Senior Devops Developer
**About Telesat**
Telesat is a leading global satellite operator, providing reliable and secure satellite-delivered communications solutions worldwide to broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers.

Backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, reliability and industry-leading customer service, Telesat has grown to be one of the largest and most successful global satellite operators.
**About the Role**
We are seeking a Senior Dev

Ops Engineer to own and evolve the cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platform for Telesat's Lightspeed satellite constellation.

You will be responsible for the reliability, scalability, and automation of our Azure-based deployment platform, supporting a multi-technology monorepo (Java, Python, Type

Script, MATLAB) serving multiple development teams.
**Responsibilities**
**Cloud Infrastructure (Azure):**
Design, provision, and manage Azure cloud resources — primarily Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), networking, storage, and identity — ensuring high availability and cost efficiency for satellite mission-critical workloads.
**Infrastructure as Code:**
Author and maintain Terraform modules to provision and manage all cloud environments (dev, staging, production), following DRY principles and modular design.
**CI/CD Pipeline Engineering:**
Own and extend Git

Lab CI/CD pipelines (merge request pipelines, merge trains, nightly builds, deployment workflows) across a polyglot monorepo.

Ensure fast, reliable feedback loops for Java (Gradle), Python (Poetry/pytest), Matlab, and Type

Script (npm workspaces/Vite)



build targets.
**Containerization & Orchestration:**
Maintain Docker images, Helm charts, and Kubernetes manifests.

Manage AKS cluster lifecycle including upgrades, scaling policies, and namespace isolation.
**Automation & Scripting:**
Write and maintain Bash/Python scripts for deployment automation, environment provisioning, secret rotation, and developer tooling (pre-commit hooks, quality gates).
**Observability:**
Operate and improve the monitoring stack (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki) to provide actionable dashboards, alerting, and log aggregation across all services.
**Security:**
Implement and enforce cloud security best practices — network policies, RBAC, secret management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance controls for satellite communication systems.
**Collaboration:**
Work closely with backend, frontend, QA, and MATLAB engineering teams to unblock deployments, improve developer experience, and maintain platform reliability.
**Documentation:**
Maintain runbooks, architecture decision records, and onboarding guides for infrastructure and deployment processes.
**Required Qualifications**
**5+ years**
of professional Dev

Ops / Cloud / Platform Engineering experience




**Azure**
(AKS, Virtual Networks, Key Vault, Storage, Entra ID) — hands-on production experience
**Terraform**
— writing, reviewing, and managing modular IaC at scale
**Git

Lab CI/CD**
— advanced pipeline design (includes, templates, merge trains, multi-project pipelines)
**Kubernetes**
— cluster administration, Helm, troubleshooting pod/network issues
**Docker**
— building optimized images, multi-stage builds, registry management
**Linux**
— strong command-line proficiency, shell scripting
**Git**
— branching strategies, merge conflict resolution, monorepo workflows
**Nice to Have**
Observability tooling:
**Grafana, Prometheus, Loki**
(dashboards, alerting rules, log queries)
Configuration management:
**Ansible**
Artifact management:
**JFrog Artifactory**
(Docker, Maven, PyPI registries)
Experience with
**pre-commit frameworks**
and developer experience tooling
Familiarity with
**satellite/aerospace**
or other regulated/mission-critical domains
Experience supporting
**polyglot monorepos**
(Java + Python + Type

Script in one repository)
**Performance Expectations**
Ability to work autonomously and able to hit the ground running within the first month
Must be able to work with others and be an effective communicator
**Work Workplace**
**Location:** 160 Elgin St Suite 2100, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K2P 2P7
On site (downtown Ottawa)
4 days will be in office (Wednesday will be a work from home option)

📌 Senior Devops Developer (Ottawa)
🏢 Telesat
📍 Ottawa