Overview The Application Release Engineer is a senior-level role responsible for advancing automation-first, design-driven approaches to software delivery, deployment, and release management. This position provides technical leadership to improve the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of enterprise systems within a large financial services environment. The role partners closely with delivery teams to drive best practices across the end-to-end application deployment pipeline, ensuring high availability, faster time-to-market, and operational excellence.
Location Toronto, ON — Hybrid (2 days onsite per week)
Contract Details Position Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 6 months (Extension Possible)
Start: As Soon As Possible
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Pay Rate: C$100 - C$120 per hour
Conversion to Perm: Yes (Potential Convert to Perm)
Key Responsibilities Provide senior-level direction to improve system design, scalability, reliability, and efficiency
Advance automation-first practices across software delivery and release processes
Execute and lead deployments and releases across multiple regions and environments
Drive automation across: Source code management
Build and packaging
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
CI/CD tooling and workflows

Build and maintain testing ecosystems to ensure high availability for development and QA teams
Maintain and enhance DevOps tooling and processes owned by the segment team
Solve complex technical problems related to deployments and release events




Communicate and enforce best practices for end-to-end software delivery
Collaborate across engineering, operations, and platform teams using data and analytics to guide decisions
Required Skills & Qualifications 10+ years of overall qualified experience
Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and VMware Cloud
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
CI/CD and orchestration experience with GitHub Actions and/or Jenkins
Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Strong customer-focused mindset with attention to anticipating needs
High attention to detail and accuracy
Preferred Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Proficiency with SaltStack
Experience with container technologies, including Kubernetes
About the Company A Top 10 bank in Canada and North America, offering comprehensive retail, commercial, wealth management, and wholesale banking services. The organization emphasizes innovation, automation, and engineering excellence to support clients in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.
About GTT GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company based in Alaska. We value diverse and inclusive workplaces and partner with Fortune 500 organizations across banking, insurance, financial services, technology, life sciences, utilities, and retail throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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📌 Application Release Engineer (Ontario)
🏢 Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000
📍 Ontario