Location Address:100 Queens Quay East, 9th Floor, Toronto
Number of Openings:1
Pay:$74,671.00 - $130,424
Job Posting Description:Senior DevOps Specialist
This position is onsite #LI-OnsiteAre you passionate about designing, building and supporting reliable and scalable environments and solutions? Reporting to the Manager, DevOps & Cloud, you will play an essential role in the LCBO IT department as a liaison between teams including delivery/development, QA and operations. You will also be responsible for executing and operationalizing cloud cost optimization strategies including but not limited to on-premises, cloud and hybrid-cloud.
The Senior DevOps Specialist will bridge the development and operational aspects of project delivery by managing continuous integration and continuous delivery processes. This position will work to identify factors impacting the availability of critical endpoints and provide solutions. Additionally, the Specialist will also participate in the 24x7 rotational support model.
If you are an experienced Senior DevOps specialist, then this is the role for you!
About the RoleDevOps Practices - Design, build, and operate cloud-native infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Atlantis).
- Build and manage Kubernetes-based platforms (AKS, EKS, MuleSoft), including cluster architecture, workload optimization, performance tuning, and auto-scaling capabilities.
- Design, implement, and maintain automated CI/CD and deployment pipelines using Jenkins and reusable Groovy scripting.
- Develop performance testing strategies and implement monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions to ensure platform reliability and scalability.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities to eliminate manual and repetitive operational tasks.
- Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity, decision-making, and operational efficiency while ensuring responsible and secure usage.
- Serve as a technical subject matter expert throughout the software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and documentation.
Support- Troubleshoot and resolve complex network, connectivity, IAM/authorization, and availability issues across distributed systems in Azure, AWS, and GCP environments
- Monitor production systems and ensure availability, reliability, and performance of critical applications.
- Perform routine application maintenance tasks
- Identify recurring problems and build the tools and processes to prevent problems from recurring
- Create and maintain technical documentation of solutions and standard operating procedures
Collaboration with the following teams;- Cybersecurity teams to embed DevSecOps practices before creating automations, pipelines and resources.
- Development and operations teams to identify potential vulnerability points / performance guidelines and ensure business objectives are met.
- Peers to design, implement, and enforce best practices across projects.
- Testing teams to identify and implement testing strategies and automation
- Operations teams to identify efficient monitoring and support tools and practices .
- Business teams to translate requirements into technical approaches and architectures.
- All teams to identify a governance strategy
FinOps Practices- FinOps enablement: embed cost awareness into CI/CD, platform engineering, governance, and tooling
- Cloud cost optimization: execute recommendations, rightsizing, and waste-reduction across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Skytap
- Usage and logging optimization: analyze cost data, reduce logging volume, and optimize retention policies
- Automation and controls: use IaC/scripts to enforce cost policies and prevent inefficiencies
- Reporting and continuous improvement: support forecasting, reporting, documentation, savings measurement, and FinOps maturity
About You- College Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related area
- Must-Have 3+ years experience administering and/or implementing solutions that address the following areas:
- Multi-cloud platforms and FinOps: Azure, AWS, GCP; resource types, cost drivers, and optimization strategies
- DevOps engineering: CI/CD, release/deployment management, test automation, version control, and build/dependency tools.
- Infrastructure automation: Infrastructure as Code / Configuration as Code for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments
- Containers and orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, images, and registries
- Observability platforms: monitoring, logging, alerting, Elastic Cloud, and ELK Stack
- Data technologies: SQL/NoSQL databases, Kafka, and Redis
Preferred:
- 5+ years total DevOps direct experience
- Infrastructure and systems administration: Linux/Windows, application performance, security, and infrastructure fundamentals
- Automation and IaC: Shell, Python, Groovy, Terraform, Ansible AWX, and secrets/certificate automation
- Cloud and FinOps: large-scale multi-cloud support, FinOps practices, frameworks, or certifications
- Kafka and observability: Confluent/Apache Kafka administration, Grafana, and Prometheus
We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits including:
- Health/Dental Benefits
- Access to an Employee & Family Assistance Program
- a Defined Benefit Pension
- Discounts on products and services via Workperks.
Work Hours:36.25
Union / Non-Union:Non-Union
Job Posting End Date:July 14, 2026
