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Requisition Number:  10736
Position Type:  Permanent
Position Length:  Indeterminate
Location: 

Ottawa or Calgary, ON, CA

Remote Work:  Hybrid Model
Closing Date:  March 28, 2025 23:59 EST

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
The Bank is committed to achieving a workforce that reflects the diversity of our country and is representative and inclusive of all Canadians regardless of race, ethnicity, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socio-economic background or lived experience. By living our values and prioritizing our actions to enhance equity, diversity and inclusion, the Bank ensures broader discussions, better decisions, and a more engaging workplace. 

We make career growth and professional development a priority. We are committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes, and a work environment that supports our diverse workforce.

Let our team know if you need accommodation or support during the recruitment process due to a disability or other reason. We can provide support in multiple ways, from using this site and submitting your application, right through to the interview process. If you are the successful candidate, you can also discuss accommodation needs when you receive your offer.

Contact accessiblecareers@bankofcanada.ca to discuss how.

We invite you to join an organization where differences are seen as strengths and are recognized, valued and respected. We welcome all candidates to apply and strongly encourage candidates to self-identify if they identify with an Employment Equity designated group (Indigenous Peoples, Persons with Disabilities, Women or Racialized/Visible Minorities). 

Senior Developer - Site Reliability


Take a central role

The Bank of Canada has a vision to be a leading central bank—dynamic, engaged and trusted—committed to a better Canada. No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in an organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in our environment. 


Building on the principles that have always guided us – excellence, integrity and respect – we strive to be forward-looking and innovative, to welcome people with diverse perspectives and talents, and to earn trust by living up to our commitments and by clearly explaining the intent of our policies and actions.  


With our defined-benefit pension plan, benefits, and high flexibility for work life balance - find out more about why we are annually ranked as one of Canada's top employers:  Working Here - Bank of Canada

 

Find out more about the next steps in our Recruitment process. 

 

What you will do  
We are seeking a Senior Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between development and operations, ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our systems. You will play a key role in maintaining our infrastructure, optimizing our processes, and contributing to the overall health of our services.               
 
More specifically, you will:

  • Monitor the availability and performance of production systems, ensuring high reliability.
  • Develop and implement automation tools and scripts to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual tasks.
  • Lead incident response efforts, troubleshoot issues, and implement postmortem analyses to drive continuous improvement.
  • Work closely with development teams to ensure that new features are designed for reliability and scalability.
  • Analyze system performance metrics and identify bottlenecks, providing recommendations for improvements. 
  • Participate in infrastructure as code (IaC) initiatives, managing provisioning and configuration using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
  • Ensure security policies and practices are followed, contributing to a culture of security awareness.
  • Maintain thorough documentation of system configurations, processes, and incidents for knowledge sharing and compliance.
  • Mentor junior team members and promote best practices in site reliability engineering. 

 
What you need to succeed 
You are an experienced developer and can be an agent of change to encourage others to adopt good practices. You also have an ability to analyze and interpret complex problems or processes that span multiple business areas, identify, and understand requirements, and develop alternate solutions.
 
Further, your core interpersonal and communication skills will be invaluable as you collaborate with the various support groups and technology partners.
 
In addition, you have:

  • 4+ years’ experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or a related field
  • Some proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and container orchestration (OpenShift, AKS).
  • Strong scripting and programming skills (Python, Go, etc.).
  • Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.) and version control (Git).
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Dynatrace, SCOM, Splunk, Riverbed).
  • Application development knowledge and familiar with programming language such as, JavaScript, Java, .NET and SQL

 
Assets

  • Experience with application performance monitoring.
  • Experience with network performance monitoring.

 
Your education and experience
Your combined education and work experience demonstrate that you have the competencies and skills for the position. We are ideally seeking candidates with seven (7) + years of relevant experience.

 

Language requirement
The Bank’s work environment is conducive to the use of both of Canada’s official languages - English and French. Although the position language requirement is English or French essential, we do encourage everyone to improve second their language proficiency for future career growth and to contribute towards fostering a bilingual environment.

 

What you need to know

  • Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents
  • Security level required: Be eligible to obtain Secret 
  • Relocation assistance may be provided, if required
  • Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.
  • The official title for this position is “Senior Site Reliability Specialist ” 

 

Hybrid Work Model

The Bank offers work arrangements that provide employees with flexibility, enable high-performing teams, and support an excellent workplace culture. Most employees can telework from home for a substantial part of each month as part of the Bank`s hybrid work model, and they are expected on site at the Bank location a minimum of eight days per month to help build connections between colleagues. You must live in Canada, and within reasonable commuting distance of the office.

 

What you can expect from us
This is a great opportunity to join a leading organization and be part of a high-performing team. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet your needs at every stage of your life and career. For more information on key benefits please visit A great deal to consider. 

 

  • Salaries are based on qualifications and experience and typically range from $108,874 to $128,087 (job grade 17)
  • The Bank offers an incentive for successfully meeting expectations at  7 to 10% of your base salary. The Bank offers additional performance pay (5%) for those who exceed expectations. Exceptional performers who far exceed expectations may be eligible for higher performance pay.
  • Flexible and comprehensive benefits so you can choose the level of health, dental disability and life and/or accident insurance coverage that meets your needs
  • Extra vacation days (up to five each year) that you can purchase to add to your vacation entitlement
  • Indexed, defined-benefit pension

 

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

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