DevOps Engineer

Kongsberg; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 84,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Kongsberg Geospatial in Ottawa, Ontario seeks a DevOps Engineer to advance our SDLC through automation, tooling, and infrastructure enhancements. You will optimize builds, tests, and releases, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with software teams to enforce repeatable processes.

The role requires experience with Linux and Windows, extensive scripting, and hands-on use of Jenkins, Docker, Git, and Azure DevOps. A Canadian security clearance or eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Canadian security clearance or eligibility to obtain one.
• Post-secondary degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a DevOps role.
• Extensive experience with development infrastructure in Linux and Windows environments.
• Deep knowledge of Linux and SDLC practices and processes.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, tests, and releases.
• Strong knowledge of industry DevOps practices and tools.
• Hands-on experience with Jenkins, Artifactory, Proxmox, vSphere, Azure DevOps, Docker, Npm, CMake, Git, Sonatype Lifecycle, Sonarqube.

Responsibilities

• Drive evolution of build, test, and release processes and tools.
• Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and tools.
• Maintain infrastructure of development tools and systems.
• Contribute to product architecture to maximize DevOps efficiency.
• Work with developers to ensure adherence to established processes.
• Research and pilot new tools for automation and efficiency.
• Build and maintain a secure development environment.
• Document DevOps processes and information clearly.
• Utilize tools like Jenkins, Artifactory, Proxmox, vSphere, Azure DevOps, Docker, Npm, CMake, Git, Sonatype Lifecycle, Sonarqube.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Linux

Windows

Scripting

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Docker

Powershell

Python

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Tools

Proxmox

vSphere

Azure DevOps

Docker

Git

Npm

CMake

Jenkins

Artifactory

Sonatype Lifecycle

SonarQube

Job description

Kongsberg Geospatial does challenging work that matters. We are an industry leading software company that has been delivering real-time geospatial technology solutions for Defence and Aerospace applications worldwide for over 30 years.

Since 2006, we have been a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace in Norway and we are an integral part of many key programs there. Externally, our technology is relied upon and trusted for a wide range of applications including air defense, search and rescue, drone delivery systems, and autonomous vehicle tracking. Our team members make a real impact in people's lives.

Are you a software professional that enjoys creating solutions that customers love? Do you thrive on seeing projects from concept to delivery? Do you like working in smaller teams and seeing the entire solution? If so, then this may be the position for you!

Our team is growing and we’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to support the engineering development operations through driving the advancement of our technical processes, frameworks, and infrastructure. The DevOps Engineer will play a key role in strategizing and optimizing solutions using automation, with an emphasis on improving the SDLC stages such as build, test, and release processes. The DevOps Engineer brings valuable experience, a problem-solving mindset, the ability to work effectively within a team, and an interest to continue learning.

This is a hybrid position working out of our Ottawa, Ontario office.

You Will

• Drive the evolution of our development and release processes and tools, with a focus on building and improving our existing infrastructure for automated builds, testing, and releasing
• Manage and maintain CI/CD processes, pipelines and tools
• Maintain infrastructure of development tools and systems
• Contribute to the architecture of KG’s products to maximize efficiency of development operations
• Work with software developers to ensure that development follows established processes
• Research and trial technical tools that can be leveraged to provide solutions
• Build and maintain a secure development environment
• Clearly document DevOps processes and information
• Main toolset: Jenkins, Artifactory, Proxmox and VSpere, Azure DevOps, Docker and Podman, Npm, CMake, Git, Sonatype Lifecycle, Sonarqube.
• Main languages and syntax: Bash, Powershell, Batch, Python, Groovy, YAML

You Have:

• A Canadian security clearance or eligibility to obtain one
• A post-secondary degree or diploma in a field related to Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience
• A minimum of 3 years experience in a DevOps role
• Extensive experience working with development infrastructure in both Linux and Windows environments, ideally supporting embedded software teams using different toolsets and programming languages
• Deep knowledge of Linux
• Experience working within the SDLC, and knowledge of SDLC practices and processes
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to perform automated builds, testing, and releasing
• Strong knowledge of industry DevOps practices and tools
• Hands on experience with all/most of our toolset: Jenkins, Artifactory, Proxmox, vSphere, Azure DevOps, Docker, Npm, CMake, Git, Sonatype Lifecycle, Sonarqube.
• Strong scripting knowledge, with preference to Bash, Powershell, Batch, Python, Groovy, YAML
• A problem-solving mindset – you are motivated to find solutions to problems
• Flexibility and ability to adapt quickly to changes in technology and scope of work

It will be great if you have:

• Experience in developing automated testing infrastructure
• Experience in building virtualized infrastructure for standardized and consistent environments (ie. Vagrant, VMs, containers, etc.)
• Experience with configuration management tools for standardized and consistent environments (ie. Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, etc.)
• Experience and interest in leading DevOps transformations of legacy development practices to modern tools and processes
• Experience identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by automating vulnerability assessments and risk management practices

The base salary range for this role is $84,000 - $117,000. Individual pay is determined by a number of factors including job-related skills, experience, internal equity and relevant education or training.