Devsecops Specialist Toolchain

**Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX**: TSAT) is a leading global satellite operator, providing reliable and secure satellite-delivered communications solutions worldwide to broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers for over 50 years. 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.
Telesat Lightspeed, our revolutionary Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, scheduled to begin service in 2027, will revolutionize global broadband connectivity for enterprise users by delivering a combination of high capacity, security, resiliency and affordability with ultra-low latency and fiber-like speeds. Telesat is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and has offices and facilities around the world.
Telesat believes in the power of collaboration and the value of in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office Tuesday - Thursday, leaving Monday and Friday for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters brainstorming, problem-solving, and trusted relationships and allows our employees to come together three days a week to collaborate, innovate and thrive
Reporting to the Manager of Cloud Services, you will be focused on delivery of cloud development services in an Agile DevOps environment. The focus will be on the delivery, availability, reliability and operational efficiency of the automated development environments and corresponding infrastructure.
As a Senior Specialist, you will partner with Lightspeed product development teams to help build, deploy, and maintain tools, platforms, and software services. You will be asked to leverage your understanding of public cloud architecture to design and implement solutions that are secure, scalable, and operationally sound. You will form part of the core group of SREs that will build and operate the cloud infrastructure for Telesat's low-earth-orbit broadband service for enterprises.
**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Testing, selection and implementation of technology and tools for SaaS, IaaS and on-prem systems to support the secure development, test, and release of internal code.
A part of Agile development teams to deliver an end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management in both cloud and on-prem environments.
Responsible for defining and implementing the build, deployment, and monitoring standards.
Build and deployment of security utilities and tools for internal use.
Automation of DevOps processes, tooling and test suites as required.
Monitor system operations and act to troubleshoot, diagnose and provide solutions to ensure availability, capacity, and optimal performance.
Embed and intensely collaborate with Development teams on DevSecOps processes and best practices.
Collaborate with the Cyber team to ensure adherence to best practices with overall code and systems security, as well as document risks to tools and systems. Work closely with product owners to align product security needs and remediate security flaws.
Collaborate with the QA and IVV teams to ensure test cases and metrics are automated and provide appropriate metrics and logging.
Respond to complex issues and major incidents. Work with other operational teams to ensure issues are tracked and closed in a timely manner.
Mentor and train other staff on more complex and/or critical procedures and items pertaining to DevOps and SRE.
Document, track, and monitor problems to ensure timely resolution.
Document operating processes, runbooks and build books.
Automate routine operational items.
Installation and customization of operating systems and tools to support the business.
Provide support and guidance to development teams and related lab environments.
Assist in audits and forensics on artifacts collected during a security incident response.
Stay up to date with current security trends and evolution of cloud systems and tooling.
Perform occasional after-hours maintenance on production systems.
Incident on-call rotation as required.
Day-to-day operational support.
**EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**:
A Diploma or Degree in a relevant area of study with a preference for Computer Science together with demonstrated operational network-related experience.
Minimum of 4 years in supporting Development teams in an Engineering environment.
Industry certifications in Azure, Agile and/or Security are an asset.
In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes deployment and support.
Significant experience in scripting (e.g., PowerShell, bash).
Significant experience in automation tooling (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
Significant experience in code and artifact repos (e.g., Gitlab, GitHub, Artifactory, ACR).
Significant experience in the deployment and support of Linux and Microsoft Windows.
Experience in performance tuning of Linux kernel, memory and filesystem parameters.
Experience in coding and pro