DevOps Manager

Raise; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Raise is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a major Canadian airline, focusing on release coordination and enterprise DevOps excellence. You will help shape 2026/2027 roadmaps, support PCI work, and enhance guest-facing digital systems.

Role requires 10+ years in Azure-centric DevOps, AKS, Terraform, and CI/CD, with on-call 24x7 support and strong collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise DevOps with Azure focus.
• Proven Kubernetes (AKS) deployment and ops experience.
• Advanced IaC with Terraform and CI/CD via Azure DevOps.
• Experience with enterprise observability tooling (Splunk/Dynatrace).
• Release planning, coordination, and 24x7 production support.

Responsibilities

• Support modernized systems powering the client’s digital guest experiences.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for APIs and platforms.
• Develop and improve IaC for cloud infra, networking, security, monitoring.
• Automate deployments, incident response, provisioning, and recoveries.
• Implement monitoring, logging, dashboards, and distributed tracing.
• Document and improve runbooks for production services.
• Participate in on-call rotation for 24x7 production environments.
• Support release planning, deployment coordination, and change management.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tooling

Release coordination

AKS

Docker

Akamai CDN

Kafka

Azure Event Hub

Azure Redis

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Azure DevOps

AKS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Splunk Cloud

Splunk Observability

Dynatrace

Akamai CDN

Kafka

Azure Event Hub

Azure Redis

Job description

• Contract Length: 6 Months, with the possibility of conversion to full-time employee

Raise is currently hiring a DevOps Engineer on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client, is a major Canadian airline.

Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.

Description

The Senior DevOps Engineer with Release Coordination experience to join our client’s technology team. In this critical role, you will help support and empower executive DevOps initiatives, relieving strain on core teams while driving high-impact projects. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the 2026/2027 roadmap goals, supporting PCI compliance work, and enhancing critical digital systems for our clients guests.

Responsibilities

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify, modernize, and enhance the systems that power 's digital guest experiences
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that enable secure, reliable, and automated delivery of APIs, applications, and platform services.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions for cloud infrastructure, networking, security controls, monitoring, and platform components.
• Drive automation across operational processes, deployments, incident response, environment provisioning, and recovery procedures to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Implement and maintain observability solutions, including logging, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and distributed tracing to ensure platform reliability and performance.
• Automate, document, and continuously improve troubleshooting and operational runbooks for production services and critical guest-facing applications.
• Participate in a pre/post-hours on-call rotation, providing support for a 24x7 production environment while contributing to operational excellence initiatives that reduce support burden over time.
• Support release planning, deployment coordination, and change management activities across multiple teams and platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ Years of Enterprise DevOps Experience (Azure Focus): A solid decade of hands-on experience in DevOps engineering, with a clear and demonstrated preference for the Microsoft Azure cloud ecosystem.
• Kubernetes (AKS) & Container Orchestration Expertise: Proven history designing, deploying, and maintaining production‑grade containerized environments using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Advanced Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) & CI/CD Pipelines: Deep, practical experience building automated deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps and managing infrastructure declaratively via Terraform.
• Observability & Monitoring Implementation: Direct experience setting up enterprise‑grade monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing platforms—specifically highlighting tools like Splunk Cloud or Splunk Observability.
• Release Coordination & 24x7 Production Support: Experience with cross-functional release planning, change management, and participating in on‑call rotations for high‑availability, mission‑critical production environments.
• CDN systems (Akamai)
• Event Broker administration (Kafka, Azure Event Hub) (nice to have)
• Redis caching configuration (Azure Redis)(nice to have)
• Dynatrace (nice to have)
• Soft Skills (Communication, adaptability, time management, teamwork)

Education and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• Nice to have certifications DevOps Engineer Expert (Exam AZ-400), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), HashiCorp Certified, Splunk Certified Power User / Administrator, or Akamai Certified (Edge Platform / Web Security Solutions)

Additional Requirement

• Our client asks that candidates provide 2 Endorsements/References at the time of application: ( this could be a colleague/manager that worked with you on Recent Projects that relate to this role Ask them to provide a Quick Endorsement - testimonial in point form of your accomplishment / value added) to highlight your skills for this role