Senior DevOps Engineer & Infrastructure Lead

91056
Ottawa, Ontario
Contract
14 days ago

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer & Infrastructure Lead

Location: Ottawa, ON (Onsite)

Estimated Duration: 12 Months

Position Overview

The Beneficiary will play a senior leadership role in designing, implementing, and managing the end-to-end DevOps strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure management required to support our 5G R&D and wireless solutions. Working within a global, intrapreneurial team, the Beneficiary will perform applied research and advanced engineering to build groundbreaking 5G technologies from the ground up, assess competition, and generate intellectual property.

As the primary owner of all DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure operations for the project, the Beneficiary will lead activities to implement strong automation strategies across development teams, support developers, and manage both on-premise and cloud-based infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability, and system reliability.


Key Responsibilities

1. Infrastructure Management & Cloud Orchestration

Kubernetes (K8s) Management: Drive containerization and orchestration strategies using Kubernetes. Design, deploy, scale, and maintain high-availability Kubernetes clusters to support 5G OAM and infrastructure software.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Own the automation of infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and network management across development, test, and production environments.
Ensure environment consistency, security compliance, and optimal resource utilization across all development and deployment infrastructure.


2. End-to-End CI/CD Pipeline Design & Automation

Pipeline Development (Jenkins): Design, implement, and maintain scalable, declarative CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins to support 5G development teams from code commit to deployment.
Advanced Scripting: Write, optimize, and maintain extensive automation scripts using Groovy (specifically for Jenkins Shared Libraries and pipeline customization), Python, and Shell/Bash to automate manual processes and optimize build/release workflows.
Automate integration, regression testing, and deployment verification processes to improve release speed and reliability.


3. System Observability, Monitoring & Logging (ELK Stack)

ELK Stack Implementation: Design and maintain a robust logging, monitoring, and alerting architecture using the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
Configure system and application logs, establish performance dashboards in Kibana, and set up proactive alerting mechanisms to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues rapidly.


4. Technical Leadership & Collaborations

Team Leadership: Lead the DevOps team, define technical solutions, oversee implementation, and ensure the timely delivery of 5G OAM and infrastructure software projects.
Developer Support & Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to developers on DevOps best practices, git workflows, and integration pipelines.
Collaboration & Design: Review and create technical design documents for 5G OAM software, implement unit testing strategies, and align with global product, development, and QA teams.


Required Technical Skills & Qualifications

DevOps & Infrastructure Ownership: 5+ years of experience managing complex, end-to-end DevOps cycles, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure environments.
Containerization & Orchestration: Proven, hands-on expertise in managing and scaling Kubernetes (K8s) and Docker containerized workloads.
CI/CD Automation: Deep expertise in Jenkins administration, configuration, and declarative pipeline design.
Advanced Scripting & Programming: Exceptional scripting skills in Groovy, Python, and Shell/Bash for pipeline development and task automation.
Observability & Monitoring: Solid experience setting up, configuring, and maintaining the ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) stack for centralized log analysis and platform

The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$80.00 and CA$112.00

Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

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Tundra Technical Solutions is a global workforce and technology delivery firm, ranked by Staffing Industry Analysts as one of the largest in North America. At Tundra, we aren't just hiring top talent at the world's most recognizable brands; we are pioneers of social recruitment. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace.

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