Principal DevOps Engineer

Veriday; Toronto; On-site; CAD 124,000 - 193,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Casual workspace

Great people to collaborate with

Job summary

Veriday in Toronto seeks a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead migration of deployment automation from IBM UrbanCode Deploy to Octopus Deploy, ensure enterprise security and compliance, and enhance CI/CD across VM and mainframe platforms.

The role is a 5-month hybrid contract, based in the Toronto office three days per week, with opportunities to extend. Ideal candidate has 7+ years of DevOps experience, Groovy and C# proficiency, and a track record of delivering scalable pipelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of developer experience with CI/CD at enterprise scale.
• Experience migrating deployment automation from legacy DevOps platforms to Octopus Deploy.
• Proficient in Groovy scripting and C# development.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of Helios CI/CD features for VM and Mainframe platforms.
• Migrate CI/CD pipelines from UCD to Octopus Deploy per enterprise standards.
• Refactor Groovy deployment scripts into Octopus Deploy processes.
• Develop, test, and optimize deployment automation in Octopus Deploy using C#.
• Validate migrated pipelines with rigorous testing.
• Drive continuous improvement during the UCD-to-Octopus transition.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for production readiness.
• Troubleshoot deployment, automation, and release issues across environments.
• Contribute to CI/CD platform governance, security and reliability.

Skills

DevOps Principles

CI/CD design

Enterprise security

Groovy scripting

C# development

Octopus Deploy

Tools

Octopus Deploy

IBM UrbanCode Deploy

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Groovy

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

Job description

We are seeking a dynamic and technically strong Principal DevOps Engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys leading initiatives that drive operational excellence. As a Principal DevOps Engineer, you will play a critical role in bridging the gap between development and operations, ensuring that our applications are built, tested, and deployed with speed, reliability, and compliance with the Enterprise security standards. A key focus of this role is leading the migration of deployment automation from IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) to Octopus Deploy, including the review and conversion of existing Groovy-based deployment scripts into optimized Octopus Deploy solutions, rigorous testing, production enablement, and continuous improvement of enterprise CI/CD capabilities.

This is a 5-month contract, hybrid position with the potential for extension. The successful candidate is expected to work from our Toronto office three days per week.

What will you do?

• Lead the design and development of key features for the Helios CI/CD pipeline – VM and Mainframe platforms
• Lead the migration of CI/CD deployment pipelines from IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) to Octopus Deploy, ensuring alignment with enterprise DevOps standards.
• Review, analyze, and refactor existing UCD deployment scripts and workflows, translating them into Octopus Deploy processes and automation frameworks.
• Develop, test, and optimize deployment automation in Octopus Deploy using C# and modern DevOps practices.
• Validate migrated pipelines through rigorous testing and ensure successful execution in production environments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to simplify, standardize, and optimize deployment processes during the UCD-to-Octopus transition.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and release management teams to ensure smooth deployment operations and production readiness.
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment, automation, and release-related issues across distributed and mainframe environments.
• Contribute to CI/CD platform governance, security, reliability, and operational excellence.

What do you need to Succeed?

• Minimum 7 years of developer experience with a deep understanding of DevOps Principles and best practices for CI/CD, including designing at an Enterprise scale
• Experience migrating deployment automation from legacy DevOps platforms (preferably IBM UrbanCode Deploy) to modern deployment orchestration platforms such as Octopus Deploy.
• Proficiency in Groovy scripting with experience reviewing, maintaining, and refactoring existing automation scripts.
• Strong development experience in C# with the ability to build and optimize deployment automation within Octopus Deploy.
• Experience designing, testing, and deploying production-ready release automation solutions.
• Deep understanding of DevOps principles, Infrastructure as Code, deployment orchestration, and release management best practices.
• Understand configuration as code, RBAC, and working within the Mainframe environment from modern deployment platforms
• Experience with DevOps tools, platforms, and interfaces: Jenkins, UCD, Github, Github Actions, JFrog Artifactory, Hashicorp Vault, Ansible, Octopus Deploy
• Proficient with Java, Python, Typescript, Groovy, YAML, NPM
• Experience with deploying to cloud platforms: OCP, Azure, AWS
• Highly proficient with IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz).
• Experience with Mainframe utilities and platforms: ISPF, TSO, Mainframe Filesystems, JES, Endeavor

• competitive hourly rate
• a casual workspace
• great people to collaborate with