Senior DevOps Engineer – Release Management

Location: Montreal, QC (Hybrid — 3 days per week in office) Experience: 4+ years Employment type: Full-time About The Role We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Release Management team in Montreal. In this role, you will serve as the dedicated point of coverage for managing and coordinating production releases during EST business hours, ensuring timely release execution and operational stability across our environments. You will play a central role in release governance — planning, coordinating, and executing production deployments while working closely with development, QA, and infrastructure teams to minimize delivery risk and keep production activities running smoothly. Key Responsibilities Manage and coordinate production releases end to end, including scheduling, execution, validation, and rollback planning Provide dedicated release coverage during EST business hours, acting as the primary point of contact for release activities in the region Maintain and enforce release governance processes, ensuring changes move to production in a controlled, auditable manner Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable, repeatable deployments Automate build, deployment, and operational tasks using Python and shell scripting Support and troubleshoot containerized workloads running on Docker and Kubernetes Apply SRE and production engineering practices: monitoring, alerting, incident response, and post-incident review Diagnose and resolve issues spanning application, network, and Linux infrastructure layers Collaborate with development and QA teams to improve deployment frequency, reduce lead time, and lower change failure rates Document release procedures, runbooks, and operational processes Required Qualifications 4+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or production engineering roles Strong experience managing or coordinating production releases in an enterprise environment Proficiency with CI/CD tooling and pipeline design; hands-on experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions (or comparable platforms) Solid experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments Strong scripting skills in Python and shell (Bash) Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills Working knowledge of networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, TCP/IP) Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tooling Ability to work on-site in Montreal 3 days per week and provide coverage during EST business hours Nice to Have Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar) Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Experience in regulated or change-controlled environments Bilingual (English/French