Sr Analyst, IT- DevOps Lead

Hungry for a career that’s as rewarding as it is delicious? 

At Aspire Bakeries, we don’t just bake breads, cookies, and cakes - we create foods that bring people together. From La Brea Bakery® artisan breads to Otis Spunkmeyer® cookies, our products are enjoyed by millions of people every day. And behind every bite are talented manufacturing and support teams who take pride in their work and our food. 

We’re looking for hard-working people who will bring integrity, creativity, and a passion for excellence to everything they do - whether that’s on the bakery floor, in the office, or supporting customers. In return, we offer a workplace culture built on care, ownership, and growth - where your contributions matter and your career can rise as high as our bread loaves! 

With 13 commercial bakeries across North America and a reputation as an industry leader, Aspire Bakeries is rising together with our people and our customers to be the best all-around bakery solution. If you’re ready to grow with us, we’d love to hear from you.

Why You’ll Love Working At Aspire Bakeries

• Culture - Our culture thrives on collaboration, diversity, and a shared passion for excellence. We support team members, empower growth, and encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Health & Wellness - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus company-paid life insurance and additional voluntary options to fit your needs.
• Work-Life Balance - Paid parental leave, generous paid time off, and holidays so you can recharge and spend time on what matters most.
• Financial Security - Competitive retirement plans, plus short- and long-term disability coverage for peace of mind. 
• Growth & Development - Opportunities to build skills, grow your career, and develop expertise through Aspire Bakeries’ learning and development programs.
• Flexibility & Support - HSA and FSA plans to help you manage everyday expenses.
• Recognition & Rewards - Performance incentive plans that celebrate achievements across sales, bakery performance, and individual contributions.

About the Role

We are seeking a Sr Analyst, IT- DevOps Lead to join our team at Brantford, ON bakery. As a DevOps Lead, you will be accountable for the day-to-day administration, operation, continuous improvement, and engineering of Aspire Bakeries’ cloud infrastructure, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure and its integration with on-premises systems. You will help ensure hybrid workloads are secure, reliable, cost-effective, and supported by repeatable infrastructure-as-code automation using Terraform and Azure DevOps. This role requires you to be onsite four days per week, giving you hands-on collaboration with the team and daily exposure to the pulse of the business.

Compensation

• Salary Range: $100,000-$170,000 depending on experience 

Core Accountabilities (What You’ll be Doing)

• Operate and optimize Microsoft Azure infrastructure across compute, storage, networking, monitoring, backup, and platform services to support secure, reliable, and responsive workloads.
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code automation using Terraform and Azure DevOps pipelines to enable repeatable, auditable provisioning and decommissioning of Azure resources.
• Design and support cloud and hybrid solutions integrating Azure with on-premises infrastructure, virtualization, networking, security, and identity services.
• Implement and maintain cloud identity, access, security, hardening, vulnerability management, logging, and monitoring requirements in partnership with Identity and Cybersecurity teams.
• Deliver and validate backup, recovery, and business continuity capabilities for Azure workloads, including disaster recovery testing and runbook development.
• Improve infrastructure efficiency, reliability, performance, and cost through system optimization, upgrades, patching, right-sizing, root-cause analysis, and permanent corrective actions.
• Maintain infrastructure standards, documentation, architectural diagrams, Terraform modules, runbooks, naming conventions, and tagging standards while serving as a technical owner for assigned cloud services.

Minimum Qualifications (What You Bring to the Table)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience administering server, storage, identity, and enterprise application systems, including hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Working knowledge of Azure IaaS and PaaS services, including Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, NSGs, Azure Firewall, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, Recovery Services Vault, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
• Hands-on experience authoring and operating Terraform for Azure, including modules, remote state, workspaces, and pipeline-driven plan/apply/destroy workflows using Azure DevOps or a comparable CI/CD platform.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Group Policy, Azure RBAC, Conditional Access, and MFA.
• Experience with server virtualization and hybrid connectivity concepts, including VMware and/or Hyper-V, site-to-site VPN, SD-WAN, or ExpressRoute.
• Working knowledge of PowerShell scripting and automation, enterprise backup and recovery, infrastructure monitoring, and ITIL-aligned change, incident, and problem management practices.

Preferred Qualifications (Extra Ingredients for Success)

• Microsoft Azure, VMware, Cisco, GIAC, CISSP, or comparable cloud and infrastructure certification.
• Experience with Commvault/Metallic, Azure-native backup, geo-replication, and immutable or air-gapped storage.
• Familiarity with Ansible for operating system/application configuration and day-two infrastructure operations.
• Experience with Bash and a general-purpose programming language such as Python.
• Experience with SAN, NAS, Azure Files, Azure NetApp Files, cloud storage tiers, Graylog, or comparable enterprise infrastructure and observability technologies.

Aspire Bakeries LLC values the contribution each Team Member brings to our organization. The final determination of a successful candidate’s starting pay will vary based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to location, shift, education, skill, and experience within the job or the industry. The pay scale listed for this position is generally for candidates that meet the specified qualifications and requirements listed in this specific job description. Additional pay may be determined for those candidates that exceed these specified qualifications and requirements. We provide a competitive compensation package that recognizes your experience, credentials, and education alongside a robust benefits program to meet your needs. For union-represented postings, wage rates and ranges are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

We thank each applicant for taking the time and effort to submit a resume; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.