We are looking for a hands-on DevOps Team Lead to join and lead our DevOps team. This role is a player-coach position where you will not only guide and mentor the team but also actively contribute as an engineer. You will help shape our cloud-native transformation, drive the adoption of GitOps and DevSecOps practices, and ensure the efficiency, scalability, and security of our development and deployment pipelines.

Location:

- Remote: Waterloo ON

What You'll Do:

Team Leadership & Coaching

- Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
- Support career development and skill-building within the team.
- Act as a bridge between DevOps, Architecture, and Development teams to align strategies and execution.
- Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Gradle.
- Optimize infrastructure for cloud-native deployments, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Support and refine build automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), and containerization strategies.
- Develop and maintain observability solutions, ensuring reliability, security, and performance of services.

Hands-On DevOps Engineering

- Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Gradle.
- Optimize infrastructure for cloud-native deployments, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Support and refine build automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), and containerization strategies.
- Develop and maintain observability solutions, ensuring reliability, security, and performance of services.

Cloud-Native & GitOps Transformation

- Drive the transition towards GitOps practices,



automating deployment workflows and reducing manual interventions.
- Implement DevSecOps principles to enhance security automation and compliance within CI/CD pipelines.
- Guide the team in leveraging cloud-native architectures and technologies effectively.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

- Work closely with development teams (Java & Angular) to enhance developer experience and streamline software delivery.
- Partner with security teams to embed security-by-design principles into DevOps workflows.
- Communicate technical strategies and progress to senior management and stakeholders.

Who You Are:

- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.
- 2+ years of leadership experience (formal or informal) in a DevOps or software engineering team.
- Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Experience with Jenkins, Bitbucket, Gradle, and GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux).
- Solid background in cloud-native architectures and deployment strategies.
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.
- Understanding of DevSecOps best practices and security automation.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work across teams and geographies.




- Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their DevOps toolchains.
- Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack).
- Background in performance tuning and system reliability engineering (SRE).
- Familiarity with progressive delivery techniques (e.g., feature flags, canary releases).

Our Values:

- Own It (I do what I say, full accountability for results, finding solutions and Practice ethical and safe behaviors)
- Play as One (Collaborate for a common goal, diverse perspectives. Listen and communicate with respect, support decision for teams’ benefits)
- Move Forward (Embrace change, explore opportunities to innovate, feedback and improve performance, Proactive steps to resolve issues and continuous progress).
- Drive Value (Bold choices to maximize value creation, customer deliver exceptional value, add value to all stakeholders, use data to generate crucial insights and outcomes).

What we offer now and in the future:

- Dynamic global organization with a history of innovation and strong product portfolio.
- Challenging environment combined with a supportive management structure.
- Career development and growth.
- Competitive salary and benefit package.
- Friendly work workplace surrounded by dedicated and professional colleagues.

We offer a rewarding career in a field that impacts lives, the opportunity to work with a talented and committed team of individuals, training and career development programs, and a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you want to be part of this ex

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