Senior DevOps/DevSecOps Specialist

Role: Senior DevOps Specialist

Contract work: 37.7 hours

RFC Number: 2026-027

Location: Ottawa (Hybrid (required 12 days on-site per month)

Terme: Start Aug 4th, Term: 12 months

Security Clearance: Reliability Status

Language: English

Scope:

The Consultant will be responsible for providing the following Services to the Bank:

Under the direction of the Assistant Director, Banking Operations Applications

Develop scripts and pipelines required in release processes, managing environments and deployment

Resolve and support the resolution of complex operational issues by leveraging advanced expertise in the underlying business applications and associated infrastructure

Develop and implement initiatives aimed at enhancing operational excellence through automation and the adoption of appropriate tools and best practices

Contribute technical expertise within the scrum teams by supporting the resolution of technical issues and sharing knowledge with team members

Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to support continuous integration, testing, and deployment processes

Design, develop, and deploy containerized applications to ensure portability, scalability, and efficient resource utilization across environments

Deploy and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) solutions to provide a fully managed Kubernetes environment integrated with Azure services

Utilize GitHub for version control, collaboration, and code management, supporting efficient workflows

Manage the health, scaling, and performance of Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting issues

Work with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts to meet project goals and best practices

Other related activities and deliverables as required

Qualifications & Skills

The Consultant should have the following qualifications and skills:

University degree or college diploma in computer science, software development or a related field

Minimum of seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in applications development and systems integration

Minimum of seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in DevOps and CI/CD expertise: proficiency in DevSecOps, version control, artifact management, and build pipelines

Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services and solutions

Demonstrated experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Nexus, Jenkins, Tekton, Argo CD, Azure Container Registry, and Azure DevOps

Demonstrated experience with build automation and dependency management tools, such as Maven and Gradle

Demonstrated recent experience streamlining processes through automation

Demonstrated extensive experience supporting enterprise systems, with a solid understanding of production operations, application resiliency and availability

Demonstrated experience deploying and managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and/or Red Hat OpenShift

Additional Qualifications

The following will also be considered:

Demonstrated Knowledge of managing configurations through yaml, overlays and solutions like Kustomize and Helm

Demonstrated knowledge of application authentication through certificate management.

Demonstrated experience working with tools similar to CyberArk, AppviewX

Demonstrated experience working with Message queues such as AMQ and Spring integration platforms

Knowledge of Standard Query Language (SQL), Java, Unix scripts, node.js,

French would be considered an asset