Aptiv PLC

Senior DevOps Engineer

Aptiv PLC • $100K — $130K *
Kanata, ON K2K 0A4In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science or related field
  • 3-5 years in software engineering or related roles
  • 3+ years programming experience with Python or Linux
  • 1+ years architecture and design experience
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.
  • Experience with automation and platform tooling preferred
  • Ability to manage projects across multiple teams with minimal direction

Responsibilities

  • Own the virtualization environment for Wind River Cloud Platform
  • Enhance CI/CD workflows for related products
  • Improve build reliability and reporting
  • Automate various workflows like build, test, and deployment
  • Utilize cloud-native technologies for edge deployments
  • Serve as a senior contributor addressing ambiguous problems
  • Contribute to the StarlingX open-source project

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud-native technologies
  • Engagement in open-source projects with community impact
  • Potential for involvement in dynamic, agile software development environments
  • Chance to drive improvements across complex systems
  • Collaborative culture that values influence and leadership skills
Full Job Description
Job Description

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who can help strengthen the reliability, automation, build, release, and developer experience of our cloud platform products. This role is not limited to maintaining pipelines or resolving build issues. The right candidate will be expected to improve how engineering teams build, test, release, troubleshoot, and operate platform software across a complex distributed product environment.

The right candidate will possess proven software engineering skills.  You are expected to be versatile and able to thrive in a dynamic environment. You are comfortable managing competing priorities and can bring order to ambiguous scenarios. Impeccable judgment, and the ability to influence and lead are essential to success in this role.
This person should be comfortable working across software engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, release engineering, and open-source cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities:
  • Owner of the virtualization environment for the Wind River Cloud Platform product.
  • Own and improve CI/CD workflows supporting Wind River Cloud Platform, Conductor, and related products.
  • Improve build reliability, release readiness, build reporting, failure analysis, and actionable pipeline telemetry.
  • Develop automation to reduce manual effort across build, test, release, deployment, troubleshooting, and operational workflows.
  • Work with cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Ansible, OpenStack, and StarlingX to support distributed edge and carrier-grade platform deployments.
  • Act as a senior technical contributor who brings structure to ambiguous problems, communicates risks clearly, and drives issues to closure.
  • Contribute actively to StarlingX, an open-source project under the Open Infrastructure Foundation - a fully featured cloud infrastructure software stack for the edge ().
  • Develop and deliver platform features with high quality design and code.
  • Build tooling that improves developer productivity, reduces SDLC friction, and makes engineering workflows more repeatable.
  • Act as a senior technical contributor who brings structure to ambiguous problems, communicates risks clearly, and drives issues to closure.
  • Participate in all aspects of the software development process using agile development.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, infrastructure engineering, or release engineering with a Bachelor's degree or 4+ years with a Master’s degree.
  • 3+ years of programming experience with Python or Linux.
  • 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD ecosystems such as Gerrit, Zuul, Jenkins, and GitLab CI, including build reliability, pipeline optimization, release readiness, and actionable reporting.
  • Plus: Experience with automation and platform tooling, including configuration management, deployment automation, artifact management, container registries, and image build pipelines.
  • Ability to work across multiple teams and drive issues to closure without needing constant direction.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with StarlingX, OpenStack, Kubernetes, or edge/cloud infrastructure platforms supporting distributed, carrier-grade, or mission-critical systems. 
  • Experience supporting source control and CI/CD modernization or migration efforts, pipeline conversion, runner strategy, repository governance, branching models, access controls, and developer enablement.
  • Experience improving observability and operational reliability through monitoring, alerting, dashboards, engineering metrics, troubleshooting workflows, and production-readiness practices.
  • Experience working in open-source, Agile, and globally distributed engineering environments, with strong ownership, collaboration, and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous situations.
  • Exposure to Kiro, Amazon Q or similar agentic/spec-driven development tools is an asset.

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About Aptiv PLC

Aptiv PLC is a global technology company that designs and manufactures vehicle components and provides electrical and electronic and active safety technology solutions to the global automotive and commercial vehicle markets. The company's products include advanced safety systems, electrical and electronic distribution systems, and software and controls. Aptiv's largest customers are automotive manufacturers, and the company has a significant presence in Europe, Asia, and North America. The company was formerly known as Delphi Automotive PLC and changed its name to Aptiv PLC in December 2017.
Learn more about Aptiv PLC
Size
155,000 employees
Market Cap
$24.7 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$1.8 billion
5 Year Trend
+4.9%
Revenue
$13 billion
NASDAQ
APTV
* Ladders Estimates

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