Software Engineering Developer, DevOps
DevOps engineer at a defence contractor designing CI/CD pipelines and cloud-agnostic infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Docker across AWS, Azure, and GCP, plus monitoring, security hardening, and automation across cloud and on-prem environments. Hybrid role based in Calgary or Ottawa; requires Canadian government security clearance eligibility.
- Compensation
- CA$85K–CA$110K / yr
- Location
- Nepean, Canada
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical/engineering degree
- 4+ years of previous DevOps experience
- Experience with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI (preferred)
- Scripting languages: Python, Bash
- Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
- Configuration management: Ansible, Terraform, Packer
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana
- Familiarity with 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)
- Experience with virtualized environments
- Experience working across at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Canadian government security clearance
- Eligible to work in Canada
Nice to have
- Understanding of DevSecOps practices
- Exposure to an Agile environment or understanding of Agile methodologies
- Familiarity with test automation tools and integrating them into the development process
- Experience with or familiarity with AI/ML models
- Thrive in a team environment, developing consensus
- Ability to analyze complex issues, recommend options, and implement solutions
Full description
Job Description
Job DescriptionCompany Description
Build bold. Deliver impact. Win together.
At General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada, we’re not just engineering technology — we’re shaping the future of defence and security. Our teams design and deliver advanced, mission-critical solutions that enhance national security, strengthen communities, and protect the people we serve.
If you’re looking for meaningful work that contributes to a safer, more secure world, you’ll find purpose here. Every day, your skills will directly impact programs that matter.
Job Description
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.