Hybrid DevOps Platform Engineer

at Sun Life

• Job title: DevOps Platform Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: CA$125,000 - CA$195,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, Docker, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, Node.js, Python, SDLC, .NET
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Montreal, Canada

About the role

• Agent & DevOps Platform Engineer designing and operating AI-driven solutions for software delivery at Sun Life. Collaborating across teams to implement automated pipelines and CI/CD processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate AI agents that automate tasks across the SDLC — testing, vulnerability remediation, deployment validation, release management, and more
• Engineer LLMOps infrastructure: prompt pipelines, tool-calling agents, orchestration, evaluation, observability, and reliability
• Integrate agents with enterprise systems: SCM platforms, CI/CD tools, ticketing, security scanners, and internal APIs
• Ensure AI solutions meet security, compliance, and governance requirements from the start — not as an afterthought
• Design, build, and maintain fully automated CI/CD pipelines across Java, Node.Js, Python and .NET ecosystems
• Own and evolve core DevOps tooling: Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible, Docker, and related platforms
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, and container-based deployments
• Ensure platform reliability through monitoring, incident response, and performance optimization
• Embed security scanning, policy enforcement, and security remediation into pipelines — automatically, not manually
• Work with security and architecture teams to define and enforce standards at the platform level
• Build self-healing and self-auditing capabilities that reduce human intervention in compliance workflows
• Define and document platform standards that delivery teams can adopt without hand-holding
• Coach teams toward automation-first, self-service patterns — through working examples, not slide decks
• Act as a technical lead and advisor to product teams, architects, and platform stakeholders

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of hands-on CI/CD and platform engineering experience in enterprise environments
• Proficiency in at least one of: Python, Java, .NET, Groovy — and willingness to work across all of them
• Experience building or integrating AI/LLM-based tools or agents in production or near-production environments
• Strong understanding of LLMOps concepts: prompt management, tool use, agent architectures, evaluation, observability
• Experience with Git-based workflows, build automation, and release pipelines at scale
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, containers, and configuration management
• DevSecOps mindset — security is a design constraint, not a checklist item

Benefits

• Great Place to Work® Certified for Most Trusted Executive Team in Canada – 2025, 2024 and 2023
• Great Place to Work® Certified for Best Workplaces in Canada - 2025
• Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work® certification from Excellence Canada.
• Top Work Places® for Remote Work – Monster Canada - 2024
• Great Place to Work® Certified for Best Workplaces for Women in Canada - 2024
• Flexible hybrid work model.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
• Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential