Specialist, Automation & Monitoring
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Join Nutrien as the Automation & Monitoring Specialist in Saskatoon, a full-time onsite role building a modern automation and observability capability within IT Operations. You will own the backlog and roadmap, design and deploy automation and monitoring components, and drive alignment to shared standards across ITOC and domain teams while reducing alert noise and strengthening ITSM integration. The role blends hands-on development with cross-team influence, leveraging AI-assisted tooling to accelerate delivery and measure impact against KPIs such as manual effort, alert volume, and incident response times. Bring domain experience in enterprise IT operations, scripting (Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform), familiarity with Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and Agile delivery, plus strong collaboration. Apply today.
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re 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 26,000 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 plays a key role in delivering and advancing automation, monitoring, and observability capabilities within Nutrien’s IT Operations.
This is a new and growing practice. Nutrien is building a modern automation and observability capability from the ground up, and this role is well positioned to influence how that capability develops across the organization. You will work in partnership with the IT Operations and Monitoring Manager to execute the roadmap, while shaping how automation and monitoring are implemented both within the IT Operations Center (ITOC) and across infrastructure and application teams.
The ITOC is the primary customer for these services, but success in this role depends on building strong working relationships across teams and driving adoption of common standards and practices. You will be responsible for delivering and scaling automation and monitoring capabilities that lead to measurable improvements in operational performance, including reduced manual effort, improved alert quality, and faster incident response.
The role is balanced between hands-on development and coordination. You will spend time building automation and integrations directly, while also coordinating other developers and influencing teams to align to shared standards and approaches.
What You'll Do:
- Backlog & Roadmap Delivery: Own the intake, prioritization, and delivery of work through a structured backlog to execute the automation and monitoring roadmap
- Hands-on Development: Design and build automation, integrations, and monitoring components directly, particularly for complex or high-value use cases
- Coordination & Standards: Coordinate development across the ITOC and domain teams to establish and drive alignment to shared standards, reusable automation, and alerting practices
- Operational Excellence: Reduce alert noise, improve alert quality (actionability and relevance), and integrate monitoring platforms with IT service management (ITSM) workflows
- AI-Assisted Delivery: Apply AI-assisted development tools and approaches to accelerate development, scale delivery, and improve the quality of automation solutions
- Performance Metrics: Track, analyze, and report on key performance indicators such as reductions in manual effort, alert volume, and incident response times
What You'll Bring:
- Domain Expertise: Strong experience delivering automation, monitoring, or observability initiatives within enterprise IT Operations (e.g., ITOC/NOC) environments
- Technical Scripting: Hands-on proficiency with scripting and automation tools such as PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar
- Observability Platforms: Experience configuring and managing monitoring platforms such as Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent
- Methodology & Delivery: Experience managing work within Agile/Kanban frameworks, with the ability to translate operational pain points into clear backlog requirements
- AI Tooling: Familiarity with using AI-assisted development tools in your development work
- Influence & Collaboration: Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with a proven ability to coordinate delivery across multiple teams and drive alignment without direct authority
What You'll Get:
- Purpose-Driven Work – Make an impact as part of a global team feeding the future and support farmers locally and around the world
- Excellent Benefits – Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, plus a retirement program with generous employer matching for your future
- Grow Your Career – Tuition assistance for future education and ongoing learning and training opportunities for career advancement pathways across the organization
- Support When it Matters – Employee Assistance Programs, inclusive leaves, and paid time for holidays, volunteering, vacation, and wellness
- Thrive in a Strong Culture – Guided by our core values we put safety first, act with integrity, are stronger together, and deliver with excellence in a collaborative, high-performing environment
Ready to make an impact with us? Apply today!
The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutrien's 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.
This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.
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