Senior Solution Engineer
We are
At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 16,850+, and has 60 offices in 20 countries within key global markets.
Our challenge
We are looking for a hands-on Senior Solution Engineer with strong CI/CD, pipeline troubleshooting, and DevOps automation expertise. The ideal candidate is experienced with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes, and can confidently support migration and integration initiatives. Candidate are a problem solver, strong communicator, and trusted technical partner for application teams. We are looking for a Senior Solution Engineer to join our team and help deliver key initiatives Enable Capital Markets application teams to modernize and streamline their DevOps practices by migrating from legacy deployment approaches to scalable GitHub Actions-based CI/CD solutions. Support complex pipelines, troubleshoot integration issues, and improve automation across diverse application stacks. Drive reliable deployments, faster delivery, and stronger engineering standards in a high-impact enterprise environment.
Additional Information*
The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Halifax, NS is CAD $90k - CAD $95k/year & benefits (see below).
The Role
Responsibilities:
- Support app teams to migrate from Jenkins, RLM or manual deployment to GitHub Actions.
- Troubleshoot and resolve DevOps-related issues.
- Create and debug CI/CD pipeline stages and workflows.
- Implement automation/configurations for successful integration.
- Write POM and Settings from scratch and work with various code bases.
- Set up GitHub Actions workflows, execution, and runners.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Diploma in IT with equivalent experience.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience creating and debugging pipeline stages.
- Strong understanding of build systems and project types (Maven, NPM, PyPi, .NET, MSBuild).
- Ability to write POM and Settings files from scratch.
- GitHub Actions workflows, execution, and runners.
- Experience with tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitOps, Artifactory, SonarQube, Terraform, UCD, Ansible.
- Jenkins pipelines (Declarative, Multibranch, Maven pipelines).
- Troubleshooting Jenkins failures and configuration issues.
- SonarQube configuration and usage.
- CD tools like Terraform, UCD.
- Ansible for configuration and deployment.
- Docker and containerization (Dockerfiles, commands).
- Kubernetes (clusters, namespaces, PV/PVC, Helm charts, kubectl deployments).
- Troubleshooting Kubernetes issues (pods, logs, nodes, events).
Preferred, but not required:
- CI/CD experience with NPM or NuGet.
- Groovy pipeline scripting.
- Strong communication skills.
- Agile tools (JIRA, ServiceNow).
- Scripting experience (Groovy, Shell, Python).
We offer:
- A multinational organization with 60 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
- 15 days (3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave (floating days and sick days).
- A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability.
- Flexible hybrid policy.
- RRSP with employer’s contribution up to 4%.
- A higher education certification policy.
- On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
- Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
- Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
- A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture.
S YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.