DevOps Engineer – Azure & CI/CD (Contract)

About the role

PLATO, Canada’s Indigenous‑led software testing firm, is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join a centralized team that supports multiple product and data streams. This contract runs from June to October 2026 (with possible extension) and requires a current Government of Canada clearance.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for infrastructure, Power Platform, data platforms and test automation.
• Implement environment‑based release strategies with approvals, quality gates and rollback mechanisms.
• Create reusable pipeline templates and embed automated testing, security scanning and compliance checks.
• Provide DevOps advisory on Git workflows, branching strategies and deployment processes.
• Develop and maintain Terraform‑based infrastructure as code, enforcing governance standards (RBAC, tagging, networking).
• Support Power Platform ALM, including solution packaging, deployments and environment management.
• Automate deployments for Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric to enable CI/CD for data workflows.
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks and architecture reviews.

Required profile

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Boards, Artifacts).
• Strong knowledge of Azure services (networking, compute, storage, IAM, Key Vault, PaaS).
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure‑as‑code practices.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and delivery streams.

Required skills

• Azure DevOps
• Terraform
• PowerShell
• Bash
• Python
• Git workflows
• Azure Data Factory
• Microsoft Fabric
• Power Platform ALM
• CI/CD pipeline design