Senior DevOps Specialist​/Engineer

Building the space between proven and possible, MDA Space (TSX:

MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world firsts and more than 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure. The MDA Space team of more than 3,400 space experts in Canada, the US and the UK has the knowledge and know-how to turn an audacious customer vision into an achievable mission – bringing to bear a one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and wide-eyed wonder that’s been in our DNA since day one.

For those who dream big and push boundaries on the ground and in the stars to change the world for the better, we’ll take you there.

The Senior Dev Ops Specialist is a core member of every project team and plays a critical role in the software development life cycle. This role is a combination of leadership and hands‑on responsibilities depending on project needs. The Senior Dev Ops Specialist will collaborate with Project Engineers to design and implement continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines that support software build, test, and delivery automation.

The Dev Ops Specialist will also work closely with Cyber Security and Sec Ops to ensure that CI/CD pipelines integrate with code quality and code security static (and dynamic) analysis tools as well as open-source software vulnerability scanners. The Dev Ops Specialist will collaborate with the Software Quality Specialist to integrate test automation into the CI/CD pipeline. As a member of the Dev Ops practice the Dev Ops Specialist will be expected to contribute to the continuous learning and continuous improvement process to ensure that Dev Ops processes, practices, and tools evolve and improve to adapt to changing technological and business needs.

In collaboration with the Technology Strategy Group, monitor industry trends and products and suggest or trial new products and tools for common adoption by the company.

• Design CI/CD pipelines and other related automations and integrations.
• Lead a team of Dev Ops experts through coordination of work and assignment of tasks.
• Write and/or ensure pipeline requirements are ready for development by the Dev Ops Team.
• Collaborate with project teams to conceptualize, develop, test, and release software.
• Collaborate with project teams to implement CI/CD pipelines.
• Support Software Quality Engineering to enable automated testing of software.
• Support Software Quality Engineering to integrate automated testing with CI/C pipelines.
• Collaborate with IT and Cloud Architecture to implement Infrastructure as Code to enable the automation of infrastructure automation.
• Collaborate with Cyber Security to implement software security policies to prevent security breaches and other vulnerabilities.
• Support IT by contributing to the design and implementation of deployment and monitoring tools to improve operational efficiency.
• As part of the Dev Ops practice contribute to continuous improvements in Dev Ops implementation to improve efficiency and reduce risk.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar relevant degree or combination of education and experience
• 8+ years software development or systems administration experience
• Experience leading a Dev Ops or development team
• Experience mentoring junior and intermediate Dev Ops engineers
• Expert level knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
• Expert level experience with scripting languages such as Python, Shell, Powershell
• Expert level experience and knowledge of source control tools such as Git Lab
• Expert level experience and knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitCI
• Expert level experience and knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, Salt or similar IaC technologies
• Expert knowledge of monitoring stacks like ELK, Grafana/ Prometheus, or Dyna Trace
• Exceptional communication skills both written and oral

• Experience with highly secure environments following NIST 800-171 and/or CIS guidelines.
• Experience in partially…