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Director, Site Reliability Engineering, Brampton, ON

As a key member of the SRE team, the Director of SRE will ensure that our Technology Platforms and Compute Infrastructure are built with industry standard practices and are able to scale with the exponential growth of our customer base. This role will lead and grow, a passionate engineering team consisting of multi-disciplined site reliability engineers and will be a champion of continuous improvement, driving velocity and innovation at scale. This role reports to the Senior Director, Site Reliability Engineering and will work closely with various engineering teams influencing development of reliable products, standardization of reusable solutions, and adoption of resiliency and reliability principles.

What You'll Do:

• Drive deep technical design discussions in close collaboration with your stakeholder teams ensuring that we're building the right systems while maintaining quality

• Demonstrate your inclusive leadership skills by developing, recruiting and retaining top engineering talent through mentorship, collaboration and empathy

• Continuously improve our software engineering practices with a focus on infrastructure-as-code, toil reduction, and automation while simultaneously identifying cost-saving opportunities

• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management and balance the business needs versus technical constraints

• Work closely with engineering teams to influence and guide the design and architecture of applications for improved reliability and performance

What You Bring:

• Seasoned experience in leading impactful teams in a fast paced, large volume and complex customer facing environment

• Working experience in the Engineering and Computer Science space with a demonstrable understanding of Cloud Platforms (GCP and/or Azure and/or Oracle Cloud), Cloud-Native Applications, Databases, Backup and Storage Solutions and Cloud Cost Management especially as they relate to eCommerce/Retail/Enterprise.

• Strong background in managing and scaling large-scale compute infrastructure in multi-cloud and on-premise environments. Experience with cloud migration and virtualization technologies is a bonus.

• Understanding of security best practices, compliance requirements, and vulnerability management in cloud and on-premise environments.

• Hands on technologist who can investigate and hold their own with the senior engineers building scalable application platforms along with experience in developing applications, infrastructure or platform as code in GCP and/or Azure and/or Oracle Cloud.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.  
 
Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.