Site Reliability Engineer

At KPMG, you’ll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause: turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.

The OPS Site Reliability Engineer will be a focal role owning and ensuring the fluent operations of Managed Services offerings in the KPMG production cloud environment. The role will be focusing on driving high reliability into systems by working closely with the development DevOps engineers, security teams, IT-operations teams (Canadian and Global) as well as our advisory client facing teams.

The role will be in charge of defining, documenting and operating production environments. Some of the main responsibilities include the creation and setup of new product/service environments, DevOps provisioning, development and adoption of new OPS tools and methodologies, day-to-day governance of the production offerings, continuous improvement of the OPS process, collaboration on pipeline automation with the development DevOps engineers, periodic maintenance, and day-to-day troubleshooting of support / helpdesk / business escalations

We are looking for a Devops expert with strong Operations related experience.

• Documentation of processes in OPS production environments
• Continuous improvement of the OPS production processes and increasing the performance of OPS KPIs, including the development and/or adoption of tools and technologies
• Collaborating with the development teams on DevOps Automation development and adoption of pipelines for OPS production environments
• Provisioning of pre-prod (with client data) and production environments. Collaborating with security and architecture teams
• Continuous proactive governance, and governance processes in production environments
• Troubleshooting of support / helpdesk / business escalations
• Periodic maintenance

• Bachelor Degree in Computing Science or a related field or equivalent Technical Diploma combined with relevant experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in IT Operations
  • Working in large and complex IT environments.
  • Working with UNIX/Linux/BSD systems and/or Windows server systems as an application or database administrator.
  • Proven experience administering large applications in production grade cloud, with emphasis on Azure (other cloud: AWS, GCP).
  • Experience with configuration management (Chef, Ansible, Puppet).
  • Experience with proactive governance, monitoring, and a continuous operational improvement processes.
  • At least 3 years of experience with DevOps CI/CD development
  • Automating builds, releases, and pipelines, with advantage to knowledge with GitHub Actions (other tools: Jenkins, TravisCI, Azure ADO).
  • Experience with infrastructure as code with, with advantage to knowledge with Terraform (other tools: AWS CloudFormation).
  • Other software development experience, including scripting with Ruby, Python, Bash, PowerShell, and Java.
  • Experience with Git branching and source code management within enterprise team setup.
• At least 2 years of experience managing teams in the IT and/or software development space.

KPMG BC Region Pay Range Information

The expected base salary range for this position is $81,000 to $129,500 and may be eligible for bonus awards. The determination of an applicant’s base salary within this range is based on the individual’s location, skills & competencies, and unique qualifications. In addition, KPMG offers a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards program. 

Providing you with the support you need to be at your best

For more information about KPMG in Canada’s Benefits and well-being, click here.

Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters

KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice. For more information about Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in Recruitment, please click here.

Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process

At KPMG, we strive for an inclusive recruitment process that allows all candidates to Come As You Are and Thrive with Us. We aim to provide a positive experience and are ready to offer adjustments or accommodations to help you perform at your best. Adjustments (an informal request), i.e. extra preparation time or the option for micro breaks during interviews, and accommodations (a formal request), i.e. accessible communication supports or technology aids are tailored to individual needs and role requirements.

To begin a confidential conversation about adjustments or accommodations at any point throughout the recruitment process, we encourage you to contact KPMG’s Employee Relations Service team for support by emailing cdnersteam@kpmg.ca or by calling 1-888-466-4778, Option 3.

For information about accessible employment at KPMG, please visit our accessibility page.