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Senior DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join one of our high-performing, mission-critical technology teams. This role offers the opportunity to work on premium financial platforms, driving reliability, automation, and innovation at scale.

As part of our DevOps/SRE team, you will play a key role in designing, building, and operating resilient, secure, and scalable infrastructure that supports our critical business applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with development, operations, and security teams to design and deliver secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions
• Build and maintain automation frameworks for deployment, scaling, and observability
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines, release strategies, and recovery mechanisms
• Continuously improve system performance, availability, reliability, and security posture
• Provide end-to-end ownership of mission-critical platforms, including production support and root-cause analysis
• Proactively monitor systems using observability tools to identify and address performance and reliability improvements
• Lead or contribute to incident response, triage, and resolution with a focus on rapid recovery and prevention
• Support deployment activities and manage implementation issues through to resolution
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, tools, and processes to enhance delivery and operational efficiency
• Analyze complex technical issues and recommend solutions aligned with business impact
• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems

Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or related roles in hybrid (on-prem and AWS) environments
• Strong experience with AWS services (IaaS, PaaS, RDS, observability tools) and Infrastructure as Code (CDK / TypeScript preferred)
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, YAML)
• Strong experience with observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Elasticsearch, and CloudWatch
• Proficiency in scripting and development using Python, Bash, and/or JavaScript
• Experience implementing automation-first solutions across infrastructure and application layers
• Solid understanding of security and compliance practices within regulated industries (financial services preferred)
• Experience with Git-based workflows (GitHub preferred)
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow and ITSM processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Release, Configuration Management)
• Strong experience with RHEL systems administration and clustering technologies (e.g., Veritas Cluster)
• Proven ability to support and operate large-scale, mission-critical systems

Core Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Effective communication and documentation skills
• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor team members
• Data-driven decision-making mindset
• Deep understanding of IT operational processes, monitoring, logging, and alerting standards

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (preferred)

Additional Information

• Experience in the financial services industry is required
• Occasional travel may be required
• Hybrid work model: Minimum 3 days per week in-office

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of a team that:

• Owns and operates high-impact, enterprise-critical platforms
• Embraces automation, modern engineering practices, and continuous improvement
• Values innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

About Us

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.

As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.

BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

Note to Recruiters: BMO does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to BMO, directly or indirectly, will be considered BMO property. BMO will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for service to submit resumes.