DevOps Engineer

Dawn InfoTek; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Dawn InfoTek is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their client's team in Toronto. The role involves enhancing CI/CD infrastructure and implementing best practices in DevSecOps. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub, and container orchestration. This is a contract position with potential conversion to FTE after 6 months.

Qualifications

• DevOps engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to work independently and drive initiatives.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Implement GitHub PR processes and branch strategies.
• Optimize and manage Ansible playbooks within AAP2.

Skills

Azure DevOps

GitHub Enterprise

Infrastructure-as-Code

Container Orchestration

DevOps Metrics

Problem Solving

Tools

SonarQube

Ansible

ArgoCD

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Dawn InfoTek

Senior Technical Recruiter @ Dawn InfoTek | Talent Management

Dawn InfoTek Inc. is a professional IT consulting team that partners with major financial institutions, investment firms and government sectors. We have been dedicated to delivering cutting-edge consulting services and recruiting all levels of IT positions for our clients.

We are currently seeking competent individuals to fulfill the role of DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team for our client, one of the major banks.

Location Address: Downtown Toronto, Ontario (2 days/week)

Contract Duration: 6 months. Conversion to FTE after 6 months

Pay rate: $70 - $85/hr + HST

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and self-motivated Senior DevOps Engineer to join our growing DevOps and Automation team. This individual will play a critical role in modernizing our CI/CD pipeline infrastructure, enhancing DevSecOps practices, and contributing to platform standardization across enterprise applications.

The ideal candidate is an expert in Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and container orchestration, AWS CDK, with the ability to take initiative, drive improvements, and work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and manage Azure DevOps pipelines, including templated pipelines and reusable YAML components aligned with enterprise standards.
• Design and implement GitHub PR processes, including branching strategies, branch protection rules, and GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) enablement.
• Configure and maintain SonarQube integrations for various technology stacks (Angular, Maven, Ant, NodeJS), ensuring quality gates and code health compliance.
• Refactor and manage Ansible playbooks and automation tasks within Ansible Automation Platform (AAP2), leveraging best practices for template design and credential security.
• Implement and troubleshoot ArgoCD configurations, including sync status analysis, GitOps deployment workflows, and drift detection.
• Support and manage OpenShift build configurations, pod-based deployments, and image streams across development and production environments.
• Familiar with AWS CDK and managing Lambda functions.
• Oversee and govern the use of Service Accounts and tokens across CI/CD tools, ensuring proper secret management and auditing.
• Generate and interpret DevOps metrics for pipeline efficiency, deployment frequency, change failure rates, and lead time to production.
• Identify process gaps and proactively propose improvements to optimize DevOps workflows and reduce technical debt.
• Produce clear and maintainable documentation for pipeline configurations, tool usage, and operational procedures.

Qualifications

• DevOps engineering experience in enterprise environments
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• GitHub Enterprise (Actions, branch protection, GHAS configuration)
• SonarQube (multi-language configuration and enterprise rulesets)
• Ansible & AAP2 (playbook writing, secrets management, template reuse)
• ArgoCD (application sync, GitOps flows)
• Proven ability to work independently and drive initiatives from inception to delivery
• Experience in DevOps metrics tooling and dashboards (e.g., EDF, DORA, or custom reporting)
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk, or other secure credential storage tools
• Exposure to Sealights, Dynatrace, or other code instrumentation tools
• Familiarity with compliance and governance-driven development pipelines

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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