Team Lead, Site Reliability Engineering

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Team Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Toronto, ON

As an SRE Team Lead, you will be responsible for the architecture, maintenance, and development of tools to ensure the reliability of our applications. Working as part of the Loblaw Technology SRE Team, you will collaborate with multiple engineering teams across various verticals. Your primary goal will be to aid the adoption of cloud-native solutions and develop tools and capabilities which help us to build better and more resilient systems. SRE is a shared service team across all Loblaw business lines. Operating in a POD structure that focuses on business lines in order to allow for product and development teams to have familiarity and consistency.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, architect, and develop cloud-native solutions using services like Kubernetes, AppEngine, Cloud Functions, CloudSql, Pub/Sub on Google Cloud Platform and Azure
• Be a domain expert in at least one area of business or tooling, and be responsible for diving deep into code, communicating new insights to leadership, and sharing knowledge with the team and the broader organization
• Build and own infrastructure through code, maintain our high-quality code base by performing code reviews, and work closely with development teams to automate CI/CD pipelines to remove repetitive processes and simplify operational needs
• Work alongside dev and product leads to plan for the focus of the SRE POD. Understand the business goals for the year for the specific line of business. Mentor all team members and help shape the SRE discipline across the enterprise
• Develop a highly engaged team by being an inclusive coach, mentor, and role model for all team members to help grow and promote our diverse talent pool.

What you Bring:

• Hands-on experience with software engineering, computer science, computer engineering or related technical field (experience programming in Java, Python, or GO is an asset)
• Passionate for solving technical problems and automating solutions to reduce manual toil
• Inspired by working with both a Development and SRE mentality (i.e. software and infrastructure)
• Comfortable with Cloud Native platforms (knowledge of Google Cloud Platform is an asset)
• Collaborative approach leading a team of experienced and enthusiastic colleagues who have a sense of ownership and desire to build things from scratch

What Loblaw Offers You

We offer flexibility and balance, and an environment that sets you up for success no matter where your workspace is located.

Here, you will find a phenomenal team to help you achieve your goals as you help us achieve ours! Work in our fast-paced, exciting Technology environment, helping our stores, colleagues and customers every day.

Loblaw colleagues also enjoy:

• Work Perks Program
• On-site GoodLife Fitness, Basketball & Volleyball courts, Ice Rink, Groceries delivered to work via PC Express, Dry Cleaning services (1PCC Office)
• Tuition Reimbursement & Online Learning
• Pension & Benefits
• Paid Vacation

If you’re up to the challenge, then we would love to hear from you. Apply today, and get the process started.

Loblaw recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. At Loblaw, we celebrate diversity and strive to build a culture of inclusion where differences are embraced, valued and supported. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and encourage people from all backgrounds and identities to apply to our jobs. Accommodation in the recruitment, assessment, and hiring process is available upon request for applicants with disabilities.

We thank all candidates for their interest but please note, that those candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the position will be contacted.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars - Environment, Sourcing and Community - and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values - Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence - guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits - these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.