Staff Devops Engineer

HRB; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

HRB, headquartered in Ottawa, seeks a hands-on Staff DevOps Engineer to own architecture, automation, and scale of our Google Cloud Platform infrastructure, delivering AI-ready, production-grade systems that are secure, resilient, and built for speed.

You will architect, automate, and scale secure infra on GCP; build and maintain CI/CD pipelines; collaborate with software engineers to deploy production-ready AI/ML systems; monitor and optimize for performance, uptime, and scalability in a

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on DevOps, Infrastructure, SRE, or Platform Engineering experience.
• Startup experience (early-stage) preferred; experience at larger tech companies is a plus.
• Deep expertise with GCP (compute, networking, storage, security).
• Proven experience integrating AI/ML systems in production.

Responsibilities

• Architect, automate, and scale secure infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design production-ready AI/ML systems.
• Monitor, optimize, and secure all environments for performance, uptime, and scalability.

Skills

CI/CD

Containerization

Automated testing

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

GCP

AI/ML in production

Tools

Postgres

Turbopuffer

OpenAI

Job description

We’re seeking ahands-on Staff DevOps Engineerto own architecture, automation, and scaleout of our Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. You’ll work closely with software engineers to deliverAI-ready, production-grade systemsthat are secure, resilient, and built for speed.
What You’ll Do

• Architect, automate, and scale secure infrastructure onGoogle Cloud Platform.

• Build and maintainCI/CD pipelinesfor rapid, reliable delivery.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to designproduction-ready AI/ML systems.

• Monitor, optimize, and secure all environments forperformance, uptime, and scalability.

What We’re Looking For:
Experience

• 10+ yearsin DevOps, Infrastructure, SRE, or Platform Engineering (hands-on IC).

• Startup experience (early-stage preferred). Additional background at larger tech companies (e.g., Shopify) is a plus.

• Deep expertise withGCP (compute, networking, storage, security).

• Proven experience integratingAI/ML systems in production.

• Bonus: Founder/CTO background, or 5+ years at a successful startup.

Skills

• CI/CD, containerization, automated testing.

• Kubernetesexpertise.

• Distributed systems & cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure).

• Database & infra stack:Postgres, Turbopuffer, OpenAI.

• Platform telemetry, performance, scalability, uptime ownership.

Attributes

• Founder-levelownership, speed, and ambition.

• Fast learner, thrives inhigh-stakes, high-velocity environments.

• Strong communicator and collaborator.

• Passion projects, side builds, or competitive programming achievements are a strong signal