Consultant, Site Reliability Engineering(SRE)

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Incentive pay

Banking benefits

Benefits program*

Defined benefit pension plan*

Employee share purchase plan

Vacation offering

Wellbeing support

MomentMakers recognition program

Job summary

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer Consultant to enhance reliability across complex software systems. You will design automated workflows, implement observability, and guide teams toward operational excellence in a hybrid setup with 1–3 on-site days weekly.

You bring 5+ years in SRE/DevOps, strong automation skills (Python/PowerShell/Bash/JavaScript), and experience with Dynatrace or Splunk for proactive incident resolution.

Qualifications

• Advanced technical expertise in site reliability engineering, application support, or DevOps.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience with automation and reliability.
• Experience automating deployments and incident-response workflows.

Responsibilities

• Automate deployments and optimize release management across environments.
• Lead incident response, post-mortems, and root cause analyses.
• Define observability strategies with logging, tracing, and alerting.
• Collaborate across teams to strengthen reliability and standards.
• Coordinate production readiness with support teams and risk registers.

Skills

Agile Thinking

Business Requirements Analysis

Communication

Critical Thinking

Domain Knowledge

Operational Efficiency

Problem Solving

Process Design

Python

Technical Writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Tools

Dynatrace

Splunk

Job description

What you'll be doing

As a member of CIBCs Canadian Personal, Digital, Investing Technology and IT Transformation team, you’ll play a key role in enhancing the reliability, performance, and availability of complex software systems and services. As a Consultant, Site Reliability Engineering, you’ll apply advanced software engineering principles to design and implement robust monitoring frameworks, automate operational workflows, and optimize end-to-end client experiences. You’ll guide teams in balancing feature innovation with operational excellence, establish error budget-based decision-making frameworks, and champion a culture of continuous improvement. You’ll also lead incident response and root cause analysis, collaborate with cross-functional partners, and ensure compliance with evolving policies and standards to support enterprise-wide reliability goals. At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You'll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you'll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How you'll succeed

• Automated Deployments and Release Management - Manage and optimize automated application deployments across multiple environments, ensuring consistency, reliability, and efficient releases.
• Monitoring, Incident Response, and Post-Mortem Analysis - Proactively monitor system health and performance, lead incident response and post-mortem analysis, and implement preventive measures to strengthen operational resilience.
• Continuous Improvement and Toil Reduction - Evaluate and enhance systems, processes, and tools to drive reliability, scalability, and efficiency, focusing on reducing manual operational work through automation.
• Observability and Telemetry - Define, implement, and maintain observability strategies, including telemetry, logging, tracing, and alerting, to ensure deep visibility into application behavior and performance.
• Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing - Consult and collaborate across the organization to align on reliability best practices, support consistency, and contribute to the development of standards and documentation.
• Production Support Readiness - Coordinate with production support teams to ensure operational readiness, analyze service level indicators and objectives, and maintain risk registries.

Who you are

You have advanced technical expertise.

You bring a minimum of 5 years of experience in site reliability engineering, application support, or DevOps roles, with a strong focus on automation and operational excellence.

You’re an automation advocate. You have demonstrated expertise in automating deployments, incident response workflows, and operational tasks using scripting and orchestration tools such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, or JavaScript.

You understand observability and AIOps. You have hands-on experience applying automation and machine learning to observability, anomaly detection, and incident resolution, and are proficient with tools like Dynatrace and Splunk.

You influence without authority. You excel at collaborating across teams, building relationships, and sharing knowledge to drive reliability improvements, even when you do not have direct authority.

You’re security-minded. You are familiar with application security best practices, including authentication, authorization, secrets management, and secure coding principles.

You have a strong educational background. You have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or possess equivalent practical experience.

Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work, and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• competitive salary
• incentive pay
• banking benefits
• a benefits program*
• defined benefit pension plan*
• an employee share purchase plan
• a vacation offering
• wellbeing support
• MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program

Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients. We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

What you need to know

CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact [e-mail]

CIBC is committed to clarity in our hiring process. All roles posted are opportunities we’re actively recruiting for, unless stated otherwise.

You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit. We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills test (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency). We use artificial intelligence tools during the recruitment process. Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Job Location Toronto-81 Bay, 17th Floor

Employment Type Regular

Weekly Hours 37.5

Skills

• Agile Thinking
• Business Requirements Analysis
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Domain Knowledge
• Operational Efficiency
• Problem Solving
• Process Design
• Python (Programming Language)
• Technical Writing

At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values: Trust, Teamwork and Accountability. Working with CIBC makes you a part of a work environment committed to our clients, employees and communities - a place where you can excel. Every day, our 48,000 employees help our clients achieve their financial goals, because what matters to our clients, matters to us.