Senior Lead DevOps Engineer

BMO•Toronto, ON

About The Position

The Senior Lead DevOps Engineer is responsible for driving the design, implementation, and optimization of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. This role leads a team of engineers to enable faster, reliable, and secure software delivery while fostering a culture of automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement across development and operations teams.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering
Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, AWS CDK, etc.)
Expertise in at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure)
Proficiency in scripting/programming (Python, Bash, or similar)
Deep understanding of Linux/Unix systems and networking
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Nice To Haves

Experience leading DevOps transformation in large enterprises
Knowledge of microservices architecture and API management
Familiarity with security frameworks and DevSecOps practices
Certifications such as: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Responsibilities

Define and lead the DevOps strategy, roadmap, and best practices across the organization
Mentor and manage a team of DevOps engineers, promoting technical excellence and innovation
Collaborate with engineering, QA, security, and product teams to streamline delivery processes
Champion a DevOps culture emphasizing automation, scalability, and reliability
Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment
Automate build, test, and deployment processes to improve speed and consistency
Integrate security practices into pipelines (DevSecOps)
Standardize deployment strategies (blue-green, canary releases, rolling deployments)
Architect and manage cloud infrastructure on platforms like AWS, Azure.
Ensure high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery capabilities
Optimize cloud costs and resource utilization
Lead adoption of containerization technologies (Docker)
Manage and optimize container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes or equivalent)
Ensure efficient deployment, scaling, and monitoring of microservices
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Splunk, ELK, Dynatrace, Cloud Watch)
Drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
Troubleshoot production issues and lead root cause analysis
Continuously improve system performance and reliability
Implement secure DevOps practices, including secrets management and access control
Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory standards
Conduct vulnerability assessments and integrate security scanning tools