Senior Devops Developer

Telesat Corporation • $110K — $130K *
Ottawa, ON K1G 3J6In-Person
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional DevOps / Cloud / Platform Engineering experience
  • Hands-on production experience with Azure (AKS, Virtual Networks, Key Vault, Storage, Entra ID)
  • Skill in writing, reviewing, and managing modular Terraform IaC at scale
  • Advanced GitLab CI/CD pipeline design skills (includes templates, merge trains, multi-project pipelines)
  • Cluster administration and troubleshooting in Kubernetes
  • Experience with Docker for optimized image building and management
  • Strong command-line proficiency and shell scripting in Linux
  • Proficiency in Git, including branching strategies and monorepo workflows

Responsibilities

  • Design, provision, and manage Azure cloud resources for high availability and cost efficiency
  • Author and maintain Terraform modules for all cloud environments
  • Own and extend GitLab CI/CD pipelines for a polyglot monorepo
  • Maintain Docker images, Helm charts, and manage AKS cluster lifecycle
  • Write and maintain Bash/Python scripts for automation and developer tooling
  • Improve the monitoring stack to provide actionable dashboards and alerts
  • Implement cloud security best practices for satellite communication systems
  • Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to improve developer experience and platform reliability
  • Maintain documentation for infrastructure and deployment processes

Benefits

  • On-site work in downtown Ottawa with a hybrid working model (4 days in office, 1 day remote)
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own and evolve the cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platform for Telesat's Lightspeed satellite constellation. You will be responsible for the reliability, scalability, and automation of our Azure-based deployment platform, supporting a multi-technology monorepo (Java, Python, TypeScript, MATLAB) serving multiple development teams.

Responsibilities

  • Cloud Infrastructure (Azure): Design, provision, and manage Azure cloud resources - primarily Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), networking, storage, and identity - ensuring high availability and cost efficiency for satellite mission-critical workloads.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Author and maintain Terraform modules to provision and manage all cloud environments (dev, staging, production), following DRY principles and modular design.
  • CI/CD Pipeline Engineering: Own and extend GitLab CI/CD pipelines (merge request pipelines, merge trains, nightly builds, deployment workflows) across a polyglot monorepo. Ensure fast, reliable feedback loops for Java (Gradle), Python (Poetry/pytest), Matlab, and TypeScript (npm workspaces/Vite) build targets.
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Maintain Docker images, Helm charts, and Kubernetes manifests. Manage AKS cluster lifecycle including upgrades, scaling policies, and namespace isolation.
  • Automation & Scripting: Write and maintain Bash/Python scripts for deployment automation, environment provisioning, secret rotation, and developer tooling (pre-commit hooks, quality gates).
  • Observability: Operate and improve the monitoring stack (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki) to provide actionable dashboards, alerting, and log aggregation across all services.
  • Security: Implement and enforce cloud security best practices - network policies, RBAC, secret management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance controls for satellite communication systems.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with backend, frontend, QA, and MATLAB engineering teams to unblock deployments, improve developer experience, and maintain platform reliability.
  • Documentation: Maintain runbooks, architecture decision records, and onboarding guides for infrastructure and deployment processes.


Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional DevOps / Cloud / Platform Engineering experience
  • Azure (AKS, Virtual Networks, Key Vault, Storage, Entra ID) - hands-on production experience
  • Terraform - writing, reviewing, and managing modular IaC at scale
  • GitLab CI/CD - advanced pipeline design (includes, templates, merge trains, multi-project pipelines)
  • Kubernetes - cluster administration, Helm, troubleshooting pod/network issues
  • Docker - building optimized images, multi-stage builds, registry management
  • Linux - strong command-line proficiency, shell scripting
  • Git - branching strategies, merge conflict resolution, monorepo workflows


Nice to Have

  • Observability tooling: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki (dashboards, alerting rules, log queries)
  • Configuration management: Ansible
  • Artifact management: JFrog Artifactory (Docker, Maven, PyPI registries)
  • Experience with pre-commit frameworks and developer experience tooling
  • Familiarity with satellite/aerospace or other regulated/mission-critical domains
  • Experience supporting polyglot monorepos (Java + Python + TypeScript in one repository)


Performance Expectations
  • Ability to work autonomously and able to hit the ground running within the first month
  • Must be able to work with others and be an effective communicator


Work Environment
  • Location: 160 Elgin St Suite 2100, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K2P 2P7
  • On site (downtown Ottawa)
  • 4 days will be in office (Wednesday will be a work from home option)


About Telesat Corporation

Telesat Corporation is a publicly traded company that provides satellite communications services to customers in the telecommunications, broadcast, and government sectors. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. Telesat's services include satellite broadband, video distribution, and government and military communications. The company operates a fleet of satellites that provide coverage to the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Telesat is committed to innovation and has invested in the development of new satellite technologies.
Learn more about Telesat Corporation
Size
500 employees
Market Cap
$351 million
Industry
Technical Services
* Ladders Estimates

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