About the job
Join Benevity
Benevity is transforming the way the world engages in social good, providing companies and their employees with innovative technology to take meaningful action on social issues. Through our solutions for giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups, and micro-actions, we empower many of the Fortune 100 brands to create positive cultural shifts and use their influence for good. Proudly one of Canada's first B Corporations, we are deeply committed to purpose alongside profit and have a global presence that spans across Canada, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, the US, and beyond!
Benevity is seeking a visionary Director of DevOps to spearhead and refine our DevOps practices. In this strategic leadership role, you will provide direction, mentorship, and guidance to our teams as they build scalable, secure, and resilient systems. Utilizing your deep expertise in cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and AI-driven methodologies, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our delivery pipelines, platform reliability, and operational excellence.
As a champion of a collaborative, innovative, and continuously improving culture, you will ensure our teams are equipped with the necessary tools, processes, and practices to thrive. You will lead initiatives that boost scalability, accelerate delivery, and fortify our security posture while implementing intelligent automation to minimize toil and enhance efficiency. By bridging development, operations, security, and business stakeholders, you will facilitate the faster, more reliable, and innovative delivery of value to our clients.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic direction, mentorship, and coaching to teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning that enables the adoption of modern DevOps practices and AI-driven automation at scale.
- Identify opportunities for automation throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to enhance efficiency and minimize manual errors. Advocate for the adoption of DevOps tools and technologies (CI/CD pipelines, IaC tools, containerization) to streamline workflows and expedite application delivery.
- Oversee the secure and scalable deployment and management of applications across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), defining cloud architecture, optimizing resource utilization, and implementing cost-effective solutions.
- Integrate security best practices into all phases of the DevOps lifecycle, establishing clear security policies and procedures to maintain regulatory compliance and mitigate risks within infrastructure and applications.
- Encourage a culture of experimentation, learning, and feedback within the DevOps team that leverages automation...

