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Inventors of Brand Power - the most powerful, iconic TV ad platform driving brand sales Creators of Home Tester Club - the worlds largest digital community of shoppers delivering social proof content The Role We are seeking an experienced and visionary Lead DevOps Engineer to spearhead the evolution of our infrastructure, automation, and operational practices. This is a pivotal role for an individual passionate about driving technical excellence, fostering a strong DevOps culture, and mentoring a growing team. You will play a critical part in shaping our future, transitioning our applications to modern containerized environments, and implementing advanced AIOps strategies. This is an incredible opportunity to make a significant impact within a growing company. Youll have the autonomy to drive innovation, build a highperforming team, and work on challenging projects that directly contribute to our success. We offer a collaborative environment, competitive compensation, and opportunities for continuous professional development. The Brand Power Company pioneered thirdparty endorsement advertising and has been the absolute global leader in educational ad content for 35+ years. Working with the worlds biggest CPG and OTC brands, our platforms have driven phenomenal sales growth. We also run the worlds largest ecommunity of shoppers. Were all about expert testimony and peertopeer endorsement that can say more about a brand than a brand could ever say about itself. Were looking for a genuine team player who shares our love for collaborating, creating, and celebrating awesome results. Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Team Growth: Lead, mentor, and grow our existing DevOps team. Foster a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and best practices, empowering the team to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. Infrastructure Evolution: Drive the next phase of our AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and costefficiency. This includes optimizing existing resources and pioneering new solutions. CI/CD Pipeline Enhancement: Design, implement, and maintain robust, automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to accelerate software delivery, improve developer experience, and ensure code quality. Observability & Monitoring Excellence: Advance our logging, monitoring, and alerting systems (leveraging New Relic) to provide proactive insights into application performance, infrastructure health, and security posture. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Champion: Continue to build out and manage our infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code principles, primarily with Terraform and other automation tools, ensuring consistency and repeatability. Containerization & Migration Lead: Play a key role in supporting our strategic migration initiative, moving our Windowshosted applications toward containerized solutions running efficiently within AWS. Software Engineering Partnership: Collaborate closely with our software engineering teams, providing expert guidance and infrastructurerelated support to facilitate feature development, deployment, and ongoing operations. Compliance & Security Automation: Interface with our compliance officer to create, automate, and provide necessary audit and compliance reports, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies. DevOps Strategy & Roadmap: Define and implement the overall DevOps strategy and roadmap, aligning technical vision with business objectives to drive continuous improvement. Contribute to the technical roadmap and strategic planning for our software products. Promote a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence within the team. Participate in the recruitment and onboarding of new engineering talent. AIOps Integration: Explore, evaluate, and integrate AI/MLdriven operations (AIOps) practices to enhance proactive incident detection, rootcause analysis, and intelligent automation within our systems. Required Qualifications Education: Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Experience: 6+ years of progressive professional experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a related infrastructurefocused role. Leadership: 12 years of experience in a lead or senior capacity, with demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers, lead technical initiatives, and drive team growth. Cloud Expertise: Extensive handson experience with AWS services, particularly around EC2 (Windows), RDS (SQL Server), VPC, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, ECR, and container orchestration services (ECS/EKS). Infrastructure as Code: Deep expertise with Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure. CI/CD Mastery: Proven experience designing and implementing advanced CI/CD pipelines, with strong proficiency in GitHub Actions. Containerization: Solid understanding and practical experience with container technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms. Monitoring & Observability: Handson experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools, specifically New Relic. Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, PowerShell) for automating routine tasks and managing systems. Operating Systems: Familiarity with both Windows and Linux operating systems, including Active Directory integration. Networking: Understanding of core networking concepts, including DNS, firewalls, and load balancing (experience with Cloudflare plus). Communication: Exceptional written and verbal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences. Global: Experience working effectively within a global delivery model. Hybrid: Ability to work 12 days per week from our Toronto Harbourfront office. NicetoHaves Familiarity with database administration principles, especially for SQL Server. Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments. Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional. Our Benefits 4 weeks vacation and other leave entitlements. Relaxed advertising agency environment with a commitment to professional development and progression. Hybrid work model. This isnt your typical 95; its truly a global role that helps lead initiatives across multiple time zones, with flexibility in schedule to collaborate while maintaining balance. The base salary for this position may range from CA$120,000 to CA$150,000; individual compensation varies based on factors such as location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. Discretionary bonus scheme. Youll be part of a forwardthinking team that values innovation, collaboration, and personal growth. A competitive compensation package including comprehensive benefits and plenty of opportunities for professional development. Youll have the chance to work on challenging projects, make a significant impact, and grow your career in a supportive and dynamic environment. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to who we are. We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We do not discriminate on basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or physical ability. We believe treating everyone with authenticity and respect gives us the best chance of delivering success. If you are a passionate and experienced Lead Software Engineer looking for your next challenge, we encourage you to apply! Please submit your resume and cover letter detailing your relevant experience. 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