Lead DevOps Engineer, Thomson Reuters
CA$125-175k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan
2-3 days a week in office
Financial news and financial data provider
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Financial news and financial data provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$125-175k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help professionals advance their businesses and gain competitive advantage with the trusted answers only we can provide.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering roles with at least 2 years in a lead or senior capacity
- Deep expertise in Linux System Administration: Command-line proficiency, shell scripting, process management, networking, file systems, user/group management, and security best practices
- Strong proficiency with AWS: Experience with core AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, EKS/ECS, CloudWatch, and an understanding of well-architected principles
- Familiarity with GCP (Google Cloud Platform): Hands-on experience with at least a few core GCP services (e.g., GCE, GCS, GKE, Cloud Functions, IAM) is a significant advantage
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools: Proven experience with Terraform (preferred), AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi or similar
- Solid experience with CI/CD tools and methodologies: e.g., GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language: Python (preferred), Bash, Go, or similar
- Experience with containerization and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, or self-managed)
- Understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, VPNs
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools: , Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, CloudWatch or similar
- Strong problem-solving skills: Ability to diagnose complex issues across various layers of the stack
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- A strong willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to evolving best practices
Desirable
- Experience leveraging AI/ML tooling in DevOps workflows:
- Develop and maintain MLOps pipelines for model training, deployment, and monitoring in production environments
- Implement infrastructure solutions for AI workloads including GPU clusters, model serving platforms, and data pipelines
- Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to operationalize machine learning models at scale
- Establish monitoring and observability practices for AI systems including model performance tracking and drift detection
- Experience with other cloud providers (Azure)
- Knowledge of database administration (SQL/NoSQL)
- Certifications in AWS, GCP, or Kubernetes
- Contributions to open-source projects
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced and hands on Lead DevOps Engineer to join the Corporates Tax and Trade team in Toronto to drive infrastructure excellence and operational efficiency across our cloud platforms
- This role combines deep expertise in multi-cloud environments with modern AI/ML infrastructure management and microservices architecture
- Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our DevOps practices while enabling our teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. This role is crucial in building, automating, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of our applications. You'll play a key part in fostering a culture of operational excellence, security, and continuous delivery, working closely with development and product teams
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS, with an understanding of best practices for GCP environments. (e.g., using Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Automation & CI/CD: Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline) to automate software delivery, testing, and deployment processes
- Linux System Administration: Provide expert-level administration, troubleshooting, and optimization for Linux-based systems, ensuring stability, security, and performance
- Monitoring & Observability: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch, DataDog) to ensure application health, performance, and proactive issue detection
- Networking & Security: Configure and manage cloud networking components (VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, firewalls) and implement security best practices (IAM, encryption, least privilege)
- Troubleshooting & Incident Response: Act as a subject matter expert for production issues, performing root cause analysis, implementing preventative measures, and participating in on-call rotations (as required)
- Collaboration: Work closely with software engineers, data scientists, and product managers to understand their needs and provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure solutions
- Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvements to existing systems, tools, and processes to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve reliability
- Documentation: Create and maintain clear, concise documentation for infrastructure, processes, and playbooks
Application process
- End Date: February 16, 2026
Our take
Thomson Reuters is reinventing the way professionals work. The multinational media conglomerate provides answers that help professionals make better decisions to run smarter businesses. It targets those in complicated sectors that move society forward; tax, law, compliance, government, and media.
Founded over 165 years ago, the company is now powered by thousands of international journalists. This bandwidth guarantees speed, impartiality, and insight that have helped Thomson Reuters retain its position a market leader. To stay competitive with companies founded in the digital era, Thomson Reuters places emphasis on helping clients reinvent themselves for the newly disruptive digital age.
As well as investing in the coverage of growth markets India and China, and embarking on a number of fintech acquisitions, Thomson Reuters announced an expansion of its long-term partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group in 2023. Together, they plan to enhance the value of financial and market news services to LSEG customers, whilst delivering a superior experience to professionals around the world.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Wellington Place, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Steve Hasker
(CEO & President)Previously served as Senior Advisor for TPG, CEO for Creative Artists Agency, Global President & Chief Operating Office for Nielsen, and as a Partner for McKinsey & Company.
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