Ingénieur(e) senior en fiabilité de site (SRE)

CGI; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading IT consulting firm as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, where you'll design and maintain robust infrastructures that ensure high availability and performance. Collaborate with development teams to drive automation and operational excellence, all while mentoring junior engineers. This role offers the chance to engage with cutting-edge technologies and implement innovative solutions in a dynamic environment. Embrace the opportunity to shape your career while contributing to meaningful projects that impact clients and communities. Your expertise will be valued in a culture that champions ownership and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in site reliability engineering or systems engineering.
• Strong proficiency with cloud platforms and container orchestration tools.
• Expertise in Linux system administration and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and operation of large-scale, fault-tolerant systems.
• Develop automation for deployment and incident response.
• Monitor system health and proactively resolve performance issues.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux Administration

Python

Go

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Incident Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Certifications in Cloud Technologies

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

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As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of highly reliable, scalable, and efficient infrastructure and services. You will collaborate closely with development teams to ensure system reliability, performance, and availability while driving automation and operational excellence across the platform.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale, fault-tolerant systems to ensure high availability and performance.
• Develop and implement automation to streamline deployment, monitoring, and incident response processes.
• Monitor system health, analyze metrics, and proactively identify and resolve reliability, scalability, and performance issues.
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to improve system design, deployment pipelines, and operational practices.
• Manage incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Drive continuous improvement in infrastructure efficiency, reliability, and scalability through innovative solutions.
• Document system architecture, operational procedures, and best practices to support knowledge sharing and operational consistency.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior SREs and cross-functional teams.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 system reliability and rapid incident resolution.
• Engage with stakeholders to align SRE practices with business goals and technical strategies.
  
  

Key Skills And Qualifications

• Extensive experience in site reliability engineering, systems engineering, or related roles, typically 5+ years.
• Strong proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Expertise in Linux system administration, networking, and security best practices.
• Proficient in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or similar for automation.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Proven ability to design and maintain scalable, distributed systems and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle complex technical challenges independently.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively across teams and with external vendors.
• Familiarity with incident management frameworks and service-level objectives (SLOs), service-level agreements (SLAs).
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Certifications in cloud technologies (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect, etc.).
• Experience with financial services, large-scale SaaS platforms, or enterprise IT environments.
• Knowledge of security compliance and regulatory requirements relevant to infrastructure.
  
  

Challenges and Impact

• Balancing rapid feature delivery with system reliability and operational stability.
• Managing complex, multi-platform, geographically distributed environments.
• Driving automation and efficiency in a constantly evolving technical landscape.
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment and seamless service delivery.
  
  

LANGUAGE: French, English

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Other

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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