Lead DevOps Engineer

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TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to design, build, and own modern DevOps platforms on Microsoft Azure, with a strong focus on AKS‑based workloads, CI/CD automation, and cloud‑native operational excellence with heavy emphasis on Azure capabilities.

This role goes beyond release coordination and requires deep hands‑on expertise in DevOps architecture, platform engineering, and secure production operations. The successful candidate will be a thoughtful leader and a DevOps champion, and should also have recent exposure to MLOps and agentic AI application deployments, leveraging modern Azure AI services such as Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Studio, and Azure ML.

You will act as a technical leader, setting DevOps standards, designing scalable pipelines and platforms, mentoring engineers, and enabling engineering teams to deliver reliably at scale in a regulated banking environment.

· Acts as a hands‑on technical leader

· Owns DevOps design decisions and platform evolution

· Drives automation, reliability, and developer productivity

· Design and own DevOps and release architecture across non‑production and production environments

· Execute and coordinate application releases, including cutovers and deployment windows

· Own deployments on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure App Services

· Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions

· Ensure release readiness, environment parity, validation, and rollback strategies

· Define and maintain release documentation (runbooks, cutover plans, deployment checklists)

· Enforce DevOps security, governance, and operational best practices

· Identify and implement automation and continuous improvement opportunities

· Support MLOps and AI/agentic application deployments on Azure (Foundry, AI Studio, Azure ML)

· Mentor DevOps engineers and provide technical leadership

· 10+ years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering

· 2+ years leading or acting as a senior DevOps technical owner

· Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments

· Strong experience in DevOps / Release Engineering

· Hands on experience with Microsoft Azure, including:

· Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

· Azure App Services

· Helm Charts

· Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)

· Strong CI/CD experience using GitHub Actions

· Solid understanding of: Deployment strategies (blue green, canary, rollback), Security considerations in DevOps and release management and Operational readiness and production support

· Exposure to MLOps pipelines and AI/agentic application deployments

· Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Studio, or Azure Machine Learning

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Who We Are:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we strive to make every interaction, product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple.  Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. 

Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities. 

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. 

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.  

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process 
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
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We look forward to hearing from you!

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