Senior DevOps Consultant

PCRecruiter - Recruitment Software & Applicant Tracking System; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT services firm is seeking a Senior DevOps Consultant for a 6-month contract in downtown Toronto. The role involves enhancing the CI/CD pipeline, enabling faster and reliable software delivery. Candidates should have over 6 years of experience and proven capabilities in cloud platforms and DevOps tools. This hybrid position offers the opportunity to work closely with developers and operations teams to align on release strategies.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps roles.
• Experience in building, fixing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Audit the current CI/CD pipeline to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Fix broken workflows and establish automated build and deployment processes.
• Document best practices and provide guidance to internal teams at the end of the engagement.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps tools

Scripting

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Senior DevOps Consultant

This is with a global IT services firm for a leading investment/wealth management services firm.
Client Location is downtown Toronto Ontario, close to TTC and GO service.
Hybrid - In Office 4 days per week.
Contract - 6 months, possible renewal

Project Description:
We are seeking an experienced DevOps Contractor to assess, fix, and enhance our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline. This role will play a critical part in stabilizing our build and deployment processes, enabling faster and more reliable delivery of software across our environments.

Responsibilities:
Audit the current CI/CD pipeline and identify bottlenecks, failures, and inefficiencies.
Fix broken workflows and re-establish reliable automated build, test, and deploy processes.
Integrate version control, code review, artifact storage, and deployment tooling seamlessly.
Enhance security, observability, and rollback mechanisms in the pipeline.
Document processes, best practices, and architectural decisions.
Work closely with developers, QA, and operations teams to align goals and requirements.
Provide guidance or transition knowledge to internal teams at the end of the engagement.

Mandatory Skills:
Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience.
6+ years of experience
Proven experience in building, fixing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines in production environments.
Robust Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and their DevOps tools.
Strong knowledge of DevOps tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.).
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Familiarity with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform,).
Scripting and automation skills (Bash, Python, Groovy, etc.).
Proficient with version control (Git) and software release processes.
Solid understanding of software development lifecycles and deployment strategies.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to Have
Financial / Investment industry experience.