DevOps Team Lead

Advantage Group International is seeking a DevOps, Team Lead to own and evolve our cloud and DevOps practice. This is a hands-on leadership role for a builder who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys balancing technical execution with people leadership. The successful candidate will design, implement, and operate scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure while mentoring DevOps engineers and working closely with software development teams. You will play a key role in shaping DevOps culture, defining best practices, and enabling reliable, automated delivery of our platforms.

This is an opportunity for a DevOps leader who is passionate about automation, Infrastructure as Code, and modern cloud platforms. The ideal candidate is both a strategic thinker and a hands-on practitioner, capable of defining a technical roadmap while remaining deeply involved in day-to-day engineering. You will be responsible for the full DevOps lifecycle and will partner closely with engineering teams to foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

• Act as a DevOps evangelist, embedding DevOps principles across engineering teams
• Lead and mentor a small team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Partner with engineering leadership to align infrastructure and delivery practices with business goals
• Define and execute the DevOps and cloud roadmap
• Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure (primarily GCP, with openness to Azure)
• Ensure environments are secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimized
• Optimize the full infrastructure, with a focus on modernizing, hardening security and enhancing monitoring.
• Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment workflows
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure reproducible and auditable environments
• Drive automation across infrastructure provisioning, application delivery, and operational tasks
• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure system health and performance
• Define and enforce security best practices across the development lifecycle
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous reliability improvements

Requirements

Technical Expertise

• Strong experience with GCP (preferred) or Azure
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Cloud Build
• Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (GKE or equivalent)
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or equivalent
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK
• Solid understanding of cloud networking and security best practices
• Experience supporting relational and/or NoSQL databases in cloud environments

Leadership & Mindset

• Proven experience mentoring or leading DevOps engineers
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
• Ownership-driven, proactive, and pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on reliability and system quality
• Comfortable working autonomously while collaborating across teams
• Passion for optimization, automation, and continuous learning

Why Should You Work with Us?

The Advantage Group offers an excellent work-life balance and a culture that values innovation and individual contribution, including the following:

• Remote-first with flexibility.
• If located in the Greater Toronto Area, one day per week in-office for collaboration.
• Able to be flexible with work hours, some evenings in EST hours per week given time zone engagement requirements.
• Stable company, with an established client-base and a continual, steady growth.
• Excellent work-life balance: flexible hours, hybrid working and generous vacation policy.
• Opportunities for growth and professional development in an environment that encourages learning.
• A paid day off on your birthday.
• One volunteer day off per year.
• Intelligent, passionate, and collaborative team members who value craftsmanship.
• Unique business and technical problems; a new challenge around every corner.
• Strong corporate culture: Monthly company-wide gatherings for global community-building.
• Health benefits including counselling and mental health support.
• Competitive compensation including Group RRSP.

How We Hire

We use AI tools to support our recruitment process, including helping us organize applications and identify early matches based on role criteria. That said, every rejection decision is made by a human. We encourage candidates to apply authentically and avoid relying solely on AI-generated responses, especially during interviews.

This posting is for a current, open position within Advantage Group.