Software Engineering Developer, DevOps

We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team and enhance our development and operational efficiency. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a cloud-agnostic environment and is passionate about building reliable, scalable, and maintainable infrastructure across multiple cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).
The ideal candidate will work closely with a large number of stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery pipelines, strong infrastructure-as-code practices, and a robust DevOps culture. This will include integrating numerous open source and commercial applications such as Docker, Ansible, Terraform, GitLab Artifactory, VMWare, and Kubernetes. You will experience a diverse variety of tasks through all stages of the software development life cycle.
This role will be a combination of working remotely and onsite at our Calgary or Ottawa office. We have a number of measures in place for onsite working – our top priority remains the health and safety of our colleagues.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery processes.
Design and implement cloud-agnostic infrastructure using tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, and Ansible.
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for infrastructure and applications.
Manage containerized applications using Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
Optimize system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure system availability, scalability and reliability across cloud platforms.
Evaluate, prototype, and roll out new tools and technologies to support the DevOps automation transformation effort.
Ensure adherence to security best practices and implement system hardening and compliance measures.
Configure, manage and maintain functional and virtualized networks, devices and infrastructure.
Integrate tools together and automating their provisioning, configuration, and management across cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
Writing software and scripts necessary to deploy solutions and automate tasks.
Developing automated tests for new and updated functionality.
The candidate must meet each of the following criteria:
Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering; Computer Science; or a related technical/engineering degree
4+ years of previous DevOps experience
Tools & Technologies
CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI (preferred)
Scripting languages: Python, Bash
Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
Configuration: Ansible, Terraform, Packer
Observability (Prometheus, Grafana)
Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and branching strategies
Strong understanding of Linux/Unix based systems
Experience working through the software development life cycle
Knowledge of networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, VPNs, etc)
Experience with virtualized environments
Experience working across at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
What Makes You Stand Out
Thrive working in a team environment, developing consensus rather than working alone.
Ability to analyze complex issues, develop and recommend options, and implement solutions
Understanding of DevSecOps practices.
Exposure working in an Agile environment, or an understanding of Agile methodologies.
Demonstrated practice thriving in a hybrid work environment
Familiarity with test automation tools and integrating those into your development process
Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models.
How We Work
Work Schedule: 37.5 hours per week - flexible within core business hours.
Work Arrangement: A mix of onsite and remote work, as determined by business and role requirements.
It is a requirement that General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada be registered with the Canadian Controlled Goods program and that all of its workforce be security assessed. Successful applicants must meet all applicable security requirements, including but not limited to the ability to obtain and maintain a Canadian government security clearance. Applicants may be required to meet additional security requirements in order to gain access to technical data, classified areas or information that is subject to international regulations. You must be eligible to work in Canada.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid