and Kubectl
• Troubleshooting Kubernetes events, POD failures, logs, nodes

Nice to Have Skills and Experience

• Hands on Experience of CICD pipeline with a complete understanding of NPM or Nugut
• Writing Declarative pipelines using Groovy
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Agile Tools like JIRA, ServiceNow
• Scripting Experience – Groovy, Shell, Python

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Programming Languages, Software Change Request Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Integration Engineering, Software Product Design, Software Product Technical Knowledge, Software Release Management, System Testing Tools

Additional Job Details

Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City: Toronto

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Application Deadline: 2026-08-28

Posted Date: 2026-08-14

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.