Saatchi & Saatchi is an advertising agency with the belief that creativity, data, media and technology should all work together, and we use that to influence human behavior and drive success for clients. S&S is one of the world's largest agency networks with 114 offices and more than 6000 employees globally. Here in our Toronto office we work with some of the countries most valued brands including Toyota, Buckley's, and Children's Advil, as well as several under the Mondelez banner (Crispers, Oreo, and Chips Ahoy just to name a few). We’re an award winning agency in both creativity and effectiveness, so it’s really important for us here to convert that innovation and the great ideas into real tangible business results for the organization.
Overview
Saatchi & Saatchi Canada is looking for a DevOps Engineer for an innovative new AI initiative.
Full-time and freelance opportunities are available, with positions starting immediately. You should have a minimum of 6 years of experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. You are passionate about automation, reliability, and enabling development teams to deliver value quickly. You understand the importance of security, scalability, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain cloud infrastructure with multi-cloud extensibility in mind.
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for Java backend and React frontend applications.
- Implement infrastructure as code for consistent, repeatable deployments.
- Manage containerized workloads and orchestration platforms.
- Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies using cloud-native and third-party tools.
- Implement security best practices including secrets management, IAM policies, and network security.
- Support development teams with environment provisioning and troubleshooting.
- Drive automation initiatives to reduce toil and improve operational efficiency.
Qualifications
- +6 years of professional experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering.
- Strong proficiency with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration concepts.
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, or cloud-native equivalents).
- Proficiency in CI/CD tools and practices (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Cloud Build, or similar).
- Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python) for automation.
- Understanding of networking concepts (VPCs, load balancing, DNS, firewalls).
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, cloud-native monitoring, or similar).
- Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements.
- Experience with GitOps workflows and version-controlled infrastructure.
Additional information
Saatchi is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage applications from all interested parties. Accommodations are available, upon request, for all stages of the interview and employment process for those with a disability or medical need during any stage of the recruitment process.
