Company Description
At General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada, our focus extends beyond engineering technology solutions—we are dedicated to cultivating careers. If you seek a purpose-driven career solving some of the world’s most critical problems, alongside some of the brightest engineering minds, your application is welcome. Join a community where your unique perspective propels innovation.
Why Join Us?
- Flexible Work Environment: We have On-site and Hybrid positions, this is often dependent on the nature of your role. We offer a variety of options for your work schedule which includes compressed work week options, flexible start times and shut down periods.
- Professional Development: We offer a number of resources and support to help develop your professional toolkit! You should anticipate regular progress reviews as well as access to educational assistance, professional designations and certification support, training and more!
- Total Rewards: Consider it covered—health, dental, and beyond. Early access to a pension plan with various perks to acknowledge your contributions to the organization.
Job Description
We are seeking a skilled Software Engineering Developer (DevOps) 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 Hybrid position that can be based out of Ottawa or Calgary.
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.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering; Computer Science; or a related technical/engineering degree
- 4+ years of previous DevOps experience
- Experience with some of the following tools and technologies would be ideal:
- 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).
Preferred Skills
- 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
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.
Additional Information
We believe the unique contributions of each of our colleagues are key in our ability to drive innovation. By fostering a culture of belonging, encouraging idea sharing at all levels, and reinforcing the very real impact of what we do, we offer an environment where everyone can take pride in their work. We respect diverse opinions, and value the lived experiences each and every one of us bring to our workplace. If you require accommodation during any stage of the application process, please contact Human Resources via recruitment@gd-ms.ca.