DevOps Engineering Lead

We’re looking for a DevOps Engineering Lead to join an Infrastructure & DevOps team. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Infrastructure and DevOps, you will play a critical role in shaping, supporting, and advancing our cloud infrastructure and software lifecycle.

As a hands-on technical leader, you will drive best practices in DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, cloud architecture, and automation—while ensuring stability, resilience, and scalability across AWS environments. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex cloud ecosystems, enjoys solving challenging operational problems, and is passionate about continuous improvement.

Work Model - This role requires weekly in-office presence in Oakville and may involve occasional evening or weekend work.

Advantages

What’s In It for You

We believe your financial, personal, and professional well-being matters. We offer :

Competitive compensation & annual performance bonus

Comprehensive medical & dental benefits

Company-funded pension plan

Matching RRSP, TFSA, and non-registered savings programs

Flexible hybrid work model (in-office + remote)

“Work from Anywhere” days

A culture that fosters belonging, growth, and authenticity

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

Cloud Engineering & Infrastructure Leadership

Lead the development, architecture, and ongoing maintenance of AWS cloud platforms and components.

Champion Infrastructure as Code practices and manage Terraform deployment workflows and configuration drift.

Own the GitLab-based CI / CD environment and related tools (Artifactory, Xray, SonarQube).

Operational Excellence & Incident Management

Provide primary support for cloud infrastructure incidents and operational requests, including after-hours support when required.

Drive design discussions focused on stability, performance, and resilient cloud engineering practices.

Security, Access & Monitoring

Lead IAM and configuration management strategies (AWS IAM Identity Center).

Develop and operationalize monitoring for systems, workloads, and cloud services.

Manage a broad AWS ecosystem—including compute, storage, EKS, databases, Lambda, API Gateway, Kafka / MKS, and more.

Collaboration & Vendor Management

Provide technical direction and mentorship to DevOps peers and cross-functional teams.

Oversee and optimize performance of vendor partners supporting cloud operations.

Qualifications

What You Bring

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing AWS IaaS / PaaS cloud solutions (Azure experience an asset).

Strong proficiency in DevOps / IaC tools and practices (Terraform, containers / EKS, serverless).

3+ years managing AWS S3, Lambda, and AWS Transfer Family.

Experience with IBM MQ and Device42 (CMDB) is an asset.

Proven experience implementing test plans and defining testing methodologies.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Collaborative mindset and experience working cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

AWS Solutions Architect certification is a plus.

Summary

Please apply today for immediate consideration and a member of our team will be in touch!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary / gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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