Lead DevOps Engineer

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Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Type: Full-Time

Overview

We are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to drive cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering initiatives across the enterprise. This hands-on leadership role will be responsible for designing and optimizing AWS-based solutions, advancing CI/CD practices, implementing Infrastructure as Code, and enabling secure, scalable, and resilient software delivery. The successful candidate will partner closely with engineering, security, and operations teams while mentoring DevOps practitioners and promoting a cloud-first, automation-driven culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of enterprise DevOps platforms, toolchains, and engineering standards.
• Architect, deploy, and support scalable AWS cloud solutions
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and automation frameworks.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automate deployments, and improve operational efficiency.
• Design and manage containerized environments using Docker and AWS container services.
• Support application modernization, cloud migration, and microservices adoption.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions.
• Drive reliability, performance, security, incident response, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams.

Qualifications

Required Experience

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership or lead engineering capacity.
• Experience designing and supporting large-scale AWS environments.
• Proven experience building enterprise CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
• Experience working in Agile software development environments.

Technical Skills

• Cloud & AWS: AWS Architecture, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, RDS, CloudFront, CloudWatch, Serverless Computing
• DevOps & Platform Engineering: DevOps Toolchains, CI/CD, Platform Engineering, Platform Architecture
• Containerization: Docker, Linux Containers, AWS Containerization
• Automation: Infrastructure Automation, Automation Testing Tools, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Development & SDLC: Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Development Methodologies, Agile Practices
• Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell, and other scripting/programming languages
• Source Control & Build Tools: Git, SCM Tools, Jenkins
• Architecture & Design: Systems Architecture, Systems Thinking, Cloud-Native Design
• Observability & Operations: Monitoring, Logging, Alerting, Performance and Reliability Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect and/or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, or CloudFormation
• Financial Services or highly regulated industry experience
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, cloud security, and governance frameworks
• Backstage (Internal Developer Platform)
• LaunchDarkly
• Splunk
• Node.js
• TypeScript
• Spring Framework
• SAML / OAuth

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Creativity and innovation mindset.
• Continuous learner with strong Agile learning orientation.
• Ability to influence technical direction and drive organizational change.

What You'll Bring

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with leadership capabilities, bringing a passion for automation, cloud innovation, platform engineering, and operational excellence. You will play a pivotal role in enabling development teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions while advancing the organization's cloud and DevOps maturity.

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

About Us

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.

As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.

BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

Note to Recruiters: BMO does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to BMO, directly or indirectly, will be considered BMO property. BMO will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for service to submit resumes.