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Serves as the strategic leader for infrastructure automation across TMX Group, driving the transition toward a "Platform Engineering" model focused on self-hosted physical datacenters. Defines the enterprise roadmap for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible and Terraform, while spearheading the integration of Generative AI tools into the automation ecosystem to enhance organizational agility.

Global Technology Solutions (GTS) is one of the foundational divisions of the TMX Group, empowering internal TMX business lines for their technology needs, operations, and digital innovation. GTS focuses on building technology capabilities, enabling clients with the best technology solutions, and providing effective technology financial and resource management processes.

As the Principal Automation Engineer, you will serve as the strategic leader for infrastructure automation across TMX Group, driving the transition toward a "Platform Engineering" model focused on our self-hosted physical datacenters. You will define the enterprise roadmap for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), leveraging Ansible Automation Platform and Terraform to build standardized, self-service pipelines across our hybrid-cloud environment (on-premise, OpenShift, and AWS). Copilot/Claude/Gemini) into the automation ecosystem, providing architectural governance and establishing automated guardrails for security and compliance.

Platform Strategy and Core Infrastructure:



Define and drive the enterprise strategy for Platform Engineering and IaC using Ansible Automation Platform and Terraform for both bare-metal and virtualized infrastructure (RedHat, OpenShift, VMware). Lead the architecture and implementation of critical datacenter technologies (PXE, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, LVM/XFS, NetApp, PURE, Portworx).

Governance and Technical Expertise: Establish architectural governance and automated compliance guardrails for security, ensuring high availability within a regulated financial workplace.

Generative AI Integration and Innovation: Copilot/Claude) to augment engineering velocity, code development, and autonomous operations.

Technical Leadership and Team Development: Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for low-level performance tuning, observability (Splunk/Grafana), and OS lifecycle management (RedHat Satellite). Provide direct technical oversight and mentorship to Automation and Systems Engineers.

Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in Systems Engineering, Infrastructure Automation, or Platform Engineering in an enterprise context.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant job experience.

Core Datacenter/Linux Expertise: Deep expertise in self-hosted physical datacenters. Mastery of RedHat Linux (8, 9, 10) and core fundamentals: PXE, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, LVM/XFS storage management, host-based firewall/SSH configuration, and performance tuning.

Automation & IaC Strategy: Proven expertise in large-scale Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategies using Ansible Automation Platform and Terraform.

Platform Technologies: Experience architecting and utilizing monitoring and logging platforms such as Splunk Observability/Cloud and Grafana.

Generative AI & Programming: Advanced proficiency in Python.

Salary Range: $125/hour - $145/hour CAD

📌 Principal Automation Engineer (12 Month Contract) (Toronto)
🏢 TMX
📍 Toronto