DevOps Engineer

Insight Global; Montreal; On-site; CAD 129,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

A major Canadian space company is looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer in Montreal to lead the automation of electronics development activities for satellite payloads. Responsibilities include implementing systems for development automation, managing engineering tools, and supporting cloud tool migration. Candidates must have a bachelor's degree, 5+ years in embedded systems, mastery of scripting languages, and experience with CI/CD practices. Must work onsite at least three days a week.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an embedded environment.
• Mastery of scripting languages for automation.
• Excellent communication skills with IT and users.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems to automate development activities.
• Manage tools and third-party intellectual property.
• Support engineering departments in migrating tools to the cloud.

Skills

Scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, Groovy, Bash, VBScript)

CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI)

Linux system administration

Git (GitLab, Bitbucket, GitHub)

Docker and Kubernetes

SQL databases

Agile software development practices

Computer networking and security basics

Application monitoring

Virtual machine deployment

Troubleshooting infrastructure issues

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

Databricks

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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Base pay range

CA$129,000.00/yr - CA$136,000.00/yr

JOB DESCRIPTION

Insight Global is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join electronics development teams of a major Canadian space company. The successful candidate will be responsible for the design automation of various activities related to the design, integration and test of satellite payloads and related space electronics products. Automation will cover all aspects of electronics manufacturing, from design automation and analysis to production test results. You will also provide support in setting up the infrastructure and maintaining the various engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, document and implement systems to automate electronics and software development activities.


• Manage engineering tools and third-party intellectual property (procurement, licensing, installation, upgrades, maintenance renewals, IT capacity planning, etc.) for the design of printed circuit boards, FPGAs, software, RF circuits and systems.


• Establish governance, organize information, guide users in the digital transformation of their working methods.


• Support engineering departments in migrating tools to the cloud (AWS, Azure, Databricks).


• Provide support to engineering teams by troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure issues specific to engineering activities.


• Create and enhance Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).


• Implement, maintain and improve application/system monitoring to help identify key performance metrics.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science or equivalent.


• At least 5 years of experience in the field – must have prior experience in an embedded environment (Hardware-in-the-loop) and understand how equipment is tested.


• Mastery of scripting languages used for automation such as Python, PowerShell, Groovy, Bash, VBScript etc.


• Relevant experience in continuous integration engineering/continuous development (CI/CD), including Jenkins or GitLab CI.


• Knowledge of agile software development practices.


• Understanding of computer networking and security basics in an enterprise context.


• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to provide high‑quality documents at an appropriate level of detail in communications with both IT and users.


• Must be on‑site in Montreal at least three days per week.


• Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills, with particular emphasis on performance optimization, security enhancement and high availability.


• Experience with source control such as Git (GitLab, Bitbucket, GitHub, etc.) and SVN.


• Experience of automating environments on Azure Cloud.


• Experience of logging and monitoring tools.


• Experience with Docker and container orchestrators such as Kubernetes.


• Experience with configuration management tools.


• Experience with SQL databases.


• Web development experience to provide development teams with GUI tools.


• Knowledge of virtual machine creation and deployment (VMware, vSphere, VirtualBox).


• Experience of working with security governance and audit teams, and of implementing security standards.

Nice to Have Skills and Experience

• Understanding of FPGAs, PCB design or software development tools.

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