Location
This position will be based out of our Winnipeg or Toronto office.

Our organization
Founded in 2017, Wellington-Altus Financial Inc. (Wellington-Altus) is the parent company to Wellington-Altus Private Counsel Inc., Wellington-Altus USA Inc., Wellington-Altus Insurance Inc., Wellington-Altus Group Solutions Inc., and Wellington-Altus Private Wealth Inc.-the top-rated* investment dealer in Canada and one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. With over $45 billion in assets under administration and offices across the country, Wellington-Altus identifies with successful, entrepreneurial advisors and portfolio managers and their high-net-worth clients.

*Investment Executive 2025 Brokerage Report Card.

The opportunity
Reporting to the VP, Technology Services the Senior Manager, Technical Management is a leader responsible for shaping and executing the enterprise-wide Infrastructure strategy. This role leads high-performance teams in building scalable, secure, and automated systems that support the company’s initiatives. The Senior Technical Manager bridges the gap between development, operations, architecture, InfoSec, and business stakeholders, providing both technical depth and leadership.
This position combines hands‑on engineering with stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, team development, and the continuous evolution of technology practices across the enterprise.

Key responsibilities

Partner with Architecture and InfoSec to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and compliance requirements

Collaborate with other technological and business teams

Serve as the enterprise Subject Matter Expert (SME) and thought leader on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and cloud-native delivery models

Define and own the roadmap for platform engineering; champion industry best practices and continuous improvement

Drive standardization of technology practices and toolsets across teams and business lines

Develop KPIs to measure and communicate performance and delivery outcomes to senior leadership





Lead design and implementation of resilient service mesh, observability platforms, and container orchestration at scale

Maintain hands‑on engagement in architecture decisions, performance optimization, and incident resolution as needed

Evangelize security‑as‑code, reliability, and automation‑first culture

Build, inspire, and retain a high‑performing engineering team, network, and systems teams; mentor senior engineers and promote engineering excellence

Manage resource allocation, capacity planning, and succession planning for infrastructure teams

Collaborate with PMO and Delivery Management teams to prioritize and deliver strategic & tactical initiatives

Act as a senior escalation point for enterprise‑critical delivery and operations issues

Cultivate strong working relationships with business and technology executives

Other duties as assigned

The ideal candidate will possess

7-10 years total experience in infrastructure and operations space

Bachelor’s in computer science, technical diploma or equivalent

AWS Certified is a strong asset

Expert knowledge of cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) and managing cloud‑native application stacks

Advanced expertise in containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), configuration management (Terraform, Ansible), and monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Proven experience scaling infrastructure capabilities in regulated industries (financial services)

Experience with ITSM, incident management, compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO, etc.)

Management of multiple cloud platform and services

Management of multiple applications and systems





Team-oriented configuration of networking and security properties

Collaborative automated and manual deployment of services and applications

Collaborative infrastructure management and system administration

Fundamentals of virtual machines and containers

Fundamentals of networking

Fundamentals of cloud security

Fundamentals of enterprise monitoring

Range $125,000 to $135,000 annually.

This range represents Wellington-Altus's expected range of compensation for this position. Actual compensation will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role. Compensation for part‑time roles will be pro‑rated based on number of hours regularly worked.

Wellington-Altus's total compensation package for employees may also include discretionary bonuses as well as other perks and rewards. Wellington-Altus also offers health insurance, accident and life insurance, and other unique benefits per location.

Conditions of employment

Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

A background check, satisfactory to the employer, may be required of the successful applicant prior to commencing employment.

Wellington-Altus Private Wealth is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community and welcomes applications from women, racialized persons, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and genders. All qualified individuals who would contribute to the further diversification of our organization are encouraged to apply.

If you require accommodation for the recruitment process, please let us know at the point of application.

To apply
Click the Apply for This Job button to submit your resume, cover letter and salary expectations. You will be contacted if you are selected for an interview. More information about working at Wellington-Altus can be found on our website at www.wellington-altus.com.

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📌 Senior Manager, Technical Management (Manitoba)
🏢 Wellington-Altus Private Wealth
📍 Manitoba