Why you’ll love working here:
high-performance, people-focused culture
our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves
learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth
membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security
competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, parental leave top-up, and a health spending account).
optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%
yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars
the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers
Job Summary:
The Pension Technology group at HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan) is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join the Pension Core / Release and Configuration Management (RCM) team. In this role, you will own the reliability, automation, and continuous delivery of the Insight Pension Platform across 10+ environments, from development through production.
You will drive and streamline release pipelines, maintain environment health, and partner with other teams and vendors to deliver high-quality, compliant deployments. The group values challenging the status quo, innovative solutions, team collaboration, and practicality.
What You Will Do:
Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to enable reliable, repeatable software delivery across all environments.
Maintain 10+ environments, including stability, data refreshes, and deployment readiness validation.
Manage platform security posture — implementation and operation of gMSA service accounts, TDE encryption, SSL/TLS for IIS, Azure Key Vault and CyberArk integration, SOD pipeline enforcement, and audit and compliance remediation.
Respond to and resolve production incidents as part of the on-call rotation.
Champion automation and process improvement — identify manual bottlenecks and build pipeline-driven solutions to reduce manual operations work and improve delivery speed.
Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors on release coordination, deployment instructions, and joint infrastructure initiatives.
Maintain proper documentation like environment matrices, incident playbooks, configuration steps, and deployment runbooks.
Actively participate in Agile Scrum practices, including daily standups, backlog refinement, planning, and sprint retrospectives.
Quickly learn, evaluate, and apply new concepts and technologies.
Who You Are:
3+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or operations role.
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience in IT operations/infrastructure.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to take end-to-end ownership of deliverables.
Demonstrated ability to automate repetitive processes and reduce manual operational work.
Comfortable working in on-call rotations and responding to production incidents.
Skilled in modern development tools and practices, such as git, CI/CD, and unit testing.
Pension, financial services, or regulated environment experience is preferred.
Demonstrated hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas:
Azure DevOps
PowerShell, YAML, Python
IIS Administration
Azure Monitor or similar APM tools
Terraform
Windows Server administration (Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS)
Certificate management (SSL/TLS, Key Vault)
Networking fundamentals (routing, firewalls, load balancers)
MS Dynamics CRM
SQL
Nice-to-Have:
SQL Server Administration
ServiceNow workflow knowledge
Power BI
MS SharePoint server
Node.js
Playwright, JMeter, Artillery or similar
The expected annual base salary range for this role is: $71,000 - $109,000 CAD
The actual base salary offered to the successful candidate may vary based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, individual's expertise and level of experience applicable to the role they are being offered.
This role is eligible to participate in discretionary incentive plan(s), subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan text.
This job is for an existing vacancy.
HOOPP may use artificial intelligence tools to assist in screening, assessing and selecting applicants for this position. These tools support our recruitment process but do not replace human judgment and decision-making.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or operations role
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to automate repetitive processes and reduce manual operational work
- Comfortable working in on-call rotations and responding to production incidents
- Skilled in modern development tools and practices such as git, CI/CD, and unit testing
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps
- Hands-on experience with PowerShell
- Hands-on experience with YAML
- Hands-on experience with Python
- IIS administration experience
- Experience with Azure Monitor or similar APM tools
- Terraform experience
- Windows Server administration (Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS)
- Certificate management (SSL/TLS, Azure Key Vault) experience
- Experience with networking fundamentals (routing, firewalls, load balancers)
- Experience with MS Dynamics CRM
- SQL experience
- Pension, financial services, or regulated environment experience
- SQL Server Administration
- ServiceNow workflow knowledge
- Power BI experience
- MS SharePoint Server experience
- Node.js experience
- Experience with Playwright, JMeter, Artillery or similar tools
What We Do
Established in 1960, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan for Ontario's hospital and community-based healthcare sector. We serve more than 460,000 members who provide valued healthcare services at more than 670 employers across the province. At HOOPP, we exist to provide a stable and reliable pension for our members that starts in retirement and is paid for life. As one of Canada's largest and most respected pension plans, HOOPP's net assets reached $112.6 billion at the end of 2023 and our funded status remained strong at 115%. HOOPP's core values - professional, accountable, collaborative, compassionate and trustworthy - guide our every interaction with our members, employers and employees. We've become one of Canada's leading pension plans by consistently challenging ourselves and embracing innovation. From our unique investment management approach to our innovative technology and thought-provoking research, we constantly seek to push the boundaries, and we do this by hiring passionate, forward-thinking people. Our high-performance culture, which spans our head office in Toronto and our office in London (UK), is founded on collaboration, respect and belonging. HOOPP is an equal opportunity employer and we're proud of our diversity. We select applicants for employment solely on the basis of their qualifications. Should you require accommodation because of a disability during the recruitment and selection process, please contact our Human Resources team. We will be happy to consult with you so that arrangements can be made for reasonable accommodation
