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About the Role

We are seeking a dynamic and technically strong Principal DevOps Engineer to lead initiatives driving operational excellence. This role bridges development and operations, ensuring fast, reliable, and secure application deployment, with a focus on migrating deployment automation from IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) to Octopus Deploy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of key features for the Helios CI/CD pipeline – VM and Mainframe platforms
• Lead the migration of CI/CD deployment pipelines from IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) to Octopus Deploy, ensuring alignment with enterprise DevOps standards.
• Review, analyze, and refactor existing UCD deployment scripts and workflows, translating them into Octopus Deploy processes and automation frameworks.
• Develop, test, and optimize deployment automation in Octopus Deploy using C# and modern DevOps practices.
• Validate migrated pipelines through rigorous testing and ensure successful execution in production environments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to simplify, standardize, and optimize deployment processes during the UCD-to-Octopus transition.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and release management teams to ensure smooth deployment operations and production readiness.
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment, automation, and release-related issues across distributed and mainframe environments.
• Contribute to CI/CD platform governance, security, reliability, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of developer experience with a deep understanding of DevOps Principles and best practices for CI/CD, including designing at an Enterprise scale
• Experience migrating deployment automation from legacy DevOps platforms (preferably IBM UrbanCode Deploy) to modern deployment orchestration platforms such as Octopus Deploy.
• Proficiency in Groovy scripting with experience reviewing, maintaining, and refactoring existing automation scripts.
• Strong development experience in C# with the ability to build and optimize deployment automation within Octopus Deploy.
• Experience designing, testing, and deploying production-ready release automation solutions.
• Deep understanding of DevOps principles, Infrastructure as Code, deployment orchestration, and release management best practices.
• Understand configuration as code, RBAC, and working within the Mainframe environment from modern deployment platforms
• Experience with DevOps tools, platforms, and interfaces: Jenkins, UCD, Github, Github Actions, JFrog Artifactory, Hashicorp Vault, Ansible, Octopus Deploy
• Proficient with Java, Python, Typescript, Groovy, YAML, NPM
• Experience with deploying to cloud platforms: OCP, Azure, AWS
• Highly proficient with IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz).
• Experience with Mainframe utilities and platforms: ISPF, TSO, Mainframe Filesystems, JES, Endeavor

Skills

• DevOps
• CI/CD
• IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD)
• Octopus Deploy
• Groovy
• C#
• Infrastructure as Code
• Release Management
• Configuration as Code
• RBAC
• Mainframe
• Jenkins
• Github
• Github Actions
• JFrog Artifactory
• Hashicorp Vault
• Ansible
• Java
• Python
• Typescript
• YAML
• NPM
• OCP
• Azure
• AWS
• IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz)
• ISPF
• TSO
• Mainframe Filesystems
• JES
• Endeavor

Location

• Toronto

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Contract
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Principal
• Minimum 7 years

Benefits

• Competitive hourly rate
• Casual workspace
• Great people to collaborate with