DevOps Manager

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

The DevOps team is responsible for managing and maintaining our Client's Cloud Infrastructure along with servicing the DevOps needs bringing together the worlds of Software Development and Software Operations.

Management of Client's Cloud infrastructure includes but not limited to services ranging from monitoring and security to cloud cost management & provisioning of new services. DevOps services includes development and maintaining of CI/CD pipelines to collaborating with the technical engineering team on application related challenges.

The ideal candidate is passionate for technology, loves collaborating across multiple disciplines and demonstrates a growth mindset. The candidate will be responsible for devising and executing on the strategic plans for this group in order to drive maturity, grow talent and grow the overall Cloud Operations business. This role is envisioned to have a blend of business development, team management and technical execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a global team of DevOps Engineers responsible for managing and maintaining multiple Clients within your portfolio
• Define and execute annual strategic plans for the group
• Plan and organize work for the team
• Design, implement, and maintain multi-cloud infrastructure and services for high availability, resiliency, and scalability.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient and automated deployment processes.
• Work closely with development teams to integrate new deployment processes and strategies or to assist with customer challenges
• Oversee configuration management, automation, and scripting.
• Implement and oversee cloud security strategies and compliance with industry standards.
• Monitor cloud services and manage cloud service costs.
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members on development and operations.
• Conduct continuous improvement of processes through automation and workflow enhancements.
• Collaborate with development and operational teams to lead and support DevOps practices.
• Lead and support new business opportunities inclusive of development & maintenance of packaging collateral (including write-ups, presentations and packaging)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in managing multi-cloud environments, particularly in Azure and AWS Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Solid understanding and experience working with high availability, high performance, multi-data center systems and hybrid cloud environments
• Strong ability to lead troubleshooting complex issues ranging from system resources to application stack traces
• Experience with containerization and orchestration of web services
• Experience with Git version control systems
• Experience in development with scripting languages, preferably PowerShell and/or Bash
• Experience with Azure cloud IaaS and PaaS solutions
• Experience managing CI/CD infrastructure using Azure DevOps SonarQube including patching and security updates on the infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge in encryption, IPsec, VLANs, VPNs, routing, firewalls, proxy services, LAN/WAN connectivity

Why BDO?

Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2024. This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.

• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.

• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.

Giving back adds up: Where company meets community. BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.

Total rewards that matter: We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a market leading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Everyone counts: We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

Flexibility: All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.

Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone’s needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.

Ready to make your mark at BDO? Click “Apply now” to send your up-to-date resume to one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists.

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