Principal DevOps

This salary range reflects our reasonable estimate for the role. Final compensation may vary based on your experience qualifications and other relevant factors.

• Additional Requirements : Employment is subject to successful completion of reference checks and a Canadian criminal background check.

Please submit your resume and cover letter in PDF format.

In your cover letter feel free to include :

• Why youre interested in joining Safe Software.
• How your background or potential aligns with the role even if you dont meet every requirement.

Principal DevOps

As a Principal DevOps you will shape the future of Safe Softwares infrastructure and deployment systems. Youll take ownership of our CI / CD pipelines infrastructure automation and cloud / on-prem environments ensuring systems are resilient efficient and secure.

In this role youll collaborate closely with development QA and IT teams to create seamless delivery experiences and reliable system operations. Youll mentor Developers influence DevOps best practices and help teams across the organization adopt modern scalable workflows.

This is a strategic and hands-on role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with a passion for enabling others. Youll play a key role in advancing Safe Softwares goals for innovation growth and continuous delivery.

We welcome applications from candidates with a range of experiences and backgrounds. If you bring leadership in DevOps practices and care about enabling sustainable engineering we encourage you to applyeven if you dont meet every listed qualification.

About The Team

The DevOps team at Safe Software empowers developers to deliver high-quality software quickly and reliably. We design and support the infrastructure pipelines and operational practices that make this possible.

Youll join a collaborative values-driven team thats committed to automation continuous learning and sustainable systems. We work closely with engineering QA and IT teams across the company supporting both cloud-based and on-premises environments in a remote-friendly setup across Canada.

What Youll Be Doing

As a Principal DevOps you will :

• Design and evolve CI / CD pipelines that support scalable secure and efficient delivery.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Optimize hybrid environments (cloud and on-premises) for performance cost and security.
• Implement and standardize monitoring logging and alerting practices across systems.
• Collaborate with developers QA and IT to ensure reliable and seamless deployments.
• Guide incident response processes and lead post-mortem practices to improve system resilience.
• Establish and promote DevOps standards tools and automation across teams.
• Mentor DevOps engineers and support their technical growth and career development.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies to support evolving infrastructure needs.

Qualifications Skills and Competencies

At Safe Software we welcome diverse backgrounds and experiences. While not all candidates will have everything listed the most successful candidates will bring many of the following :

What Were Looking For :

• 10 years of experience in software Development or DevOps with at least 5 years in senior or leadership roles.
• Expertise in CI / CD tools such as Jenkins GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Strong proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure) and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g. Bash Python) and experience with version control (e.g. Git).
• Ability to influence DevOps strategy and lead cultural and process improvements across teams.
• Effective communicator and collaborator with a strategic mindset and a proactive approach.

Nice to Have :

• Experience mentoring DevOps Developers or leading internal learning initiatives.
• Familiarity with IT security best practices compliance or cost optimization in the cloud.
• Involvement in building or scaling platform engineering or DevOps communities of practice.
• Experience supporting high-availability systems or global software deployments.

What You Can Expect

When you choose a career with Safe Software youre also choosing

• Meaningful Work : Make a profound impact across our business workplace and data integration product.
• A Supportive Environment : Feel empowered to share your ideas and implement them with high autonomy and team support.
• Social Responsibility : Become part of a team that finds meaningful ways to give back. Take paid time off to volunteer for one of our Safe-organized opportunities that align with our core community initiatives.
• Learning & Career Development : We believe in your continuous learning and growth. Take advantage of an annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe.
• Flexible Working Hours : Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements to fit your lifestyle. Work when you want and how you want to.
• Work-Life Balance : Theres no place for burnout at Safe. Maintain a healthy balance of your personal and work life without splitting yourself in two. Enjoy 3 weeks of vacation to recharge plus an additional paid 6 seasonal days off per year.
• Health & Wellness : Extended health dental health or lifestyle spending and counseling benefits from day 1. Thats right no waiting period.
• Family is important : We are dedicated to supporting our employees through parenthood and offer a Parental Leave Top-Up Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.
• Shared Success : Share in Safes success with our bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP / TFSA matching program.
• An Accessible Commute : Regardless of your commute method were located close to public transit and provide complimentary parking and bike storage for our team!

About Safe Software

Safe Software transforms organizations with FME the only All-Data Any-AI Enterprise Integration Platform connecting all your data anywhere at any velocity. With over 30 years of expertise and 25000 enterprise customers across 125 countries we simplify your data journey wherever it leads.

Founded in 1993 Safe is headquartered in Surrey BC with over 200 team members and counting. Were always looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds who are determined to learn and grow. Are you ready to join the team

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Safe Software is an equal opportunity employer and we truly believe that innovation and strength begin with diversity and inclusion. We welcome all candidates regardless of race gender identity or expression sexual orientation age ability disability national or ethnic origin political belief religion or family status. Should you require accommodations during the recruitment process please contact .

Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Business Development,Classroom Experience,Dayforce,Go,Cloud Computing,AWS,Teaching,Administrative Experience,Leadership Experience,negotiation,SAS,Data Analysis Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Product Development

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 145300 - 159200