Senior DevOps

Intact Financial Corporation; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 102,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Extra days off (up to 5/year)

Wellbeing benefits

Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Pension plan

Job summary

Intact Financial Corporation is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to advance our Data Lab’s CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure. You will design, implement, and operate scalable DevOps tooling, collaborate with data engineers, scientists, and platform teams, and ensure secure, reliable delivery of solutions in an AWS-based data environment.

You will contribute to automation, IaC, observability, and incident response while working in a hybrid, collaborative setting with strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• Five or more years of DevOps experience, especially in AWS environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bilingual in French and English; interaction across the country.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automate the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to DevOps solutions, infrastructure, and tooling used by the team.
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) and cloud environments.
• Collaborate with centralized platform teams to align with standards.
• Manage access, secrets, and certificates; integrate security into pipelines.
• Develop observability, monitoring, and alerting for platform reliability.
• Contribute to incident resolution, root-cause analyses and documentation.
• Drive automation, reliability, and cost efficiency across cloud resources.

Skills

DevOps experience

Python proficiency

Autonomy

Problem solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Jenkins

Python

Job description

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times. Our employee promise represents Intact's commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary. Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year Multiple benefits offered to support physical and mental wellbeing, including telemedicine, Wellness account and much more Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more (ask how you could earn guaranteed income for life) Salary range (but not limited to): 101,800 - 124,400 Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance): 12% As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) - with Intact matching 50% of your net shares. Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers. We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan. Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc. The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

About the role

We are looking for a senior DevOps to join our team at Intact's Data Lab, one of the largest data science laboratories in the country. As part of a product team working in a Data and AI environment, you will contribute to the implementation and evolution of the tools, pipelines, and environments that enable the team to develop, deliver, and operate its solutions efficiently, reliably, securely, and continuously. You will work closely with data engineering teams, data scientists, developers, and centralized platform teams to ensure alignment with the organization’s technology standards, tools, and practices. Our technology environment includes, among others: AWS (S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, VPC, AWS Backup, SageMaker, SQS, SNS), Databricks, Snowflake, Terraform, GitHub/GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, and Python.

What you'll do here:

• Design, implement, and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and automate the development and deployment lifecycle.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, operation, and improvement of the DevOps solutions and environments used by the team.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC), and contribute to the management of cloud environments and internal infrastructure.
• Collaborate with centralized platform teams to integrate the organization’s capabilities and standards into the team’s solutions.
• Contribute to the management of access, permissions, secrets, and certificates, and integrate security practices into pipelines and infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain the observability, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms required to ensure the health and reliability of platforms and services.
• Contribute to operational reliability, incident resolution, root-cause analyses, and operational documentation.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of automation, reliability, security, operational efficiency, and cloud resource utilization.

What you bring to the table:

• Five (5) or more years of relevant DevOps experience, particularly in AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Strong knowledge of cloud computing, networking, security, observability, and operational reliability.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Autonomy, problem-solving skills, and the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bilingualism (French and English) - Need to interact regularly with colleagues from across the country.
• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.
• Experience in a Data or AI environment is considered an asset.
• The position level may be adjusted based on the candidate's experience and expertise.

We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives. We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact's commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We'll work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.

Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.