Company Description

Who We Are

With every job, there's always the question of “why”. Why join a company? Why be part of their mission? Here, the why is easy. It's because at some point, we've all needed someone there for us.

At the OTIP Group of Companies (OGC), we believe that something special happens when employees feel valued for the work they do, supported as the people they are, and included in the very fabric of the organization: they bring their best to work every day. And that's why we mean it when we say we put our people at the centre of everything we do. Join us as we grow our way into a future that reimagines what it means to deliver meaningful benefits support and service.

Job Description

What You'll Do:

The DevOps Analyst is responsible for continually evolving the DevOps architecture, capabilities, and processes through projects and initiatives in consultation with TE and ESO leaders to facilitate and continually improve our DevOps practice. This includes researching, defining, planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, performance and capacity planning, disaster recovery, as well as optimizing services and processes.

Reporting to the Applications Manager, you'll be responsible for:

• Provide hands on support for daily operations of the Azure DevOps environment, including service, data and process integrity, configuration, user administration, reporting, and optimization.
• Collaborate with development teams to help build and deploy applications in a highly robust automated fashion with high emphasis on security, quality, and performance.
• Collaborate with business users, technical teams, database administrators, and testing teams to address automation issues.
• Responsible for CI/CD implementation and deployment. Full responsibility to automate CI/CD pipelines.
• Support the design and development of test automation pipelines to validate builds in the CI & CD processes.
• Work with business stakeholders to determine business process improvements and optimization of the DevOps environment to improve value add to the organization.
• Provide updates on build/release progress, risks, and issues to business and technical executive leadership teams.

Qualifications

Let's Talk About You:

This is the unique blend of skills and experience we would love to see in an ideal candidate:

• University degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related technology subject.
• Minimum of 3 years working as a DevOps Analyst in a software Release, QA, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery, or DevOps environment and 5 years in an IT environment.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery environments, platforms, and tools with specific experience in Azure DevOps.
• Ability to read, write and execute shell (bash and PowerShell) scripts.
• Ability to read and write Yaml pipelines.
• Proficient with virtualization in Cloud environments; including deploying to virtualized environments.
• Experience with Microsoft platforms including Windows, SQL Server, .Net, Azure.
• Working experience of Infrastructure automation.
• Experience working with Git repositories.
• Experience organizing, directing, and managing activities related to building and maintaining software releases for promotion through the application lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies, understanding and experience with agile and dev-ops methodologies.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a proven ability to work collaboratively across technology and business groups.

We also consider your potential. If you know you have what it takes to do the job, but your experience doesn't exactly match the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply and provide us with more details about why you think you would be a great fit.

Additional Information

Some of the Perks We Offer:

We offer best-in-class pension and benefits, total reward programs and comprehensive mental wellness supports to set you up for every success in and outside of work. Here are just some of the reasons you'll love working here:

• Rewarding salary and bonuses that truly value your dedication
• Industry-leading group benefits with 100% premium coverage (excluding LTD) that start on your first day
• Defined benefit pension plan for a financially confident retirement
• 100% coverage of approved continuing education and licensing fees (including RIBO courses in Ontario)
• Access to a wealth of learning resources, including LinkedIn Learning for professional development
• Flexible work-from-home and hybrid options
• Unlock your potential with opportunities for advancement

Let's work together! If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply online.

OTIP and its group of companies strive to create an accessible and inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. Upon individual request, we will endeavor to remove any barrier to the recruitment and selection processes and provide accommodations for persons with disabilities.

As a business, we protect what matters most to our members. As an employer, we value what matters most in our workplace. Together, this includes fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all. We are committed to learning and evolving so we can continue to celebrate what makes us special. You are who you are, and our differences are what make us unique.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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