DevOps Team Lead

Luxoft; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Mid-Senior level DevOps leader to join their dynamic team in Toronto. This role offers the opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary team, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with stakeholders to implement effective infrastructure solutions. You will be at the forefront of enhancing CI/CD pipelines and ensuring high-quality IT support services. If you have a passion for performance, a collaborative spirit, and a commitment to integrity, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment focused on sustainability and growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading teams and managing vendors for over 2 years.
• Strong understanding of ITIL processes and extensive Linux systems administration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team for operational support and DevOps functions.
• Proactively monitor and enhance CI/CD pipelines for performance and efficiency.

Skills

Team Management

Vendor Management

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

ITIL Processes

Organizational Skills

Adaptability

Tools

AWS

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Vault

CI/CD Pipelines

Python

Bash

Job description

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Applying to the position, you may join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. Our client is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds to ensure long-term sustainability. The company invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments.

Client attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Being motivated every day by important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here's an opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a distributed, multidisciplinary team to manage both operational support and DevOps functions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Drive and adjust team objectives to meet OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), ensuring continuous improvement and meeting business needs.
• Proactively monitor and enhance CI/CD pipelines, addressing potential issues, and implementing optimizations for improved performance and efficiency.
• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to identify the most effective infrastructure solutions and recommend tools that align with specific business objectives and technological requirements.
• Foster close collaboration with development, testing, and QA teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment cycles.
• Follow and uphold ITIL processes such as incident, change, and problem management, ensuring strict adherence to service management standards.
• Ensure high-quality IT support services for internal and external stakeholders, continuously seeking opportunities to enhance key performance metrics such as response times, resolution rates, and customer satisfaction.
• Oversee disaster recovery and business continuity planning to ensure infrastructure resilience and minimize downtime.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends, bringing innovative solutions to improve operational efficiency and team performance.

Mandatory Skills Description:

Must-have (soft skills):

• Proven experience in team and vendor management, leading teams of 4+ members for at least 2 years, with the ability to coordinate across internal and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and ensure effective collaboration across diverse teams.
• Strong initiative and proactive problem-solving skills, with a mindset focused on identifying issues before they arise and driving improvements without direct supervision.
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments, preferably within the capital markets or investment banking sectors, with an understanding of the complexities and regulations involved.
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with ITIL processes, particularly in incident, change, and problem management.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities, with a focus on prioritizing tasks and managing competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Adaptability and flexibility, able to thrive in dynamic environments and adjust to rapidly changing requirements or priorities.

Must have hard skills:

• Extensive experience with Linux systems administration and troubleshooting in production environments.
• Proficiency with AWS cloud infrastructure (AWS certification preferred), including best practices for cloud security, scalability, and automation.
• Extensive hands-on experience with DevSecOps and GitOps methodologies, integrating security practices into the CI/CD pipelines.
• Expertise with HashiCorp tools such as Terraform and Vault.
• Strong experience with GitHub, including GitHub Actions
• Proficiency with containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, with a CKA certification as a bonus.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills for identifying and resolving system, network, and application-level issues.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts
• Familiarity with security gates and QA tools, ensuring secure software development lifecycles (SDLC).
• Comprehensive knowledge of security practices, including SSL/TLS, encryption techniques, and certificate management.
• Scripting and automation expertise, particularly in Python and Bash, with a solid understanding of API integrations for system automation.

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

• Message brokers: IBM MQ or similar
• Monitoring: Zabbix, Elastic
• Security: jFrog Xray or similar, SonarQube, Qualys
• ETL tools
• Ansible
• Powershell
• UrbanCode Deploy

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Consulting

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting