Specialist, Automation & Monitoring

Saskatoon - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purposeFeeding the Future is the reason we come to work each day. Were guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26000 employees we operate a world-class network of production distribution and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers needs and strive to provide a more profitable sustainable and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

The Automation & Monitoring Specialist will play a key role in strengthening and maturing our IT Operations Center specifically the enterprise automation monitoring and observability capabilities. You will help set the direction for these services up to and including AI to build new capabilities from the ground up and drive adoption across infrastructure security and application teams. Working with a blended team of contractors service providers and embedded champions youll help deliver reliable standardized services that reduce manual effort improve signal quality and strengthen operational performance. This role combines handson technical leadership with the ability to influence others and build momentum behind a modern forwardlooking approach that will shape how technology is supported at Nutrien.

What Youll Do:

Develop and maintain the roadmap for automation monitoring and observability defining the target state operating model and standards for these services
Build and evolve the platforms that support automation telemetry alerting and workflow orchestration ensuring tools and integrations are reliable and consistent across the organization
Lead the intake and prioritization process using structured scoring and a transparent backlog to ensure focus on the highestvalue work
Establish development standards and guardrails for scripting orchestration CI/CD testing documentation and operational compliance
Improve the quality of telemetry and observability data streamline dashboards and alerts and strengthen proactive detection and resilience
Leverage AI to modernize observability practices and enable more responsive intelligent service behavior across IT
Integrate automation into ITSM workflows and eliminate manual repeatable tasks to improve service reliability and response times
Collaborate with technical teams to identify processes suitable for AIassisted automation define desired workflows and outcomes and translate them into clear technical requirements and documentation for development teams
Apply emerging AI capabilities to reduce noise improve triage and expand opportunities for autoremediation
Identify and drive incident automation opportunities using AI improving how events become actionable incidents accelerating triage enabling automated enrichment and streamlining remediation paths
Provide handson support for complex builds and integrations helping raise the technical bar across contractor and partner teams
Coordinate delivery across contractors partners and embedded team champions ensuring dependencies are managed across infrastructure security and application groups
Work closely with the IT Operations Center and other IT service teams to understand demand identify pain points and develop automated and AIdriven ways of working to improve efficiency consistency and scale
Keep stakeholders informed through clear communication of roadmaps priorities risks and progress supported by meaningful metrics
Ensure documentation and operating practices are accurate easy to follow and aligned with futurestate design
Act as the primary point of contact for automation monitoring and observability service areas helping teams understand capabilities and upcoming improvements

What Youll Bring:

Experience leading automation monitoring or observability initiatives within IT Operations including endtoend delivery and service evolution
Strong handson skills with scripting and automation tools such as PowerShell Python Ansible Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
Experience with observability platforms such as Prometheus Grafana Datadog Splunk or Elastic
Ability to translate operational needs into clear requirements documentation and an actionable backlog
Experience structuring and governing intake prioritization and delivery using Agile or Kanban practices
Ability to guide contractors manage partner delivery and influence embedded champions in infrastructure security and application teams
Familiarity with ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow and integrating automation or observability into operational workflows
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to explain technical concepts in a businessfocused way
A selfstarter mindset with strong problemsolving skills and a practical understanding of how AI can enhance operational performance
A solid understanding of infrastructure cloud and operational technologies and how they underpin automation and observability practices

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The estimated salary that Indeed Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutriens compensation structure. Nutrien is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

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Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purposeFeeding the Future is the reason we come to work each day. Were guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are str...