Senior DevOps Engineer

Cynet systems Inc; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in Canada is seeking a DevOps Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical skills in GitLab, SQL, PL/SQL, and shell scripting. Additional responsibilities include automating processes and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance integration and delivery. Minimum 5 years of experience required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in DevOps or related software engineering roles.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing and building CI/CD pipelines with GitLab.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL development.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop automation strategies for data warehouse modernization.
• Automating compilation, testing, and deployment of PL/SQL packages.

Skills

GitLab

SQL

PL/SQL

Shell scripting

DevOps best practices

Tools

Control-M

Docker

Job description

Job Description

• The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to modernize both data warehouse and .NET application environments.
• This role involves automating development, testing, deployment, and monitoring processes to enhance efficiency and reliability.
• The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in GitLab, SQL, PL/SQL, shell scripting, and DevOps best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitLab for data warehouse and .NET application stacks.
• Develop automation strategies for data warehouse modernization, including:

  Implementing version control for SQL and PL/SQL code.

• Automating compilation, testing, and deployment of PL/SQL packages, functions, and procedures.
• Integrating Control-M job scheduling with GitLab pipelines for automated job promotion and management.
• Automating execution and monitoring of data warehouse processes triggered by CI/CD.
• Implement CI/CD for .NET framework projects by:

  Automating builds, testing, and artifact generation.

• Configuring deployments across multiple environments (development, QA, production).
• Collaborating with developers to integrate continuous integration and delivery best practices.
• Writing and maintaining advanced automation scripts using shell scripting to orchestrate processes across systems.
• Working with infrastructure teams to configure environments supporting CI/CD processes.
• Managing and configuring GitLab Runners and integrating other DevOps tools.
• Collaborating with data warehouse engineers, .NET developers, and operations teams to promote a DevOps culture and shared responsibility.
• Mentoring team members on CI/CD principles and best practices.
• Diagnosing and resolving pipeline failures, deployment issues, and other automation-related problems.
• Creating and maintaining detailed documentation for CI/CD pipelines, automation scripts, and deployment processes.

Requirements/Must Have

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in DevOps or related software engineering roles.
• Extensive hands‑on experience designing and building CI/CD pipelines with GitLab for multi‑language, multi‑platform projects.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL development, including database deployments and migrations.
• Expert‑level skills in shell scripting (Bash) for automation in Linux/Unix environments.
• Hands‑on experience with Control‑M or similar enterprise job scheduling tools.
• Experience in building and deploying .NET framework applications.

Should Have

• Experience with Perl or Python for scripting and automation.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with leadership and mentoring ability.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a strategic approach to automation.