Technical Deployment Lead

Cprvision; Whitchurch-Stouffville; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cprvision is seeking a Deployment Engineer located in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario. In this role, you'll build and manage CI/CD pipelines while coordinating deployments across multiple environments.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years in DevOps or Release Engineering, with strong scripting skills in Python and experience in containerized environments like Docker and Kubernetes. An equal-opportunity employer, Cprvision promotes diversity and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Deployment-focused roles.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and/or PowerShell.
• Experience deploying containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to execute high-risk production deployments.

Responsibilities

• Build, run, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines.
• Coordinate production deployments and rollback.
• Perform post-deployment validation and troubleshooting.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with security scanning.
• Act as the deployment incident lead during releases.

Skills

DevOps experience

CI/CD platforms

Cloud experience

Scripting (Python, PowerShell)

Containerized workload deployment

Infrastructure-as-code

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

What you’ll do:

• Hands‑On Deployment Execution: Build, run, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines supporting application and infrastructure deployments.
• Execute and lead production deployments, cutovers, and rollbacks across multiple environments.
• Run deployment bridges and act as the technical authority during release windows.
• Perform post‑deployment validation using logs, metrics, monitoring, and synthetic checks.
• Investigate and resolve deployment failures, pipeline errors, and environment issues.
• Develop and maintain deployment automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Improve pipeline reliability, speed, and safety through automation and standardization.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with testing, security scanning, and approval gates.
• Reduce manual deployment steps and operational toil.
• Deploy and operate applications in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Execute deployments on containerized platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, AKS).
• Coordinate application, infrastructure, and platform upgrades; validate capacity, performance, and resiliency.
• Use Git‑based workflows to manage releases; ensure versioning, artifact traceability, and reproducible builds.
• Coordinate database migrations and schema changes; ensure rollback and backward‑compatibility.
• Act as the deployment incident lead during releases; diagnose production issues and coordinate rapid mitigations.
• Identify systemic deployment issues; implement improvements, enhance runbooks, scripts, tooling; standardize practices and mentor engineers.

What you bring:

Technical Skills

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, Release Engineering, or Deployment‑focused roles.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Solid cloud experience in AWS (Azure or GCP is a plus).
• Experience with Ansible and Terraform.
• Proficiency in Git (branching, tagging, pull requests, release strategies).
• Strong scripting skills in Python and/or PowerShell (Bash a plus).
• Experience deploying containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to infrastructure‑as‑code concepts (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, etc.).
• Experience executing production database migrations.
• Proven ability to execute high‑risk production deployments with minimal customer impact.
• Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting during deployments.
• Comfortable operating in high‑availability or regulated environments.
• Calm, decisive, and accountable during production incidents and cutovers.

• Bonus Points: Experience as a Release Manager, Release Lead, or Release Train Lead who remained hands‑on; feature‑flag, blue/green, canary, or progressive delivery; background in fintech, SaaS, or regulated industries.
• Certifications: ITIL, SAFe, PMP, cloud certifications.

Technical Environment

• Database platforms: SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Progress OpenEdge
• Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell, SQL
• Containerization: Docker, Docker Compose (basic Kubernetes)
• Version Control: Git, branching strategies, code reviews
• Operating Systems: Windows Server, RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
• Automation: Basic CI/CD pipelines, configuration management

Travel & Work Environment

• Occasional evening/weekend release windows and on‑call rotation for major cutovers.
• Participation in a 24/7 support on‑call rotation.
• Work may be required in various customer environments (data centers, offices, etc.).

Equal Opportunity & Accommodation Statement

We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including those from equity‑deserving groups that have been historically underrepresented in the workforce.

At Portfolio+, we use AI‑enabled tools to support parts of our recruitment process, but human judgment makes all hiring decisions. All hiring decisions are made by people, and AI is never used as the sole decision‑maker.

In alignment with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, Portfolio+ provides accommodation upon request throughout the recruitment, selection, and assessment process for applicants with disabilities. Please reach out to [e-mail] for any questions or requests.

Portfolio+ Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and we recruit, hire, train, promote, and provide all other privileges of employment to qualified people without regard to age, race, color, creed, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, marital status, veteran status, citizenship status, ethnicity, familial status, religion, sexual orientation, or any other classification for which discrimination is prohibited.