Staff DevOps

KEV Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

RRSP matching (Canada)

Professional development (KEV Academy)

4 weeks vacation

Snack bar & catered lunches

Job summary

KEV Group, based in Toronto with teams across North America, is hiring a Staff DevOps Engineer to modernize KEV's infrastructure and delivery practices. You will design and implement infrastructure-as-code foundations and templated CI/CD pipelines, enabling fast, reliable releases of .NET services on Azure.

You will coach engineers, collaborate across finance, product, and leadership, and champion platform engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering or similar infrastructure role with modernization leadership.
• Experience designing IaC, templated CI/CD pipelines, and platform engineering at scale.
• Experience with Azure ecosystem and automation to deliver modern .NET services.

Responsibilities

• Lead modernization of KEV's infrastructure and delivery practices with a pragmatic strategy.
• Build and maintain IaC foundations and templated CI/CD pipelines.
• Own and improve .NET services deployment in Microsoft Azure.
• Apply SRE practices to production systems and explore AI tooling for efficiency.
• Improve developer experience and mentor engineers across the team.
• Partner with finance, product, and architecture to align priorities and costs.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Azure ecosystem

SRE practices

Developer Experience

Coaching & Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Security principles

Trade-off thinking

Tools

Azure

Job description

Who We Are

KEV builds mission-critical financial software for K12 schools across North America. Our platform provides real-time visibility and control over how funds are collected and managed, replacing fragmented workflows with secure, modern systems that schools rely on every day.

Trusted by more than 27,000 K12 schools managing over $8B annually, KEV delivers mission-critical software for payments, accounting, and reporting, where reliability and security matter. Headquartered in Toronto with teams across North America, we are scaling quickly and investing deeply in cloud-native, data-driven technology.

KEV is a place for people who care about building durable software at scale and doing work that has real impact in public education. We focus on solving hard problems, raising the bar on engineering craft, and building products that earn long-term trust from the communities we serve.

This role is for an active vacancy.

About The Role

We are hiring a Staff DevOps Engineer to lead the modernization of KEV's infrastructure and delivery practices, taking us from where we are today to a platform built on infrastructure as code, templated CI/CD, and self-service golden paths for engineering teams. This role requires deep hands-on experience and the judgment to assess our current state honestly, shape a pragmatic modernization strategy, and break that strategy into work a team can actually execute.

You will operate as both a senior technical practitioner and a force multiplier: writing and reviewing the automation yourself while also coaching and upskilling existing team members. This is a role for someone who partners easily across the organization - with engineering leads and managers day to day, and with finance, revenue, product, and the Vice President of Architecture and CTO when infrastructure decisions have cost, risk, or roadmap implications - rather than treating platform modernization as an engineering-only initiative.

Infrastructure Modernization Strategy & Execution

Assess the current state of KEV's infrastructure and delivery practices, identify where legacy operations are creating risk or slowing teams down, and build a clear, sequenced strategy for modernizing them. Break that strategy into concrete workstreams, and lead a team through execution - balancing speed against risk and communicating trade-offs to stakeholders as priorities compete.

Infrastructure as Code & Platform Engineering

Design and build the infrastructure-as-code foundations and templated, reusable CI/CD pipelines that let application teams ship reliably without re-solving the same infrastructure problems. Establish golden paths and platform engineering practices that make the right way to build and deploy the easy way, removing any manual, one-off work.

Azure & .NET Delivery Automation

Own and improve how KEV's .NET services are built, deployed, and operated within Microsoft Azure, automating deployment pipelines and Azure-native infrastructure so releases are fast, predictable, and low-risk. Bring deep Azure expertise to decisions about how workloads should be architected and delivered going forward.

Site Reliability & AI-Enabled Operations

Apply SRE practices - service-level objectives, reliability engineering, incident response - to raise the bar on how KEV's platforms are operated in production. Evaluate and apply AI tooling where it can meaningfully improve engineering and operational workflows, bringing the same trade-off thinking to new tooling that you'd apply to any other infrastructure decision.

Developer Experience

Improve the day-to-day experience of engineers working on KEV's platforms, including local development environments and the tooling that supports them. Treat DevEx as a lever for velocity and quality, not a nice-to-have, and use feedback from engineering teams to prioritize what to fix next.

