DevOps Technical Lead / Architect - Azure & Terraform

Accountabilities:

• Lead the platform engineering team and collaborate with client technology leadership to define and deliver long-term platform improvement initiatives alongside ongoing development requests.

• Design, implement, and maintain shared, version-controlled CI/CD pipeline templates with integrated quality and security gates.

• Establish build-once release promotion practices across Test, Staging, Pre-Production, and Production environments, including approval workflows and rollback capabilities.

• Coordinate and execute regular weekly and off-cycle production deployments, including database releases and post-deployment validation.

• Work with release management teams to assess deployment readiness and support go/no-go decisions.

• Develop reusable Terraform infrastructure as code modules and automate standardized environment provisioning.

• Identify and remediate infrastructure configuration drift, and manage the decommissioning of legacy environments.

• Strengthen cloud security, identity, and access management through secrets and key management, access request handling, and cloud resource hardening.

• Lead root-cause analysis of platform incidents and coordinate remediation to improve system stability and prevent recurrence.

• Maintain operational runbooks, support knowledge transfer, and establish effective processes for managing unplanned work and incoming requests.

• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to support platform modernization, automation, and operational excellence.

Requirements:

• Proven experience building and configuring Azure environments from the ground up using Terraform.

• Strong knowledge of Terraform modules, state management, infrastructure lifecycle management, and CI/CD-driven infrastructure deployments.

• Hands-on expertise with Azure services, including App Services, Key Vault, Cosmos DB, networking, and identity services.

• Extensive experience with Azure DevOps and Azure Pipelines for build automation, release management, and deployment workflows.

• Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes in containerized application environments.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability solutions such as Grafana and Azure Application Insights.

• Demonstrated experience migrating manually provisioned infrastructure to infrastructure as code without causing production outages.

• Previous experience working as a technical lead, DevOps architect, or in a comparable senior engineering leadership position.

• Strong understanding of cloud security, access controls, secrets management, deployment governance, and operational best practices.

• Ability to lead technical initiatives while remaining comfortable with hands-on implementation and troubleshooting.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate complex platform issues and drive sustainable solutions.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills, particularly when working with technology leadership, engineering teams, and release management stakeholders.

Benefits:

• Annual salary: CAD 150,000–165,000. Individual offers depend on experience, qualifications, education, training, skills, role requirements, and local market considerations.

• Extended healthcare coverage, including prescription drugs, dental, and vision care.

• Company-paid Healthcare Spending Account.

• Company-paid life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.

• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program.

• Company-paid telehealth services.

• Short-term disability coverage and long-term disability insurance.

• Paid time off, including vacation and sick days.

• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with company matching contributions.

• Maternity, parental, and adoption leave top-up.

• Employee Stock Purchase Program.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Employee discounts.

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning solutions.

• Opportunity to work on international projects and collaborate with multidisciplinary, multicultural teams.

• Access to continuous learning, professional development, and mentorship in a dynamic and inclusive environment.