Bilingual Senior Specialist, Software Engineering (Environment Management)

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement(SCHL); Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual paid vacation

Annual performance incentive

Defined benefit pension plan

Comprehensive group insurance plan

Training, mentorship and more

Alternative work arrangements forIndig

Job summary

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) seeks a Senior Specialist, Software Engineering & Environment Management to modernize CMHC's software platforms. You’ll design and evolve reusable infrastructure pipelines, provisioning and maintaining CMHC’s cloud environments in partnership with platform, security, and application teams.

You will build automation for environment provisioning, patching, data refreshes, and self-service capabilities, while embedding security and governance into

Qualifications

• 7+ years in DevOps, cloud automation and software delivery support.
• Extensive experience with Azure services.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong scripting in PowerShell, Bash, Python.
• Experience embedding security and governance into automation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain IaC and infrastructure pipelines (ARM, Azure, Bicep, Terraform, Helm) to provision and update Azure environments.
• Standardize automation patterns and reusable modules for environment setup, configuration, and data refresh.
• Partner with platform and DevOps teams to pair application CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation pipelines for full-stack delivery.
• Embed security controls, RBAC and policy-as-code into provisioning workflows to ensure compliance and consistency.
• Build self-service capabilities and documentation for independent environment deployment and refresh.
• Contribute to monitoring, observability, and resilience improvements within infrastructure pipelines.
• Coach engineers and analysts on IaC principles and Azure DevOps best practices.

Skills

Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

Mentoring / coaching

CI/CD knowledge

Security integration in automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

ARM

Bicep

Helm

Policy-as-code (OPA, Azure Policy)

Dynamics 365 CRM

Dynamics 365 F&O ERP

GitOps

Job description

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

Office Location: Ottawa (ON); Montreal (QC)

Travel Requirement: Limited

Language Designation: Bilingual

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): BBB

Security Requirement: Reliability Status

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 104180.28 to $ 130225.36 and are based on qualifications and experience.

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We're committed to advancing employment equity and fostering an inclusive workplace. To reflect the diversity of Canada’s population, we encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ individuals, veterans, and racialized peoples. We also welcome applications from all individuals eligible to work in Canada.

We are also committed to advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and supporting the meaningful inclusion of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis voices and priorities. While this position is hybrid requiring some in-office presence, a work from home arrangement may be considered for First Nations candidates on reserve or Indigenous candidates that reside further than 125KM from a CMHC office.

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Benefits

• Annual Paid vacation.
• Annual individual performance incentive.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• While positions at CMHC require some in-office presence, alternative work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

About The Role

Join the Platform Engineering team, in the Senior Specialist, Software Engineering & Environment Management position, where we’re modernizing how CMHC builds and operates software platforms. As Senior Specialist, you’ll learn current model, design and evolve reusable infrastructure pipelines that provision, configure, and maintain CMHC’s cloud environments reporting to the platform engineering manager. Working with platform, security, and application teams, you’ll build automation that allows environment provision, patching, data refreshes, compliance self-service, scalability, and security. This role is ideal for someone passionate about platform enablement, policy-as-code/Infrastructure-as-code and engineering excellence—helping CMHC teams deliver faster with confidence.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and infrastructure pipelines (ARM, Azure, Bicep, Terraform, Helm) to provision and update Azure environments.
• Standardize automation patterns and reusable modules for environment setup, configuration, and data refresh.
• Partner with platform and DevOps teams to pair application CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation pipelines for full-stack delivery.
• Embed security controls, RBAC and policy-as-code into provisioning workflows to ensure compliance and consistency.
• Build self-service capabilities and documentation, enabling teams to deploy and refresh environments independently.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of monitoring, observability, and resilience within infrastructure pipelines.
• Coach engineers and analysts on IaC principles and Azure DevOps best practices.

What You Should Have

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• At least 7+ years in DevOps, cloud automation & Software delivery support.
• In depth experience with Azure services.
• An expertise in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Experience embedding security and governance into automation workflows.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills to guide cross-functional teams.

Technologies

• Dynamics 365 CRM, Dynamics 365 F&O ERP.
• GitOps, policy-as-code tools (Azure Policy, OPA), and progressive delivery strategies.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD processes, leveraging software engineering.
• ARM, Bicep, Helm.
• Azure DevOps.
• Terraform.
• Azure: AKS, Logic Apps, Service Bus, gestion des API.

It Would Be Great If You Also Had

• An experience working in a DevOps enablement or platform team.
• An experience with solution packaging and deployment pipelines for Dynamics 365.
• Knowledge of progressive delivery strategies (feature flags, blue-green, canary).
• A familiarity with compliance automation and policy-as-code.
• Skills in building developer onboarding or paved road experiences.
• A Microsoft Certification as a DevOps Engineer Expert and/or Azure Administrator Associate.
• Experience in the insurance or finance sectors.

Posting closing date:

Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

Standby and Call Back duties are a requirement of this position and will be subject to CMHC policies, including the Standby and Call Back Pay Procedure.