Coaching & Technical Mentorship

Coach and mentor existing team members, helping them build fluency in infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and platform engineering practices. Raise the technical bar of the team through hands-on pairing, review, and knowledge-sharing, not just through documentation.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Communication

Partner effectively with engineering leads, managers, and the Vice President of Architecture and CTO, as well as functions like finance, revenue, and product, translating technical modernization work into terms each audience cares about - cost, risk, timeline, or impact on delivery. Communicate clearly and proactively so that stakeholders across the business understand what's changing, why, and what trade-offs were made.

Who You Are

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or a similar infrastructure/engineering role, with a track record of leading the modernization of infrastructure operations into a DevOps model.
• Demonstrated experience designing and rolling out infrastructure as code, templated/reusable CI/CD pipelines, and platform engineering practices such as golden paths, at an organizational scale.
• Experience assessing the current state of an organization's infrastructure and delivery practices, building a modernization strategy from that assessment, breaking it into executable work, and leading a team through delivery.
• Strong hands-on experience with the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, including contributing to and automating the deployment of modern and legacy .NET services.
• Experience applying Site Reliability Engineering practices to production systems and experience evaluating and adopting AI tooling to improve engineering or operational workflows.
• Experience improving developer experience, including local development environments and developer-facing tooling.
• Experience working in a regulated environment - PCI, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, HITRUST
• Solid understanding of security principles in complex ecosystems and proficiency with debugging and diagnostic tools to resolve application issues effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor engineers, raising the technical capability of a team over time.
• Strong ability to think in trade-offs - technical, cost, timeline, and risk - and to make and explain those trade-offs to both engineering and non-engineering audiences.
• Excellent communication skills, with proven ability to partner across organizational boundaries

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation - We believe in rewarding great work with fair, competitive pay.
• Meaningful benefits- Because your well-being matters; both at work and at home.
• Retirement Savings Support - We help you plan for your future with company-matched programs, including RRSP matching in Canada and 401(k) contributions in the U.S.
• Professional development - We invest in your growth with ongoing learning, stretch opportunities, and continuing education, including KEV Academy for onboarding and skill-building, plus KEV University, our online platform offering a wide range of courses.
• Hybrid model - 3 days in the office to collaborate and connect, with flexibility the rest of the week.
• Flexible PTO - Take the time you need to recharge with close to 4 weeks of vacation and a company-wide holiday closure
• Office perks - Enjoy a fully stocked snack bar and occasional catered lunches- because we know that great conversations (and ideas) often start around good food.

Salary Range - $150,000-180,000

Why You'll Love Working at KEV

• Make a real difference every day - At KEV, your work supports children, parents, and schools across North America. We don't just build software, we create solutions that simplify lives and strengthen communities. Our mission is rooted in impact, and every team member plays a vital role in shaping the future of K-12 education.
• The KEV Way - At KEV, you'll never feel stuck in the status quo. You'll be part of a team that's constantly questioning, improving, and innovating always with one guiding focus: How does this help our schools and the students they serve? It's a culture that challenges you to do your best work while reminding you why it matters.
• Grow with us - We're scaling fast, and so are our people. At KEV, you'll have real opportunities to learn, develop, and shape your career. Whether advancing in your role or exploring a new path, you'll be supported every step of the way.
• Work alongside excellence - You'll be part of a team with integrity who treat their colleagues with respect. who are accomplished but humble, collaborative but accountable. It's a place where you can do your best work while feeling supported and inspired by the people around you.
• Celebrate Community and Culture - At KEV, we connect, recognize, and celebrate our people. Join Club KEV for team-building fun, hear directly from customers in our Voice of Customer Series, stay aligned with Monthly Townhalls, and be inspired by the KEVite Awards, where top contributors are recognized by their peers.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required by an individual joining the KEV team in this or any other capacity.

KEV Group is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with your recruiter.

KEV Group is an equal opportunity employer who agrees not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.

KEV may use AI-enabled tools to support components of our recruitment process. These tools are used to support human decision making. All hiring decisions are made by our People and Culture team in partnership with Hiring Managers.

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