Bilingual Manager, Platform Engineering & DevOps Practices
About The Position
Join the Business Solutions Engineering Team, in the Manager – Platform Engineering & DevOps Practices position. As a manager you will lead the team responsible for empowering product teams with scalable, secure, and automated delivery capabilities. CMHC is committed to continuously improving our IT services and operational efficiency. The addition of new IT roles is a strategic move to bolster our capabilities and ensure we can meet the evolving needs of our clients and stakeholders. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Software and Platform Engineering Practices, you will build and grow a new team of DevOps/platform engineering, oversee the implementation of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment practices (CI/CD) and infrastructure automation strategies, and support the shift toward a developer-centric and self-service engineering environment. At CMHC, we are modernizing how we build and deliver technology by fostering a culture rooted in collaboration, enablement, and engineering excellence.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering or related field. An equivalent combination of related education and experience may be considered.
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in software, DevOps, or platform engineering with a minimum of 3 years of experience in leading a team.
- Experience building and scaling technical teams, ideally in a platform or enablement function.
- Strong technical knowledge of CI/CD, cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred), and GitOps practices.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps, policy enforcement, and security integration in pipelines.
- A track record of enabling cross-functional product teams through tooling, automation, and coaching.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience driving engineering culture transformation (Agile, DevOps, InnerSource).
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance strategic and hands-on responsibilities.
- Bilingualism (English, French).
Nice To Haves
- Experience implementing Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) or self-service portals.
- Familiarity with progressive delivery (blue-green, canary releases, feature flagging).
- Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimization practices.
- Exposure to policy-as-code and compliance automation.
- Prior work in regulated environments or enterprise transformations.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead a team in platform engineering, CI/CD and automation, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Define and implement standardized CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and infrastructure automation.
- Establish and promote best practices for platform reliability, deployment, and developer experience.
- Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and security teams to enable secure, compliant, and scalable delivery.
- Develop reusable templates, internal tools, and self-service capabilities to accelerate product teams.
- Support the measurement and improvement of engineering maturity using DORA and platform metrics.
- Mentor team members and foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to the DevOps and platform engineering strategy and roadmap in alignment with CMHC’s transformation goals.
Benefits
- Annual Paid vacation.
- Annual individual performance incentive.
- Defined benefit pension plan.
- Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
- Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
- An inclusive workplace culture and environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
