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Director, Site Reliability Engineering

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Brampton, ON
Senior Level

Top Benefits

Work Perks Program
On-site GoodLife Fitness, Basketball & Volleyball courts, Ice Rink, Dry Cleaning services (1PCC Office)
Tuition Reimbursement & Online Learning

About the role

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 in leading high-performing teams in fast-paced, high-volume, and complex customer-centric environments.

  • 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, Operating Systems Lifecycle Management, Backup & Recovery 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.

What Loblaw Offers You

We offer flexibility and balance, and an environment that sets you up for success no matter where your workspace is located.

Here, you will find a great team to help you achieve your goals as you help us achieve ours! Work in our fast-paced, exciting Technology environment, helping our stores, colleagues and customers every day.

Loblaw colleagues also enjoy:

  • Work Perks Program
  • On-site GoodLife Fitness, Basketball & Volleyball courts, Ice Rink, Dry Cleaning services (1PCC Office)
  • Tuition Reimbursement & Online Learning
  • Pension & Benefits
  • Paid Vacation

About Loblaw Companies Limited

Retail
10,000+

Our Purpose – Live Life Well

Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, the nation’s largest retailer, and the majority unit holder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw – and its portfolio of grocery, health and beauty, financial services and apparel businesses – provides Canadians with an unparalleled mix of value, assortment and convenience, and offers Canadians two of the country’s most recognized brands – President’s Choice and no name.

The acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart, along with the powerful Life Brand and Optimum brand, has only served to reinforce our leadership position in the marketplace. As well, our PC Plus program, omni-channel efforts and multicultural merchandising offerings continued to be points of differentiation for our customer experience.

In 2019, Loblaw has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Best Diversity Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.


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