DevOps Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Lead, manage, and mentor the DevOps team, cultivating a culture of ownership and continuous improvement through regular one-on-one meetings, structured career development, and daily coaching.

• Effectively delegate and prioritize tasks within the team, balancing immediate operational needs with long-term strategic goals.

• Work closely with the Senior DevOps Engineer to utilize deep platform knowledge, document institutional expertise, and maintain continuity across the team.

• Take ownership of the DevOps roadmap, proactively identifying infrastructure enhancements, scalability investments, and process improvements in anticipation of platform growth.

• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to translate business and technical requirements into actionable infrastructure plans and milestones.

• Assess emerging tools and practices, recommending adoptions that position the team ahead of scaling challenges.

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure and deployment pipelines, ensuring reliability and performance as the platform expands.

• Develop and improve tools for automated deployment, monitoring, and operations to minimize toil and enhance system observability.

• Identify and resolve infrastructure issues promptly, optimizing systems to meet increasing platform demands.

• Implement and maintain robust monitoring and alerting systems, leading incident response and resolution efforts.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement process improvements that enhance engineering efficiency.

• Oversee IT administration including user provisioning and deprovisioning, laptop logistics, and asset inventory management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in managing or leading a DevOps or infrastructure team.

• Strong strategic thinking skills with the capability to develop and communicate a forward-looking infrastructure roadmap.

• High proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.).

• Solid understanding of networking concepts, security, and protocols.

• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).

• Expertise in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Proficient in database administration and optimization.

• Strong understanding of version control systems, particularly Git.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

• Strong communication and organizational skills, with the capacity to manage competing priorities across strategy and execution.

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience with AI-assisted developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to enhance team productivity and code quality throughout the engineering workflow.

• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies.

• Experience in performance tuning and optimization of web applications.

• Knowledge of microservices architecture.

• Experience with payment processing and gateways.

• Proven ability to balance hands-on technical tasks with leadership and planning responsibilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical

• Extended Health and LTD plan

• Dental

• Vision

• RRSP (with employer match)

• Health Spending Account

• Flexible paid time off