Software Engineering Developer, DevOps General Dynamics Missions System International · Ottawa · Dev

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.

We are seeking a skilled Dev Ops 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 Dev Ops culture. This will include integrating numerous open source and commercial applications such as Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Git Lab 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 Dev Ops 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 Dev Ops experience

Tools & Technologies

CI/CD Tools:
Jenkins, Git Lab 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 Dev Sec Ops  practices.

Exposure working in an Agile environment, or an understanding of Agile methodologies.

Demonstrated practice thriving in a hybrid work environment

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