Senior DevOps developer

What is the opportunity?

The Senior DevOps Developer role at RBC involves leading and driving complex initiatives to enhance technology management and foster innovation. You will be responsible for designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, driving DevOps strategies, and ensuring system reliability and operational excellence. This role requires technical expertise, leadership skills, and a collaborative mindset to mentor team members, optimize workflows, and deliver high-quality software solutions. Additionally, you will leverage AI-driven tools and practices to enhance DevOps pipelines and contribute to RBC’s mission of innovation and excellence. Senior DevOps Developer to lead and drive multiple complex initiatives as part of RBC’s commitment to improving technology management and becoming a global leader in innovation. As a Senior DevOps Developer with expertise in CI/CD, Service Management, and leadership, you will play a critical role in shaping and implementing DevOps strategies, building robust software delivery pipelines, and ensuring system reliability and operational excellence. In this role, you will not only contribute technically but also take ownership of initiatives, mentor team members, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive the adoption of DevOps practices across RBC. You will lead efforts to optimize development workflows, enhance system scalability, and ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

What will you do?

• As a Senior DevOps Developer, you will:
• Lead the design, development, and implementation of software programming applications and CI/CD pipelines using agile methodologies.
• Strategically plan and manage the successful implementation of DevOps initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Drive automation and optimization of workflows, resolving complex challenges to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Develop and enhance source code for new and existing applications, ensuring high-quality standards.
• Utilize automated testing tools to ensure the reliability and performance of software applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement innovative solutions for system scalability and operational excellence.
• Lead the adoption of AI-driven tools and practices to enhance DevOps pipelines, including self-healing pipelines and AI-based testing.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• 5+ years of experience working with DevOps principles, CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI), and building custom pipelines.
• Proven leadership experience in driving DevOps initiatives and mentoring team members.
• Expertise in containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes (Azure, OpenShift, AWS).
• Strong development experience with object-oriented programming (Python, Groovy, JavaScript), microservices architecture, Spring Framework, and Maven.
• In-depth knowledge of multi-threading, scaling, concurrency, caching, queuing, and distributed data storage.
• Experience with message brokers (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka), SQL (Postgres), and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Elasticsearch).
• Hands-on experience in Agile environments, with a focus on collaboration and iterative development.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with public cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, OpenShift 4).
• Expertise in GitHub Actions and workflow development.
• Familiarity with AI tools and large language models (LLMs) to implement self-healing pipelines and AI-driven testing.
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, testing, and troubleshooting REST APIs.

What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Opportunities to do challenging work.
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.
• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients

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Job Skills

Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Programming Languages, Software Change Request Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Integration Engineering, Software Product Design, Software Product Technical Knowledge, Software Release Management, System Testing Tools

Additional Job Details

MEADOWVALE BUSINESS PARK, 6880 FINANCIAL DR:MISSISSAUGAMississaugaCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-01-222026-02-26

Note:Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.