Tech Lead - SRE

Devopsroles; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Accident and life insurance

Retirement savings plans

Job summary

BMO Financial Group is seeking a senior DevOps professional to deploy, monitor, and optimize production services in a fast-paced environment. You will drive reliability with SLIs/SLOs, automate operations, and partner with development and infrastructure teams to improve systems and performance.

The role emphasizes cloud deployments (AWS/Azure), observability, and incident response, with a focus on scalable, secure operations and effective collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Foundational DevOps foundational skills and privacy concepts.
• Strong knowledge of cloud computing and automation.
• Ability to manage incidents and service reliability.

Responsibilities

• Deploys, configures, and monitors code in production.
• Defines SLIs/SLOs and error budgets with teams.
• Automates production tasks and performs post-mortems.
• Supports platform design, capacity planning, and incident response.
• Diagnoses production issues and improves service health.

Skills

DevOps

Cybersecurity and privacy concepts

Emotional agility

ITIL

Robot Process Automation

Cloud Computing

Configuration Management

Container Orchestration

System Design and Implementation

Incident management

Learning Agility

Relationships

Verbal & written communication

Collaboration & team skills

Analytical and problem solving

Data driven decision making

API Management

Automation and Automation Pipelines

Automated Testing

Observability and SRE Practices

Unix Bash

CI/CD and Automation Tools like Anible

GitHub

Distributed storage (NFS, HDFS, Ceph,S

AWS & Azure Cloud deployments

REST APIs

Tools

Dynatrace

AWS Cloudwatch

Azure Monitor

Splunk logs

JIRA

Job description

Application Deadline: 10/23/2026

Address: 4100 Gordon Baker Road

Job Family Group: Technology

Designs how code is deployed, configured, and monitored, as well as the availability, latency, change management, emergency response, and management capacity of services in production. Helps teams to determine what new features can be incorporated and when by using service-level agreements (SLAs) to define the required reliability of the system through service-level indicators (SLI) and service-level objectives (SLO). Applies software engineering to automate IT operations tasks - e.g. production system management, change management, incident response, and emergency response. Acts as a link between the development and operations teams. Applies expertise to conduct chaos tests and performance test for critical business requirements.

• Deploys, configures, and monitors code as well as the availability, latency, change management, emergency response, and management capacity of services in production.
• Helps the development and operations teams establish Service level indicators (SLIs), Service level objectives (SLOs) and Error budgets.
• Performs automation to increase efficiency and decrease risk like log analysis, performance tuning, patch application, testing of production settings, incident response, and post-mortem analysis.
• Supports in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning.
• Debugs production issues across services and levels of the technology stack.
• Improves service health visibility by recording metrics, logs, and traces across all services in order to pinpoint the reasons of an incident.
• Computes the cost of SLA breaches and assists management in calculating the impact of system reliability. Helps development and operations teams understand the cost of downtime.
• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.
• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.
• Take measured risks while protecting the bank by applying our Risk Management Framework in the execution of your role, in line with our Risk Culture and within our approved Risk Appetite, making sound and risk informed decisions that align to business strategy, protect assets, and adhere to applicable policy documents (Frameworks, Policies, Standards, Procedures and Supporting documents), laws and regulations.

Qualifications

Foundational level of proficiency

• DevOps.
• Cybersecurity and privacy concepts, principles and solutions.
• Emotional agility.

Intermediate level of proficiency

• IT infrastructure library.
• Robot Process Automation.
• Cloud Computing.
• Configuration Management.
• Container Orchestration.
• System Design and Implementation.
• Incident management.
• Learning Agility.
• Building and managing relationships.
• Verbal & written communication skills.
• Collaboration & team skills.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Data driven decision making.

Advanced level of proficiency

• API Management.
• Automation and Automation Pipelines.
• Automated Testing.
• Observability and SRE Practices
• Hands on experince with Dynatrace, AWS Cloudwatch, Azure Monitor, Splunk logs.
• Typically between 7 -10 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.
• Fluent with OS scripting like UNIX, Bash
• Fluent with CI/CD and Automation Tools like Ansible, JIRA
• Fluent with Source Code Management - GitHub
• Experience with distributed storage technologies such as NFS, HDFS, Ceph, and Amazon S3, as well as dynamic resource management frameworks (Apache Mesos, Kubernetes, Yarn)
• Experience with Cloud deployments and Operations (AWS & Azure)
• Experience with REST API's

Salary

$70,000.00 - $150,000.00

Pay Type

Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

About Us

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.

As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.

BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

Note to Recruiters: BMO does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to BMO, directly or indirectly, will be considered BMO property. BMO will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for service to submit resumes.