DevOps Lead Engineer

About us:

Pollard Digital Solutions is a full-solution supplier of lottery management and iLottery technology for world-wide lottery markets. The company is owned by Pollard Banknote Ltd. – a leading partner to more than 60 lotteries worldwide, providing high quality instant ticket products, licensed games, retail merchandising solutions, and a full suite of digital offerings. Established in 1907 in Winnipeg, Canada, Pollard Banknote is owned approximately 66.7% by the Pollard family and is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (PBL).

Our objective is to deliver the most innovative solutions that will render industry-leading returns to good causes in an ethically responsible way. We emphasize a friendly, lively, and respectful workplace atmosphere, where team spirit is highly valued.

As we strive to continuously improve standards and processes in delivering top quality software, we are looking for a strong analytical and knowledgeable professional to join our growing team as a Lead DevOps Engineer. Using the latest tools and technologies in the cloud, the DevOps Lead Engineer will be tasked to make everyone and everything better by applying their skills to create automation pipelines to improve quality, efficiency, security and reduce costs.  Leading a team of DevOps Engineers, the lead will provide strategic and operational leadership for your team and your clients.

You can expect from us:

• Modern office with parking provided for our employees
• Private health insurance
• Learning and Development Budget
• Yearly profit sharing Social activities
• Referral bonus
• Additional benefits

Your responsibilities:

• Manage and prioritize DevOps task assignment and prioritization in collaboration with feature team leads and project managers
• Set and manage expectations for delivery of DevOps tasks to provide feedback into release schedules based on overall capacity
• Accountable for designing, building, and optimizing automation systems for CI/CD
• Collaborating with development teams to plan, develop, deploy, maintain, troubleshoot and monitor delivery pipelines
• Writing design proposals, reports, manuals, and other technical documents
• Assisting with special projects or providing technical advice
• Staying current on industry developments and technologies
• Develop software development strategies for the successful deployment of software in a multitude of technology stacks
• Coach and mentor your DevOps team, along with the development and infrastructure groups on the best approaches to safely and securely release quality software

Who you are:

• A collaborative individual who communicates clearly in a timely fashion
• Passionate about delivery of customer solutions
• Passionate for technology and automation 
• Thorough, creative, communicative, and highly technical
• Genuine aptitude for software development standards and processes
• A continuous learner who goes above and beyond to get the job done
• A highly adaptable team player who can juggle multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines
• An analytical, detail-orientated problem-solver who identifies risks and gaps through critical thinking
• Self-motivated to succeed and confident to lead technical discussions for complex solutions for large-scale enterprise solutions
• Well versed in troubleshooting, debugging, and technical documentation
• A thought leader who can turn strategy into actionable work

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Previous experience in a DevOps Lead role
• Strong understanding of software development life cycles, coding standards & build life cycles, and automation
• Excellent research, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Effective planning & organization skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to develop and adhere to budgets and timelines
• Experience with the below are considered assets:
  • Containerization and kubernetes experience
  • Software development in Java using Maven/Gradle
  • Automation tooling – Jenkins
  • AWS Cloud services:  EC2 (Autoscaling), EBS, SNS, ECS, EKS, S3

We thank all applicants for taking the time to apply. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.