DevOps Engineer
Ottawa, ON
Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology is a pioneering company in the field of precision aerial delivery and recovery systems including the Sherpa™ family of GPS guided parafoils, Space Recovery Systems, LaunchPADS™ Multi-Mission Manager, SkyLink™ Parachutist Navigation and Situational Awareness System, and other support equipment. With a strong commitment to innovation and excellence, we have established ourselves as the industry leader. Our cutting-edge technologies and solutions are trusted by military and commercial customers worldwide. We are currently seeking a DevOps Engineering Specialist to join our Ottawa based team, unlike many DevOps positions, this role is entirely focused on on-premises infrastructure with no public cloud responsibilities due to the secure nature of our work.
What will you be doing?
- Design, implement, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop and maintain GitLab CI YAML pipelines.
- Develop and maintain Jenkins pipelines and shared pipeline libraries.
- Automate software build, packaging, testing, and deployment workflows.
- Integrate automated unit testing, static analysis, code quality, and security scanning into build pipelines.
- Optimize build performance and reduce pipeline execution times.
- Troubleshoot build failures and improve pipeline reliability.
- Administer and maintain GitLab repositories.
- Lead GitLab migration initiatives from legacy repositories.
- Define and maintain Git branching strategies.
- Establish repository governance, permissions, and standards.
- Develop workflows supporting multiple concurrent software releases.
- Implement versioning strategies for software and firmware.
- Own the organization's software release process.
- Coordinate releases across multiple engineering teams.
- Manage release schedules and release readiness reviews.
- Produce release packages for customers and manufacturing.
- Maintain release documentation and software baselines.
- Ensure software traceability from requirements through released binaries.
- Support hotfix and emergency release processes.
- Maintain on-premises build servers.
- Administer Jenkins infrastructure.
- Manage build agents and runners.
- Maintain artifact repositories.
- Ensure build infrastructure availability and reliability.
- Monitor pipeline performance and system health.
What do we need from you?
- Experience administering GitLab.
- Strong experience with Jenkins.
- Strong experience writing YAML pipelines.
- Experience developing CI/CD workflows.
- Experience with Git source control.
- Experience with Linux and Windows environments.
- Experience scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
- Strong understanding of software configuration management.
- Experience troubleshooting complex build issues.
- Ability to Automate repetitive engineering tasks.
- Create tooling to improve developer productivity
Compliance Statement
This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and is subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn.
MMIST values diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.
Please note that the compensation range information provided is a general guideline only. Criteria such as the candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.
