DevOps Engineer

Synechron; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid annual leave

Personal leave days

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Long term disability

RRSP with employer contribution

Udemy for Business

Coaching opportunities

Projects with tier-one banks

Job summary

Synechron in Canada is seeking an experienced DevOps and Release Manager to coordinate production releases, manage CI/CD pipelines, and support Kubernetes and Docker environments.

You will automate deployment processes with Python and shell scripting, maintain runbooks, and work with SRE and production engineering teams to improve reliability and deployment efficiency for major financial clients. This role offers exposure to cutting-edge projects across the banking sector.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years DevOps and release management experience
• Kubernetes (K8s) and Docker
• CI/CD and GitHub
• Python and shell scripting
• SRE and production engineering practices

Responsibilities

• Coordinate production releases, deployment schedules, approvals, and communications.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and support production deployments.
• Monitor releases, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate rollback procedures.
• Support Kubernetes and Docker-based environments.
• Automate operational and release processes using Python and shell scripting.
• Maintain release documentation, runbooks, and post-release reviews.
• Collaborate with SRE and production engineering teams to improve reliability and deployment efficiency.

Skills

DevOps

Release Mgmt

CI/CD

Python

Shell scripting

SRE

Production eng

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

GitHub

Job description

We began life in 2001 as a small, self-funded team of technology specialists. Since then, we’ve grown our organization to 17,000 people, across 58 offices, in 22 countries, in key global markets.

Innovative tech solutions for business

We're now a leading global digital consulting firm, providing innovative technology solutions for business. As a trusted partner, we're always at the forefront of change as we lead digital optimization and modernization journeys for our clients.

Customized end-to-end solutions

Our expertise in AI, Consulting, Data, Digital, Cloud & DevOps and Software Engineering, delivers customized, end-to-end solutions that drive business value and growth.

Responsible for managing and coordinating production releases, ensuring deployments are planned, executed, monitored, and completed successfully. This role provides the team’s only dedicated production release coverage and works closely with Development, QA, SRE, Infrastructure, Network, and Operations teams.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate production releases, deployment schedules, approvals, and communications.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and support production deployments.
• Monitor releases, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate rollback procedures.
• Support Kubernetes and Docker-based environments.
• Automate operational and release processes using Python and shell scripting.
• Maintain release documentation, runbooks, and post-release reviews.
• Collaborate with SRE and production engineering teams to improve reliability and deployment efficiency.

Skills:

• 3-5 years DevOps and release management experience
• Kubernetes (K8s) and Docker
• CI/CD and GitHub
• Python and shell scripting
• SRE and production engineering practices

We can offer

• 15 days (3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave (floating days and sick days)
• A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long term disability
• RRSP with employer’s contribution up to 4%
• A higher education certification policy
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms

SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Synclusive’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more. All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.