Are you looking to Optimize your life? Start your exciting path to a rewarding career today! We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're seeking driven and enthusiastic professionals to join our team, empower lives, fuel businesses, and drive innovation.

Connectivity is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. Our successes, now and in the future, are powered by our amazing product, a commitment to our people and culture, and the connections we make in our communities.

If you are resourceful, collaborative, and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is for you!

Job Summary The Data DevOps Lead is responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency of Optimum’s data platform. This role drives automation, operational excellence, and standardized delivery across data pipelines, enabling a high-performing “data supply chain” that supports timely, trusted business decisions.Responsibilities Platform Reliability & Data Operations Own end-to-end operational stability of data pipelines, ingestion frameworks, and platform components.

Lead External Support team to ensure automated Monitoring of failed jobs, piplelines and ensure resolution of data incidents, failures, and SLA breaches proactively Automation & Operational Efficiency Drive automation of BAU processes, reducing manual intervention across ingestion, transformation, and delivery

Simplify fragmented tools and workflows into standardized, scalable patterns

Enable repeatable, low-touch operations across data engineering teams Cost Optimization (FinOps for Data Platform) Monitor and optimize GCP infrastructure, compute, and storage costs

Identify inefficiencies across data pipelines and workloads

Implement cost control mechanisms, aligning platform usage with business value CI/CD & Data Pipeline Delivery Design and implement CI/CD frameworks for: Data pipelines

Transformation layers (e.g., dbt models)

ML/AI workflows where applicable Ensure version control, automated testing, and reliable deployments

Enable faster,



consistent delivery with reduced production risk Standards & Best Practices Define and enforce data platform standards, frameworks, and reusable components

Establish consistent practices for pipeline design, deployment, and monitoring

Reduce variability across ingestion and processing patterns Cross-Functional Enablement Partner with Data Engineering, Data Architecture, and Business/Data Operations teams

Support delivery squads in achieving SLAs, reliability targets, and platform adoption goals

Act as a central enabler for data platform scalability and operational excellence

Qualifications Education Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Data Science, Engineering) or related field of study Required Skills & Experience Strong experience in Data Engineering / DevOps / SRE within cloud environments (preferably GCP)

Proven expertise in: Data pipeline orchestration (Airflow/Composer or equivalent)

CI/CD tools and frameworks

Monitoring and observability tools Deep understanding of: Distributed data processing (Spark, BigQuery, etc.)

Data platform architecture and ingestion frameworks Experience driving automation, cost optimization, and operational maturity Leadership & Behavioral Expectations Strong ownership mindset with focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement

Ability to drive standardization across distributed teams

Proactive in identifying risks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities

Collaborative leadership across cross-functional data squads Success Metrics Reduction in pipeline failures and incident resolution time

Improvement in SLA adherence and data reliability

Reduction in platform costs through optimization initiatives

Increase in automation coverage and operational efficiency

Standardization and adoption of best practices across teams

At Optimum, every action and interaction we take part in, is driven by our three Guiding Principles: Do What’s Right, Drive One Optimum, and Make It Happen. These aren’t just words,



they help us build trust, create real community, and embrace recent ways of thinking. Our employees are empowered to do the right thing for our customers and co-workers and to recognize and reward these behaviors when we see them.

It’s all part of the bigger picture of “Be The Difference” where each employee knows they have the power to enact real change, share new ideas, and understand that learning never stop. If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team. Together, we'll shape the future of connectivity.

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Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is CAD 181,427.00 - CAD 298,060.00 / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire and does not reflect future job opportunity.

📌 Director Data Dev Ops (Toronto)
🏢 Optimum
📍 Toronto