Location: Ottawa, Ontario (Hybrid, 12 days on-site per month)
Language: English required, French considered an asset
Duration: 1 year contract to start
Background Check Requirement: Reliability Clearance required
About the Opportunity
This opportunity is ideal for a seasoned DevOps professional who thrives in complex, enterprise-level environments. You will play a key role in designing, building, and optimizing modern application delivery pipelines while supporting critical systems that power high-impact operations.
Working within a collaborative, agile team in the public sector, you will partner closely with developers, infrastructure specialists, and business stakeholders. Your expertise will help drive automation, improve system resilience, and enhance overall operational efficiency in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
What’s In It for You
Join a team that values continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and innovation. You will gain exposure to large-scale enterprise systems and modern cloud technologies while contributing to meaningful initiatives that impact Canadians.
This is a workplace that encourages collaboration and technical growth, offering the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals and expand your expertise in DevSecOps, cloud platforms, and container orchestration.
Your Responsibilities
• You’ll develop and maintain scripts and pipelines that support release management, deployments, and environment configuration
• You’ll build, optimize, and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and related tools to enable seamless integration and delivery
• You’ll design and deploy containerized applications, ensuring scalability, portability, and efficiency across environments
• You’ll manage and support Azure Kubernetes Service environments, including monitoring, scaling, patching, and troubleshooting
• You’ll resolve complex operational issues by leveraging deep knowledge of enterprise systems and infrastructure
• You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement automation initiatives and improve operational excellence
• You’ll contribute to agile teams by sharing technical expertise and supporting continuous improvement practices
Skills and Qualifications
• 7+ years of experience in application development and systems integration within enterprise environments
• 7+ years of hands-on DevOps and CI/CD experience, including DevSecOps practices and pipeline development
• 5+ years of experience working with Microsoft Azure services and cloud-based solutions
• Strong experience with tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Nexus, Tekton, Argo CD, Azure DevOps, and Azure Container Registry
• Proven experience with Kubernetes platforms such as AKS and/or Red Hat OpenShift, including cluster management
• Experience with build and dependency tools such as Maven and Gradle, along with configuration tools like Helm and Kustomize
• Working knowledge of SQL, Java, Unix scripting, Node.js, and authentication tools such as CyberArk or AppviewX
Why Partner with Altis
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