DevOps Engineer

OMERS•Toronto, ON

12d•CA$72,000 - CA$108,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The DevOps Engineer will join the Software Engineering team that leads the delivery of products and platforms that enable OMERS Global Investments (GI) and Corporate teams to analyze opportunities, support investment decision-making, and optimize the OMERS investment portfolio. This role reports to the Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Software Engineering, and works across investment and corporate teams including Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Private Equity, and in close collaboration with Finance, Risk & Compliance teams. As a key member of the Software Engineering team, the DevOps Engineer will help improve application hosting, monitoring, automation, and operational capabilities by championing industry best practices and delivering reliable cloud and container platform solutions. This role partners closely with application developers, data engineers, data analysts, investment professionals, and platform teams to support scalable, resilient, and secure solutions across one or more product teams.

Requirements

2+ years of experience solving sophisticated technical problems using public cloud infrastructure; Microsoft Azure experience is preferred.
Experience understanding and operating cloud infrastructure and container platforms.
Strong hands-on experience across Azure public cloud services, with depth in two or more of the following: GitHub Enterprise or Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps pipelines and releases, Azure PaaS and IaaS, Datadog, Azure Application Insights, and Azure Monitor.
Experience writing automation using Python, Shell, or other scripting languages.
Experience developing operational procedures and improving automation for monitoring, alerting, recovery, scaling, security, and support.
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to trace performance, connectivity, or deployment failures and resolve technical issues.
Proven ability to build trusted technical relationships, align expectations across partners, and work collaboratively in a team-focused environment.
Ability to operate effectively in an Agile environment and manage multiple priorities while maintaining reliable and efficient infrastructure.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Azure Container Instances.
Experience with Linux and Windows system administration.
Experience with Networking and Security in Azure.
Experience supporting enterprise-scale cloud and hybrid infrastructure, architecture designs, and technology management.
Experience supporting containerization initiatives for legacy or existing applications.
Azure cloud certification.
A Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or engineering field of study, or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

Maintaining, managing, and scaling cloud and container infrastructure for existing and new services, with a strong focus on security, reliability, and operational excellence.
Designing, building, and maintaining robust automation for monitoring, deployments, recovery, scaling, alerting, and operational workflows.
Partnering with Software Engineering, Operations, and Platform teams to improve reliability, resilience, and operational efficiency across cloud and container platforms.
Supporting the migration of legacy applications to containerized platforms, including deployment readiness and operational support.
Analyzing technical issues related to performance, connectivity, deployments, and platform operations, and driving resolution with minimal disruption.
Working with cross-functional teams to understand infrastructure impacts, align expectations, and ensure changes are delivered safely and reliably.
Remaining current on industry trends, sharing knowledge across teams, and applying best practices for containerization, observability, automation, security, and support.