Manager, DevOps Center of Excellence (CoE)
Date: Feb 10, 2026
Location: Dorval, Québec, CA, H4S 1Y9
Company: Bombardier
When applicable, Bombardier promotes flexible and hybrid work policies.
Why join us?
At Bombardier, we design, build and maintain the world’s peak-performing aircraft for the world’s most discerning people and businesses, governments and militaries. We have been successful in setting the highest standards by putting our people at the heart of it all, and defining excellence, together.
Working at Bombardier means operating at the highest level. Every day, you are part of a team that delivers superior experiences and products, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in our industry and beyond. By prioritizing employee growth and development, we empower everyone to reach their full potential on their own terms, because the best work happens when you are free to be yourself and share your unique expertise.
Bombardier’s Benefits Program
With our employees’ well-being top of mind, we offer a comprehensive and competitive Benefits Program, which includes the following:
- Insurance plans (Dental, medical, life insurance, disability, and more)
- Competitive base salary
- Retirement savings plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tele Health Program
What are your contributions to the team?
- Define and execute a comprehensive strategy and multi-year roadmap for the DevOps CoE, aligned with organization objectives and industry best practices.
- Partner with the Architecture Review Board (ARB), the business and technology leaders to identify improvement opportunities and automations for infrastructure and application development to increase speed and quality of IT project deliveries.
- Lead the selection, configuration, and lifecycle management of the Agile and CI/CD tool chains, ensuring scalability, security, and high availability for the development teams.
- Integrate the infrastructure and application development tools for CI/CD.
- Define enterprise standard for code repository, branching strategies and ensure adoption by developers with proper training.
- Maintain the list of approved coding languages, libraries and tools that can be used for infrastructure and application development.
- Approve and provide support for coding assistant tools (e.g., AI-powered code completion) to increase productivity and quality from development teams.
- Develop a high-performing team of Agile coaches, platform and DevOps specialists, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Develop and deliver training, documentation, and enablement programs to empower users of the DevOps and CI/CD CoE’s platforms.
- Establish and enforce governance frameworks for platform usage, tool selection, and code quality, ensuring compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
- Manage budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships as needed.
- Communicate complex technical concepts and platform strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, to drive digital innovation with speed.
- Set clear performance objectives for the team, monitor progress, and implement development plans to maintain high engagement and achievement.
How to thrive in this role?
- You hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- You have 8+ years of experience in software development, DevOps, or platform engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership or CoE management role.
- You have a minimum of 5 years of experience in deploying infrastructure and developing applications in public cloud and virtualized onprem environments.
- You can demonstrate a proven expertise in Agile methodologies, CI/CD platform management, and tool chain configuration (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
- You have strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) and experience automating build and deployment processes.
- You have experience with coding assistant tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) and infrastructure-as-code frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
- You have demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and manage complex, cross-functional projects.
- You have experience and interest in managing both project deliveries and operational support.
- Certifications in Agile, DevOps, or cloud platforms are considered assets.
- You have excellent communication, stakeholder management, and change-leadership skills.
- You are capable of communicating in French and English (spoken and written) in a business context.
Now that you can see yourself in this role, apply and join the Bombardier Team!
Please note: You don’t need all the skills, knowledge, and experience listed to apply for this position. We’re not looking for the perfect candidate, we’re looking for great talent and passionate individuals.
Bombardier is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics to apply.
Job Manager, DevOps Center of Excellence (CoE)
Primary Location Administrative Centre (CA)
Organization Aerospace Canada
Shift Day job
Employee Status Regular
Requisition 11247 Manager, DevOps Center of Excellence (CoE)