IT - Specialty Developer - Senior

Ian Martin Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 114,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Raise is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer in Toronto on a hybrid schedule. The role centers on Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, CI/CD, and automation across application, data, and platform services.

You will drive ADO to GHE migration, design reusable deployment templates, and mentor engineers while ensuring production readiness and scalable cloud delivery. Strong communication and cross‑functional collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise.
• Proven experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and deployment governance.
• Experience leading migration projects and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps across Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise, including migration initiatives.
• Design and implement repeatable deployment templates and pipelines.
• Ensure security, monitoring, and operational readiness across cloud deployments.
• Mentor team members and influence engineering standards.

Skills

Azure DevOps

GitHub Enterprise

CI/CD

Automation

Security

Leadership

Tools

ARM templates

PowerShell

Azure CLI

GitHub CLI

Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer

• Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid (Every Thursday and 1 Friday/month)
• Pay Rate: $82.39/hr - $95.23/hr
• Contract Length: 6 Months with possibility for extension

We at Raise are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer for one of our top clients. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they’re now expanding their team to meet rising demand. We’re hiring right now; if you’re interested,

Responsibilities:

• DevOps Engineer responsible for DevOps engineering across Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise, including leadership of ADO to GHE migration initiatives. Serves as SME for deploying Azure solutions supporting web applications, setting up DevOps automation, and nice to have: Azure Data Factory, and Databricks. Requires expertise in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, cloud security, networking, monitoring, and operational readiness. Leads standardization of pipelines/workflows, automation frameworks, deployment governance, and cloud platform delivery across enterprise environments.

Azure Cloud Deployment

• Strong experience deploying Azure-based solutions for:
• Web applications and APIs
• Data integration services
• Data engineering and analytics workloads
• Deep knowledge of Azure platform deployment patterns, environment setup, and production support considerations
• Ability to support end-to-end delivery across application, data, and platform services

Infrastructure as Code and Automation

• Hands‑on experience with ARM templates, PowerShell, Azure CLI/GitHub CLI, or similar automation tools
• Ability to automate provisioning, configuration, and release processes
• Experience designing repeatable and scalable infrastructure deployment models

Security and Networking

• Strong understanding of Azure identity, secrets management, access control, and private connectivity
• Experience with cloud networking concepts including segmentation, routing, and secure communication
• Ability to embed security and governance into DevOps and deployment practices

Monitoring and Supportability

• Experience implementing logging, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and operational observability
• Ability to support production readiness, deployment health, and ongoing platform reliability
• Familiarity with backup, recovery, and resiliency practices

Leadership and Communication

• Strong stakeholder engagement and cross‑functional collaboration skills
• Ability to lead technical discussions, mentor team members, and influence engineering standards
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to document processes and architecture decisions clearly.

Requirements:

DevOps and Source Control

• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise
• Proven experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of source control strategies, pull request workflows, and release governance
• Experience with policy and DevOps standards enforcement through workflow automation
• Experience defining reusable deployment templates/workflows

Migration Experience

• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting migration from ADO to GHE
• Experience transitioning repositories, pipelines, permissions, and deployment processes
• Strong understanding of migration planning, validation, cutover, and change adoption

Must Have Requirements

• GitHub DevOps

Nice to Have:

• Previous Client experience
• Service Now
• SNYK
• ServiceNow
• Hashicorp Vault
• Jira, CyberArk

Soft Skills:

• Attention to detail
• Good work ethic
• Work under pressure
• Patience

Looking for meaningful work? We can help!

Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

We have a dedicated webpage for accommodations where you can learn more about what we offer and request accommodation: https://raise.jobs/accommodations/

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