Software Engineering Developer (DevOps)

Company Description

At General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada, our focus extends beyond engineering technology solutions—we are dedicated to cultivating careers. Our mission is to establish a workplace that thrives on diversity, where your beliefs, cultural background, experiences, and ideas are valued and contribute to our collective strength. 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.

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled DevOps Software Engineer to join our team and enhance our development and operational efficiency. This role could be based in Calgary or Ottawa. The ideal candidate will work closely with a large number of stakeholders to modernize engineering culture, practices, and tools, including 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery processes.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scripts using tools like Terraform 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 and reliability.
• 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.
• Writing software and scripts necessary to deploy solutions and automate tasks.
• Developing automated tests for new and updated functionality.

Qualifications

• Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering; Computer Science; or a related technical/engineering degree
  • 5+ years working in an Engineering Environment
  • Previous DevOps experience is preferred
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain Canadian Security Clearance and a positive Controlled Goods Assessment. Eligibility to work in Canada either as a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident.
• 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

Additional Information

Our success is fueled by individual diversity, encouraging applications from women, members of the LGBTQ2+ community, multi-cultural backgrounds, and persons with disabilities. We will work with you around any workplace accommodation required during our application process. If you require accommodation or have questions, please contact Human Resources via [email protected].