DNS DevOps Specialist

Overview

Join the Cyber‑DNS team at CIRA and play a key role in advancing Canada’s cybersecurity and DNS infrastructure! Our Cyber‑DNS team is dedicated to protecting Canadians online by delivering cutting‑edge solutions.

Who You Are

You’re passionate about the Internet— not just as a user, but as someone who understands its profound impact on how people live, work, and connect across the globe. You see it as the backbone of knowledge‑sharing, commerce, and community, and you’re inspired to be part of shaping its future. Over the past decade, you’ve gone beyond consuming the Internet, you’ve dug into the technologies that power it. You’ve registered domains, authored DNS zone files, configured zone transfers, and debugged routing issues. For you, the command line isn’t intimidating—it’s second nature. You’re eager to collaborate with the pioneers who designed today’s protocols and the engineers continuing to evolve them. With curiosity, expertise, and drive, you’re ready to contribute to the next chapter of the Internet’s story.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the design, operation, and reliability of critical DNS infrastructure – powering national and global services like CIRA’s enterprise‑level DNS Firewall, Canadian Shield, and authoritative Anycast platforms that protect millions of users and domains.
• Manage large‑scale fleets of physical and virtual servers around the world. Implement automation for provisioning, patching, scaling, and decommissioning. Ensure consistency and compliance of OS, software, security, and configurations.
• Write infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar) for repeatable deployments of a mix of infrastructure (bare metal, EC2s / VMs, and serverless) both in the cloud and in data centres. Identify opportunities for automation and design solutions that boost predictability and delivery speed.
• Build and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting pipelines for real‑time visibility. Respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues across the stack, and perform root cause analysis. Contribute to blameless post‑mortems and drive improvements and optimal global reliability and scalability.
• Mentor peers with knowledge sharing, code reviews, and paired programming sessions.
• Build and use CI / CD concepts to automate change across multiple environments / products.
• Design and operate systems that meet or exceed defined SLO / SLAs. Participate in capacity planning, scaling strategies, and disaster recovery exercises.
• Collaborate with security and development teams to implement and maintain compliance controls for regulated workloads.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for infrastructure and processes.
• Participate in a 24 / 7 on‑call rotation.

What You Bring

Who We Are

At CIRA, we’re driven by a passion to make a positive impact on Canada’s digital future. We’re not just asking, ‘What more can we do?’—we’re actively exploring new frontiers to enhance and secure the internet for all Canadians. Our recognition as one of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers for nine years is a testament to our vibrant culture. We believe in fostering an environment where collaboration and candor are second nature and where diverse perspectives are integral to our success, because we know that great ideas come from everywhere. If you’re passionate about innovation and ready to make a difference in a dynamic field, join us and help shape the future of the internet!

CIRA embraces a blend of remote and IRL in‑office work to keep our team connected and engaged. Our Ottawa headquarters is a hub for regular events and social activities that bring our team together, encouraging a strong sense of community within our organization. No matter where you work from, you'll always feel part of our vibrant team and our shared mission.

At CIRA, people remain at the centre of our recruitment process. While CIRA uses recruitment platforms that include artificial intelligence‑enabled features, which may be used to support administrative processes or skills‑based assessments, these features are intended to assist our recruitment activities and do not replace human judgment. All applicant screenings, interviews, evaluations and selection decisions are conducted by our staff. Artificial intelligence is not used to make autonomous or final hiring decisions.

For any accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact us at peopleandculture@cira.ca.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Software Development

French Overview

Joignez‑vous à l’équipe Cyber‑DNS de CIRA et jouez un rôle clé pour faire progresser l’infrastructure de cybersécurité et de DNS au Canada! Avec ses solutions innovantes, notre équipe Cyber‑DNS s’engage à protéger les Canadien

Qui Vous Êtes

Vous êtes passionné

Au cours de la dernière décennie, vous êtes allé

Vous êtes impatient

Vos Tâches

Vos Antécédents

À Propos De Nous

Chez CIRA, nous sommes motivé

CIRA favorise un mélange de travail à distance et de travail au bureau pour que notre équipe reste connectée et engagée. Situé à Ottawa, notre siège social est un carrefour pour les événements réguliers et les activités sociales qui rassemblent les membres de notre équipe, favorisant un fort sentiment d’appartenance au sein de notre entreprise. Peu importe où vous travaillez, vous aurez toujours le sentiment de faire partie de notre équipe dynamique et de partager notre mission commune.

Si vous avez besoin de mesures d’adaptation pendant le processus de recrutement, veuillez nous contacter à peopleandculture@cira.ca.

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