Bilingual Manager, Platform Engineering & DevOps Practices

Salary

Our salaries generally range from $104,180.28 to $130,225.36 and are based on qualifications and experience.

Position Overview

Join the Business Solutions Engineering Team as Manager – Platform Engineering & DevOps Practices. 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 its IT services and operational efficiency. Adding new IT roles strengthens our capabilities and ensures we can meet evolving client and stakeholder needs.

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.

We are modernizing how we build and deliver technology by fostering a culture rooted in collaboration, enablement, and engineering excellence.

What you’ll do

• 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.

What you should have

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in software, DevOps, or platform engineering with at least 3 years of 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.

Technologies

• A strong understanding of enterprise‑scale CI/CD systems such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, with the ability to guide teams in pipeline standardization and automation.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: solid knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including core services like AKS, App Services, Azure Functions, and Logic Apps.
• Infrastructure as Code: demonstrated experience leading teams that leverage Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates to provision and manage cloud environments.
• Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools, with the ability to support teams in implementing automated deployment workflows.
• Working knowledge of integrating security testing and compliance tools (e.g., SonarQube, SAST/DAST, policy‑as‑code) into the delivery pipeline.
• A strong proficiency with tools like Azure Monitor, Prometheus, or Grafana to drive insights and reliability in platform operations.
• Experience supporting or guiding the implementation of Internal Developer Platforms (e.g., Backstage) and self‑service tooling strategies.

It would be great if you also had

• 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.

Posting closing date

Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non‑Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission.

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