About the role

Release Manager coordinating Agile releases, SRE practices, and CI/CD reliability for CBC/Radio-Canada’s ICI TOU.TV and CBC Gem platforms. Bilingual English/French role in Montreal.

Responsibilities

Consolidate and coordinate deliverables across five teams and more than five platforms to define and document recurring Agile release trains.
Coordinate go-live operations and post-launch monitoring with platform developers on a rotational basis.
Partner with the QA Lead on pre- and post-deployment testing cycles.
Define, document and track performance indicators for deployment workflows.
Lead initiatives to accelerate and optimize deployment workflows.
Plan, coordinate and document mandatory updates across application platforms.
Plan, coordinate and document feature-flag usage with product managers.
Collaborate with the Technical Lead and Enterprise Architect to define and track SRE objectives.
Serve as subject matter expert for SRE practices and maintain internal expertise with the Cross-Functional SRE Lead.
Foster and lead an SRE community of practice within the OTT team.
Maintain inventories and documentation for dashboards.
Build collaborative relationships with external SRE teams through cross-functional dashboard integration.
Ensure reliability and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
Maximize uptime and maintain development and integration environments for automated testing.
Document usage and manage inventories of development and integration environments.

University degree or equivalent experience.
Five to seven years’ IT experience.
Hands-on experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) tools.
Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash or Python.
Knowledge of other programming languages is an asset.
Good general knowledge and intellectual curiosity.
Critical mind and ability to challenge the status quo.
Interest in major trends and challenges within the digital landscape.
Thoroughness, self-reliance and resourcefulness.
Excellent stress management and prioritization skills.
Strong analytical and conceptual thinking.
Flexibility, initiative and drive.
Ability to work well in a team and communicate effectively.
Fluency in French.
Professional working proficiency in spoken and written English required.
Ability to work in a bilingual English/French environment.
Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
Successful candidates must complete a mandatory criminal record check; additional background checks may apply.

Flexible work schedule prioritizing you, your family, and your work.
Possibility of working from home.
Competitive total compensation.
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies.
Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
Opportunity to be part of our affinity groups.
Buddy program and mentoring opportunities.
Creative and dynamic work environment where ideas and contributions are heard, valued, and respected.
Supportive leadership team committed to diversity and inclusion.
Environment encouraging experimentation and iterative technical innovation.
Contract roles function similarly to regular full-time positions, with possibility of renewal based on performance and skill demonstration.