Principal DevOps Engineer

We are seeking a dynamic and technically strong Principal DevOps Engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys leading initiatives that drive operational excellence. As a Principal DevOps Engineer , you will play a critical role in bridging the gap between development and operations, ensuring that our applications are built, tested, and deployed with speed, reliability, and compliance with the Enterprise security standards. A key focus of this role is leading the migration of deployment automation from IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) to Octopus Deploy , including the review and conversion of existing Groovy-based deployment scripts into optimized Octopus Deploy solutions, rigorous testing, production enablement, and continuous improvement of enterprise CI/CD capabilities.

This is a 5-month contract, hybrid position with the potential for extension. The successful candidate is expected to work from our Toronto office three days per week.

What will you do?  

• Lead the design and development of key features for the Helios CI/CD pipeline – VM and Mainframe platforms


• Lead the migration of CI/CD deployment pipelines from IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) to Octopus Deploy, ensuring alignment with enterprise DevOps standards.


• Review, analyze, and refactor existing UCD deployment scripts and workflows, translating them into Octopus Deploy processes and automation frameworks.


• Develop, test, and optimize deployment automation in Octopus Deploy using C# and modern DevOps practices.


• Validate migrated pipelines through rigorous testing and ensure successful execution in production environments.


• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to simplify, standardize, and optimize deployment processes during the UCD-to-Octopus transition.


• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and release management teams to ensure smooth deployment operations and production readiness.


• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment, automation, and release-related issues across distributed and mainframe environments.


• Contribute to CI/CD platform governance, security, reliability, and operational excellence.

What do you need to Succeed?

• Minimum 7 years of developer experience with a deep understanding of DevOps Principles and best practices for CI/CD , including designing at an Enterprise scale


• Experience migrating deployment automation from legacy DevOps platforms (preferably IBM UrbanCode Deploy ) to modern deployment orchestration platforms such as Octopus Deploy.


• Proficiency in Groovy scripting with experience reviewing, maintaining, and refactoring existing automation scripts.


• Strong development experience in C# with the ability to build and optimize deployment automation within Octopus Deploy.


• Experience designing, testing, and deploying production-ready release automation solutions.


• Deep understanding of DevOps principles, Infrastructure as Code, deployment orchestration, and release management best practices.


• Understand configuration as code, RBAC, and working within the Mainframe environment from modern deployment platforms


• Experience with DevOps tools, platforms, and interfaces: Jenkins, UCD, Github, Github Actions, JFrog Artifactory, Hashicorp Vault, Ansible, Octopus Deploy


• Proficient with Java, Python, Typescript , Groovy , YAML, NPM


• Experience with deploying to cloud platforms: OCP, Azure , AWS


• Highly proficient with IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz).


• Experience with Mainframe utilities and platforms: ISPF, TSO, Mainframe Filesystems, JES, Endeavor

We offer a competitive hourly rate, a casual workspace, and great people to collaborate with. If this job sounds perfect for you, please apply.