Senior Specialist Software Engineering & Environment Management

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

What’s in it for you

We’ve got the purpose, the people and the perks you need for a fulfilling career. Here’s the comprehensive and generous benefits you get when you’re a permanent employee:

• Annual Paid vacation.
• Annual individual performance incentive.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more. 
• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.

About the Role
Join the Platform Engineering team, in the Senior Specialist, Software Engineering & Environment Management position, where we’re modernizing how CMHC builds and operates software platforms. As Senior Specialist, you’ll learn current model, design and evolve reusable infrastructure pipelines that provision, configure, and maintain CMHC’s cloud environments reporting to the platform engineering manager. Working with platform, security, and application teams, you’ll build automation that allows environment provision, patching, data refreshes, compliance self-service, scalability, and security. This role is ideal for someone passionate about platform enablement, policy-as-code/Infrastructure-as-code and engineering excellence—helping CMHC teams deliver faster with confidence.

What you’ll do:

• Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and infrastructure pipelines (ARM, Azure, Bicep, Terraform, Helm) to provision and update Azure environments.
• Standardize automation patterns and reusable modules for environment setup, configuration, and data refresh.
• Partner with platform and DevOps teams to pair application CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation pipelines for full-stack delivery.
• Embed security controls, RBAC and policy-as-code into provisioning workflows to ensure compliance and consistency.
• Build self-service capabilities and documentation, enabling teams to deploy and refresh environments independently.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of monitoring, observability, and resilience within infrastructure pipelines.
• Coach engineers and analysts on IaC principles and Azure DevOps best practices.

What you should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years in DevOps, cloud automation & Software delivery support.
• In depth experience with Azure services.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Experience embedding security and governance into automation workflows.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills to guide cross-functional teams.

Technologies you’ll work with:

• Dynamics 365 CRM, Dynamics 365 F&O ERP.
• GitOps, policy-as-code tools (Azure Policy, OPA), and progressive delivery strategies.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD processes, leveraging software engineering.
• ARM, Bicep, Helm.
• Azure DevOps.
• Terraform.
• Azure: AKS, Logic Apps, Service Bus, gestion des API.

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience working in a DevOps enablement or platform team.
• Experience with solution packaging and deployment pipelines for Dynamics 365.
• Knowledge of progressive delivery strategies (feature flags, blue-green, canary).
• Familiarity with compliance automation and policy-as-code.
• Skills in building developer onboarding or paved road experiences.
• A Microsoft Certification as a DevOps Engineer Expert and/or Azure Administrator Associate.
• Experience in the insurance or finance sectors.

Posting closing date: Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion 

We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission.

Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion 

What happens after you apply 

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If you applied before and you were not successful don’t worry – we're always posting new positions, so don’t hesitate to give it another shot. We’re excited to see what you bring to the table this time around!