Senior Devops Engineer

EQ Bank | Equitable Bank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join EQ Bank as a Senior DevOps Engineer and enhance our robust IT infrastructure. You'll design, improve, and implement build and release pipelines while collaborating with development teams to optimize processes. If you're passionate about innovative technology and have a strong background in DevOps practices, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Competitive bonus

Market-leading RRSP match

Medical, dental, vision, life, disability benefits

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Maternity/Parental top-up

Generous vacation and personal days

Virtual events and professional development

Opportunity to be part of a leading FinTech

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with containers and orchestration tools.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like JavaScript, Python, or Bash.
• Ability to improve development workflows and promote DevOps best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement build and release pipelines.
• Lead capacity planning and system tuning.
• Mentor team members and communicate technical information effectively.

Skills

Scripting languages

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

Job description

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Join a Challenger

Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you’re not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You’ll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.

We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $125 billion in assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform (eqbank.ca) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021.

Equitable Interview Process

As we continue to scale our team, candidates selected for our comprehensive interview process may be considered for different levels — higher or lower — based on their interview performance. This equitable hiring approach allows us to ensure that talented individuals from various industries are set up for long-term success within EQB’s dynamic, growing environment. Our goal is to support candidates in building lasting careers, rather than relying solely on perceived experience. The hiring committee will assess each candidate’s skills and potential, and adjust the role level as needed to create the best fit.

Purpose of Job

EQ Bank’s IT team is evolving and needs a talented Senior DevOps Engineer with a solid passion in this space. You should be experienced and knowledgeable about the end-to-end software build chain, operations, and automated build and release processes.

Main Activities

• Design, improve, and implement build and release pipelines
• Provide expertise to developers and testers on DevOps tools and processes
• Collaborate with the team to build a robust development approach
• Research and analyze emerging technologies to support the DevOps team
• Improve performance and resolve bottlenecks to reduce build and delivery times
• Build and maintain high-availability CI/CD infrastructure
• Lead capacity planning, performance analysis, and system tuning
• Review and provide feedback on specifications
• Perform code reviews, static and security analysis, and write unit tests

Knowledge/Skill Requirements

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as JavaScript, Groovy, Bash, Python, or Shell
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation
• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI
• Ability to improve development workflows and promote DevOps best practices
• Experience with containers and orchestration tools like Docker, Kubernetes (3+ years)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Systems, or Engineering

Job Complexities / Thinking Challenges

• Effective communication of technical information
• Designing scalable, supportable technology solutions
• Mentoring team members
• Working independently and leading teams
• Prioritizing tasks in a dynamic environment
• Problem-solving and taking ownership

Accountability

• Assist development teams in building, deploying, and managing releases across environments
• Continuously improve software development processes for efficiency
• Liaise with leadership to implement changes in production securely and efficiently

What we offer [For full-time roles]

• Competitive bonus
• Market-leading RRSP match
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability benefits
• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Maternity/Parental top-up
• Generous vacation and personal days
• Virtual events and professional development
• Opportunity to be part of a leading FinTech

Work location: hybrid, at 2200-25 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON.

Equitable Bank values inclusion and diversity. We support accommodations for all applicants. All candidates must pass background and credit checks. Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

We look forward to meeting you!