Intermediate/Senior DevOps Engineer

GeoSpectrum Technologies, Inc•Dartmouth, NS

8d•Onsite

About The Position

GeoSpectrum is growing and has a new career opportunity for an experienced Intermediate/Senior DevOps Engineer! Reporting to the Technical Development Manager, this role plays a key part in strengthening our DevOps function while enhancing our build and release engineering processes. You will collaborate closely with Development, QA, and IT to help ensure our software delivery is efficient, secure, and dependable. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by driving improvements in our build and deployment pipelines, supporting greater development efficiency, and contributing to faster and more reliable release cycles. If you are passionate about automation, continuous improvement, and enabling teams through DevOps best practices, we encourage you to apply and help elevate our software delivery to the next level.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience.
3-5 years of hands-on experience in a DevOps, build and release engineering, or similar software infrastructure role, with a track record of improving CI/CD pipelines and developer productivity.
Strong experience with modern source control and CI/CD tools such as Git/Bitbucket for version control, Jenkins or similar CI servers.
Demonstrated ability to manage build systems and automate software delivery pipelines in a production environment.
Proficiency in scripting or lightweight programming (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.) to create and maintain build scripts, automation tools, and integrations.
Strong teamwork and communication skills.
Proven ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams (Development, QA, IT, Security, Management).
You can translate between development needs and operational constraints, and you communicate solutions clearly to all stakeholders.
A mindset of continuous improvement with attention to detail in ensuring build/release processes are reliable, repeatable, and secure.
Experience implementing testing, monitoring, and validation steps into pipelines to maintain high software quality is valued.
All candidates must be eligible to apply for and maintain Canadian Controlled Goods and Canadian Government Security Clearances.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and experience working within highly secure or compliance-driven environments is considered a strong advantage.
Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation) or configuration management frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Chef) would be beneficial.
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, particularly in the context of build and deployment pipelines, is an asset.
Experience working in an agile development environment, along with a solid understanding of modern software development practices, is viewed as a plus.

Responsibilities

Maintain & Evolve CI/CD Infrastructure: Administer and enhance GeoSpectrum’s build/release toolchain, ensuring tools are up-to-date, securely configured, and highly available. Manage build agents, servers, and test environments to support development and QA needs.
Collaborate with & Enable Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with developers, QA, and other stakeholders to gather feedback, triage and resolve build/deployment issues, and implement enhancements that improve the developer experience.
Drive Reliable Releases: Support release management by maintaining and improving deployment scripts and packaging processes. Ensure release processes are well-documented, repeatable, and include proper verification/rollback steps for safe, frequent deployments.