DevOps Platform Engineer

Definity is the parent company to some of Canada’s most long-standing and innovative insurance brands, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance. Our ambition is to be one of Canada’s leading and most innovative property and casualty insurers. We can’t do that without our people, so we embrace and encourage a culture that’s collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering.

We offer a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with. Bring your true self and be a part of our journey. It’s better here.

What you’ll be doing

• Implementation of DevOps Platform principles and standards to guarantee a scalable, flexible, resilient, and secure environment
• Create business architecture models that reflect our strategies and goals
• Work with Engineers and Developers from other teams to recommend and implement appropriate DevOps solutions
• Continuously assist with identifying and implementing improvement around automation, cloud platforms and pipelines
• Collaborate in estimating delivery work necessary to realize a requirement through the development lifecycle
• Communicate status of assigned work and provide timely escalation of issues to ensure objectives are met
• Building and implementing new development tools and infrastructure focused around cloud technologies
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and fixes
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Planning projects and being involved in project management decisions
• Designing and implementing the tools and infrastructure that support the DevOps pipeline
• Streamline the software development and deployment pipeline
• Identify, evaluate, and recommend DevOps tools that align with project requirements and goals
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and workflows to streamline deployment and operations processes
  
  
  

The key technology in our environment include:

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP
• DevOps Technologies: JFrog Artifactory, Vault, Terraform, Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, ArgoCD
• Scripting and Programming Languages: Bash, Python, Node, Ruby, Go
• Container Platforms: Kubernetes, EKS, GKE, Anthos, Docker
  
  
  

What you bring

• 10+ years combination of solution design, technical implementation, and infrastructure architecture experience
• Experience with application architectures, middleware, and technology platform architectures (cloud, on-premise, and hybrid)
• Proficiency with Git and Git workflows
• Previous work on implementing multiple complex enterprise level changes simultaneously, creating standards, and promoting and measuring adoption
• Experience deploying full-stack solutions and building development capabilities on cloud platforms (AWS and GCP)
• Everything as Code, DevOps everything mindset
• Professional level cloud certification preferred
• Bachelor of science degree (or equivalent) in computer science, engineering, or relevant field
  
  
  

Interested in this role, but don't meet every requirement? We encourage you to apply! We know from experience that a candidate doesn't need 100% of the qualifications listed to bring incredible value to our team. We're actively seeking diverse backgrounds and perspectives to help us make insurance better. At Definity, inclusion, diversity, and equity aren't just "nice to have" — they're essential to our success.

What's in it for you?

• Hybrid work schedule for most roles
• Company share ownership program
• Pension and savings programs, with company-matched RRSP contributions
• Paid volunteer days and company matching on charitable donations
• Educational resources, tuition assistance, and paid time off to study for exams
• Focus on inclusion with employee groups, support for gender affirmation surgery, access to BIPOC counsellors, access to programs for working parents
• Wellness and recognition programs
• Discounts on products and services
  
  
  

Actual salary for the role may vary depending on work location of the successful candidate and other factors including but not limited to, skills, education, experience, working conditions and the local labour market.  In addition to base pay, eligible employees may participate in various incentive plans which are paid out at the discretion of the company and subject to individual and company performance.

Go ahead and expect a lot — you deserve it.

It's better here — but don't take our word for it. Definity was named by Great Place to Work® as one of the Best Workplaces™ in Canada for women, for youth, and for inclusion.

Our inclusive work environment welcomes diversity and supports accessibility. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting [email protected].

Background checks

This role requires successful clearance of background checks (including criminal checks and leadership references).