Cloud Strategist

Join to apply for the Cloud Strategist (DevOps) role at CI Financial. At CI, we see a great place to work as one that is a safe place for everyone to have a voice, where people are empowered to take ownership over meaningful work, where there is an opportunity to grow through stretching themselves, where they can work on innovative products and projects, and where employees are supported and engaged in doing so. In this role you will be primarily responsible for the design, development, testing, and deployment of the CI/CD tool set on Cloud and On‑premises. Working with developers to deploy and manage code changes, and with operations staff to ensure that systems are up and running smoothly and continuously evaluate existing systems with industry standards and make recommendations for improvement. You will also collaborate with the wider cloud team Enterprise Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering team and business technology stakeholders to drive holistic design & patterns for secure cloud application environments, Cloud platform enhancements, application architecture, data services, cloud operations and cloud service integrations. What you will do Deploy, optimize and maintain CI/CD toolset and pipelines across multiple environments. Migrate application pipelines from Jenkins to AWS CodeSuite for Continuous Integration and migrate from Spinnaker to ArgoCD for continuous delivery. Prioritize, drive, and validate strategies and roadmaps for DevOps, Agile, Configuration Management, API and Infrastructure Automation services, platforms, and technologies. Responsible for Jenkins: hands‑on Jenkins installation, HA, RBAC, configuration, plugin installation, backup/restore, Jenkinsfiles, monitoring. Automate tasks in JFrog Artifactory as part of CI/CD development pipeline. Manage (OSS) open‑source dependencies, binary repositories to manage files, file integrity and system of record; responsible for end‑to‑end artifact management. Use Spinnaker’s application deployment features to construct and manage continuous delivery workflows. Define and bring in “Continuous Integration and Continuous deployment” standard methodologies. Implement DevSecOps framework using tools like CheckMarx, SonarQube and JFrog Xray. Designing, implementing cloud and application patterns, participate in discovery and assessment sessions with IT stakeholders, working with cloud engineering team members and advising the use of cloud patterns to develop application solution designs on AWS cloud. Recommend and implement Cloud Platform best practices. Maintain and operate as industry standard enterprise platform. Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration and management platform. In‑depth understanding of security controls and implementations in the cloud. Extend support to Cloud Operations team to resolve incidents, problems and service requests. Design the comprehensive set of enterprise management processes, tools, integrations, and procedures to ensure running cloud systems is smooth. Develop reference architectures and best practice approaches to optimise cloud adoption, application performance, and security. Drive the DevOps mindset and culture in a challenging environment where you get the opportunity to work with a spectrum of latest tools and technologies to drive forward “Infrastructure‑as‑Code” and “Infrastructure‑as‑a‑Service”. Deploying and managing infrastructure with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Systems Manager. Establish an IaC framework using Terraform for AWS. Deploy and manage infrastructure in AWS. Automate manual tasks using Python, etc. Troubleshoot and investigate complex customer’s CI/CD scenarios and provide innovative solutions for their requirements. Analyse log files, thread dumps, HTTP traffic, JVM and OS parameters. Set up, design and build CI pipelines with Docker, NPM, Java, PyPI, etc. (Binary repositories, distribution to devices and continuous build tooling). What you will bring B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent work experience. 12+ years of experience in either software, system, architecture, DevOps disciplines. Must have AWS Cloud Solution Architect – Professional certification. Must have Kubernetes Certified Administrator. Good to have HashiCorp Terraform & any DevOps certification, JFrog Artifactory certifications. Technical skills required CI/CD (Bitbucket, AWS CodeSuite, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Spinnaker, CheckMarx, JFrog Artifactory and Xray). Expertise with SDLC lifecycle (Agile and Waterfall) and associated IT processes. Demonstrated experience designing and implementing architecture for large complex applications & platforms. Experience with Monolith and Microservices application architecture. Good understanding of application deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, etc.). Full understanding of software development lifecycle best practices, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps processes, change/release management. Good understanding of security processes, standards & issues involved in multi‑tier cloud or hybrid applications. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience with AWS Data Lake environment is an asset. What we offer Modern HQ location within walking distance from Union Station. Equipment Purchase Program. Training Reimbursement. Paid Professional Designations. Employee Share Purchase Program (ESPP). Corporate Discount Program. Enhanced group benefits. Parental Leave top‑up program. Fitness membership discounts. We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further. Please submit your resume in confidence by clicking “Apply”. Only qualified candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. CI Financial Corp. and all of our affiliates (“CI”) are committed to fair and accessible employment practices and provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodations in order to apply for any job opportunities, require this posting in an additional format, or require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process please contact us at accessible.recruitment@ci.com, or call 416‑364‑1145 ext. 4747. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr