Senior DevOps Engineer - contract

PLATO • Canada, Capital Region

62d • CA$85 - CA$105

About The Position

PLATO is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a contract position to join a centralized team supporting multiple product and data teams. The role involves designing and managing pipelines, infrastructure, and tooling for the end-to-end delivery lifecycle within a modern Microsoft and Azure environment. The position requires a current Secret Government of Canada security clearance and is from October 2026 to May 2027.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Boards, Artifacts), including 4+ in a lead role
• Strong knowledge of Azure services (networking, compute, storage, IAM, Key Vault, PaaS)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments, including approvals and gating
• Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell, Bash, or Python)
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code practices
• Strong understanding of Git workflows and source control strategies
• Ability to collaborate across teams and support multiple delivery streams
• A current Secret Government of Canada security clearance is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps across infrastructure, Power Platform, data platforms, and test automation
• Implement environment-based release strategies with approvals, quality gates, and rollback mechanisms
• Create reusable pipeline templates and integrate automated testing, security scanning, and compliance checks
• Act as a DevOps advisor, promoting best practices in Git workflows, branching strategies, and deployment processes
• Develop and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure as code, including governance standards (RBAC, tagging, networking)
• Support Power Platform ALM, including solution packaging, deployments, and environment management
• Automate and support deployments for Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Dynamics 365, enabling CI/CD for data workflows
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and architecture reviews to improve reliability and consistency

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed