Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Ottawa, Canada

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billions of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more.

More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Position Summary

This is a hybrid position for a Senior DevOps Engineer located in Ottawa, ON with 3 days in the office. A Sr. DevOps Engineer is a multi-disciplinary role. The engineer engages in both Engineering and Operations activities and delivers the final application to production. Exceptional knowledge of automation practices and software development skills are required so that operations can deploy and support our solutions with the highest quality.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Support all application infrastructure to ensure our PaaS/IaaS platform is optimized for performance and reliability.
• Socialize designs with team and integrate suggestions and changes as appropriate.
• Implement code in a timely fashion and with high quality, consistent with standards for the group.
• Review other developers’ code as necessary.
• Unit test software components to ensure module-level functionality and data structure consistency.
• Provide documentation as appropriate including design documentation, comments in code and end-user documentation.
• Consult with other technical team members and management on industry best practices.
• Discuss and agree on the most innovative solutions applicable to our cloud services environment.
• Maintain and enhance internal tools.
• Provide input to improve scalability and reliability of infrastructure to our Automation Architects.
• Deploy and assist with maintenance of automation technologies.
• Provide Level 2/3 Support to our Operations team for all automation technologies.
• Document all build and run procedures when implementing new automation technologies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical field of study.
• 5 to 7+ years of experience with builds, tools, development and software lifecycle management process.
• 5+ years of experience in Administration and User Management in Linux and Windows.
• 5+ years of experience in Cloud computing and Virtualization technologies.
• Experience in deploying and supporting web-based applications.
• Ability to think in a Cloud Services manner.
• Experience with orchestration toolsets.
• Understanding of operational concepts like change management, on-call rotations, escalations, uptime, etc.
• Experience in managing production systems on a very large scale.
• Experience working with virtualization: VMWare, HyperV, etc.
• Experience working with databases: MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres, Mongo, Cassandra, etc.
• Experience with cloud and server architecture.
• Experience with REST APIs, microservices development and deployment.
• Deep understanding of one of the major OS families (Linux or Windows).
• Conscious of security concerns and adhere to security best practices from design to implementation and operations.
• Experience with automation technologies (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Experience with CaaS or PaaS technologies (K8s, OpenShift, etc.).
• Experience with Public cloud hosting (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) and Private hosting (Private data centers, Rackspace, etc.).
• Good social interaction with the immediate team as well as other teams.
• Ability to work in an extremely geographically distributed company.
• Excellent communication skills across multiple mediums.

What We Offer

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

Why Join Us?

Say HI and learn more about working at Thales. Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access.