Senior DevOps Engineer

Boeing•Richmond, BC

3d•CA$110,000 - CA$195,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Boeing Vancouver is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support the Defence & Government Services portfolio. This role will primarily work in collaboration with and under the functional direction of our Solutions Architect. The engineer will leverage systems and data expertise, with a focus on on-prem infrastructure and application design, deployment, and support for CI/CD. The dynamic nature of deployment technologies requires engineers who proactively stay updated with new advancements and continuously refine their skills. The Senior DevOps Engineer will collaborate with a team to ensure high availability and redundancy of all systems, requiring a strong combination of technical expertise, leadership, and operational experience.

Requirements

7+ years in DevOps, system administration, or related technical role.
Minimum 5 years’ Software Development experience.
Minimum 2 years’ Linux, Network Administration experience.
Minimum 2 years’ experience with containerization and orchestration tools, particularly Kubernetes and OpenShift.
Proven track record of leading technical initiatives, mentoring junior engineers, and driving DevOps best practices.
Experience with development, deployment and version control tools (e.g., Eclipse, Git, Jira, VersionOne).
Experience participating in an Agile team.
Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g., Argo CD/Gitlab CI/CD).
Experience with on-premises deployment and associated challenges.
Must be eligible for authorization under the Canadian Controlled Goods Program.
Must be legally able to work in Canada.
Individuals must not pose a risk for safeguarding of controlled goods.
Must be eligible for Secret Level II security clearance.
Must be eligible to handle US export-controlled data.

Nice To Haves

Possesses strong blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, and operational experience.
Experience with AI/ML
Strong knowledge in back-end programming languages (ie. Java, Python, Node.js)
Strong knowledge in front end programming languages (ie. HTML, Angular 2+, Typescript, JavaScript, React)
Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC), preferably using Terraform
Experience with developing and supporting applications in Docker
Experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes, OpenShift or similar
Experience with large and complex databases (preferably Oracle)
Experience with data models and database design
Experience operating in a production environment
Experience with monitoring and logging tools
Understanding of service mesh architectures and related technologies
Familiarity with static code analysis tools, such as Coverity.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field

Responsibilities

Leads infrastructure design, platform engineering, and cross-cloud/hybrid architectures.
Defines cost monitoring and optimization strategy.
Designs and coordinates monitoring and observability infrastructure.
Maintains Compliance.
Mentors junior engineers and guides technical strategy.
Implements security-by-design, cloud migration planning, and cost optimization at scale.
Acts as a bridge between technical teams and executives, translating complex tech into business outcomes.
Leads a multidisciplined range of technical systems and application activities.
Leads activities to install, configure and maintain multiplatform systems hardware, software and components.
Leads activities to plan, develop, design, integrate and maintain all computer applications.
Plans and coordinates highly complex software and hardware for enterprise release.
Ensures systems conform with architectural objectives.
Evaluates complex system's production readiness and supportability.
Performs the restoration of complex computing service operations.
Performs complex system problem identification and resolution.
Leads activities to integrate security solutions into information systems.
Participate in incident response and post-mortem analysis to continuously improve system reliability and performance.
Maintain comprehensive documentation of configurations, operations, and troubleshooting procedures.
Ensure all infrastructure components are securely configured and up to date with the latest security patches.