DevOps Engineering Lead

Posted Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 5 : 00 AM

Sagen is Canada’s leading private mortgage insurance company making home ownership more accessible to first time homebuyers. For the past 30 years we have been focused on being the most trusted partner for lenders and brokers.

Our expertise in superior customer service, thought leadership, and industry knowledge has allowed us to be a driving force for our most important stakeholder, our valued customers. Our best‑in‑class team across the country work tirelessly to make every deal the most important deal. We are 100% Canadian‑owned and believe in helping all Canadians achieve their dream of homeownership.

Sagen’s collaborative culture inspires our people to be authentic and curious while pursuing excellence in what they do.

Ready to make an impact?

Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Infrastructure and DevOps, the DevOps Engineering Lead is a key member of the team responsible for maintaining Sagen’s cloud infrastructure and software lifecycle. The role is responsible for proactively supporting the business through management of cloud infrastructure with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code best practices.

Here is where you will be focusing to ensure your success.

• Lead the development, management and maintenance of cloud platforms, services and components to enable safe enterprise‑wide use of common cloud functionality.
• Provide primary support for cloud infrastructure incident resolution and requests, including after‑hours support as required.
• Lead design discussions focused on stability, design, and implementation of best practices.
• Lead Infrastructure as Code approaches while managing Terraform configuration drift.
• Manage Gitlab and related CI / CD solutions, and related applications such as Artifactory, Xray, and SonarQube.
• Driving Identity and Access Management and configuration management (AWS IAM Identity Center), and monitoring strategies for AWS.
• Develop, configure, and manage over 50 AWS services, including compute, EKS, storage, database, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway, Sagemaker, Kafka, MKS, and more.
• Develop and maintain monitoring for systems and workloads.
• Monitor and manage the performance of vendor partners that support cloud operations.
• Provide technical direction to other members of the DevOps and broader IT team for cloud engineering issues.
• The role requires regular in‑office presence and the ability to work outside standard office hours, including occasional evenings and weekends.

What we are looking for.

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This position requires work from our Oakville office but offers a flexible hybrid work model that allows employees to work remotely from their home office.

What's In It for you!

At Sagen we understand that your health and financial well‑being are equally important and offer a total rewards package that includes competitive compensation, annual performance bonus, medicaland dental benefits, company funded pension plan, matching RRSP, TFSA and / or Non‑registered Savings Plans, work from anywhere days, and an environment that creates a sense of belonging to inspire you to be your very best.

Ready to join Sagen

At Sagen, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, as evidenced by our partnerships with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) and Black Mentorship Inc. We strive to create a sense of belonging where all employees, from every background and ability, are welcomed, respected, and empowered to be their authentic selves.

Throughout the selection and hiring process, we encourage candidates to request accommodation to meet their individual needs.

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