Lead DevOps Engineer

TD • Toronto, ON

20d

About The Position

We are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to design, build, and own modern DevOps platforms on Microsoft Azure, with a strong focus on AKS‑based workloads, CI/CD automation, and cloud‑native operational excellence with heavy emphasis on Azure capabilities. This role goes beyond release coordination and requires deep hands‑on expertise in DevOps architecture, platform engineering, and secure production operations. The successful candidate will be a thoughtful leader and a DevOps champion, and should also have recent exposure to MLOps and agentic AI application deployments, leveraging modern Azure AI services such as Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Studio, and Azure ML. You will act as a technical leader, setting DevOps standards, designing scalable pipelines and platforms, mentoring engineers, and enabling engineering teams to deliver reliably at scale in a regulated banking environment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering
• 2+ years leading or acting as a senior DevOps technical owner
• Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments
• Strong experience in DevOps / Release Engineering
• Hands on experience with Microsoft Azure, including:
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure App Services
• Helm Charts
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Strong CI/CD experience using GitHub Actions
• Solid understanding of: Deployment strategies (blue green, canary, rollback), Security considerations in DevOps and release management and Operational readiness and production support

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to MLOps pipelines and AI/agentic application deployments
• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Studio, or Azure Machine Learning

Responsibilities

• Acts as a hands‑on technical leader
• Owns DevOps design decisions and platform evolution
• Drives automation, reliability, and developer productivity
• Design and own DevOps and release architecture across non‑production and production environments
• Execute and coordinate application releases, including cutovers and deployment windows
• Own deployments on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure App Services
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Ensure release readiness, environment parity, validation, and rollback strategies
• Define and maintain release documentation (runbooks, cutover plans, deployment checklists)
• Enforce DevOps security, governance, and operational best practices
• Identify and implement automation and continuous improvement opportunities
• Support MLOps and AI/agentic application deployments on Azure (Foundry, AI Studio, Azure ML)
• Mentor DevOps engineers and provide technical leadership

Benefits

• Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals.
• Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.
• Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.
• You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees