Sr. DevOps Engineer

Publicis Groupe Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks vacation

Extended long weekends

Medical, dental, and vision care

Disability insurance

Fertility support and gender-affirming care

Job summary

A leading communications group in Toronto is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design and operate cloud-native platforms. You will support AI/ML workloads and ensure scalable solutions. This role requires 7+ years of DevOps experience, proficiency in Azure, CI/CD, and Kubernetes. The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary ranging from $90,000 to $125,000, and an array of employee benefits including extensive time off and health care provisions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud platforms.
• Deep experience with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automation.
• Proficiency with Linux, networking concepts, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate highly reliable, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure.
• Own infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application deployments.
• Support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement best practices for networking, compute, storage, and scalability.

Skills

Azure cloud platforms

CI/CD

Linux

Kubernetes

Networking

Hands-on experience in DevOps

Communication skills

Job description

Publicis Groupe Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of Publicis Groupe, the second largest communications group in the world and a global leader concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Mediaa, Data and Technology. Publicis Groupe Canada represents the vision of a set of collaborative and integrated agencies that offer expertise and insightful services to many of the biggest brands in North America.

Canadian brands include: Publicis Canada (Publicis Canada, Hawkeye, Razorfish, Publicis Health, ThePubProductions, Nurun, Publicis Sports & Entertainment), Publicis Media (Starcom, Spark Foundry, Zenith), Leo Burnett (Leo Burnett Canada, Ove Brand Design, Leo Burnett Design), Saatchi & Saatchi (Saatchi & Saatchi Canada, Synergize, TPM),MSL Canada/North Strategic (North Strategic, MSL Canada, Notch Canada) and Publicis Sapient.

Overview

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate reliable, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms. This role focuses on enabling high-performing engineering teams through modern DevOps practices, automation, and platform engineering.

The role also supports AI/ML and Generative AI workloads, ensuring models and AI services can be deployed, monitored, and scaled safely in production.

You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that solutions align with business objectives, technical requirements, and operational best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate highly reliable, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure.
• Own infrastructure‑as‑code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, safe, and repeatable application deployments.
• Support containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, and managed container platforms.
• Optimize infrastructure for availability, performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Implement best practices for networking, compute, storage, and scalability.

Reliability, Observability & Operations

• Establish monitoring, alerting, and logging standards using modern observability tools.
• Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and operational KPIs.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Security & Governance

• Embed security best practices into pipelines and infrastructure (DevSecOps).
• Partner with security teams to implement access control, secrets management, and compliance controls.
• Ensure platforms meet enterprise security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Act as a technical mentor for DevOps and engineering teams.
• Guide teams through architectural reviews and operational best practices.
• Collaborate with software engineering, architecture, data science, and product teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure cloud platforms.
• Deep experience with CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, and automation.
• Proficiency with Linux, networking concepts, and distributed systems.
• Experience operating production systems at scale.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across teams.
• Experience with Kubernetes platform engineering and cluster operations.
• Familiarity with zero‑trust, identity, or secrets management solutions.

Nice to Have

• Previous Martech experience
• Exposure to AI/ML or MLOps environments, including supporting model training, inference, or CI/CD for ML workloads
• Familiarity with Generative AI or LLM platforms (for example, inference services or RAG architectures)

Additional information

• Location & Eligibility: Candidates must be based in the Greater Toronto Area with valid Canadian work authorization of at least 12 months.
• Hybrid Work: This role follows a hybrid model with 3 days per week at our Toronto office: 111 Queen St. E, Suite 200, Toronto, ON M5C 1S2.
• Flexibility & Global Mobility: Work remotely for up to 6 weeks per year from any of our 50+ global offices through our Work Your World program.
• Compensation: The salary range for this position is $90,000–$125,000 per year, based on experience, skills, and relevant certifications. We believe in pay transparency and are committed to offering competitive, market-aligned compensation.
• Time Off:

- 3 weeks vacation, with additional paid closure between Christmas and New Year's

- Extended long weekends for provincial holidays — we give you both the Monday and Friday so you get a full 4-day break

- 6 sick days and 2 personal days per year

- Medical, dental, and vision care

- Psychological and paramedical services

- Disability insurance

- Fertility support and gender-affirming care

- Dedicated internal guidance programs for employees navigating cancer, fertility treatments, or gender transition

We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications or analyzing resumes. These tools assist our recruitment team but never replace human decision-making. We believe in a human-first approach, where your experience and potential are recognized by people.

Publicis Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce representative of our community. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.

If you require a specific accommodation please contact Human Resources at 416-925-7733 or by email at [e-mail]