Embedded software engineer Jobs in Winnipeg, MB

TheSenior DevOps Engineeris responsible forthe reliability, security, scalability, automation, and operational support of Bison’s enterprise integration platforms and containerized runtime environments.

This role partners closely with Integration Engineering, Data Engineering,Software Engineering,Security, and Infrastructure Operations teams to deliver stable, secure, andhighly availableplatform services that enable engineering teams to build and deployapplicationssafely and efficiently.

The successful candidate will design, administer, automate, and support Linux-based container platforms, CI/CD services, observability tooling, load balancing, storage infrastructure, and platform resiliency capabilities supporting hybrid on-premises and SaaS-connected environments.

Specific Responsibilities include:

Platform Infrastructure & Operations:

• Administer and support Linux-based infrastructure platforms, primarily Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), hosted within Bison’s hybrid private cloud environment.

• Manage container runtime and orchestration platforms including Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, andPortainer.

• Support platform lifecycle activities including patching, upgrades, hardening, vulnerability remediation, performance optimization, and operational maintenance.

• Supporthighly availablemulti-node environments including clustering, node resiliency, failover operations, and disaster recovery readiness.

• Administer and support shared platform services including load balancing, ingress, certificates, reverse proxy services, distributed storage, and runtime networking.

• Support the organization’s transition from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes

CI/CD, Automation & Platform Enablement:

• Maintain and support CI/CD platform services including build runners/agents, deployment tooling,anddeployment automation services.

• Support Infrastructure-as-Code, Git-based workflows, and automation-first operational practices.

• Collaborate with engineering teams on deployment standards, rollback strategies, environment promotion workflows, and operational best practices.

Observability, Security & Resilience:

• Deploy andmaintainmonitoring, logging, observability, and telemetry platforms including Datadog,OpenTelemetry, and related tooling.

• Maintain operational dashboards, alerting strategies, uptime visibility, and platform health monitoring standards.

• Ensure platform operations align with Bison IT Security standards including patch governance,secretsmanagement, segmentation controls, operational hardening, and change management practices.

• Participate in operational troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.

Collaboration & Operational Support:

• Partner closely with Engineering teams supporting enterprise integration platforms and runtime services.

• Support infrastructure-level identity integration, authentication services, and operational access governance.

• Coordinate with Infrastructure, Security, Engineering, and external support vendors during incidents, outages, upgrades, and recovery activities.

• Participate in on-call escalation and emergency support rotation supporting critical platform infrastructure.

Our Ideal Candidate will possess:

• 5+ years administering Linux (preferably RHEL) in enterprise production environments.

• Hands-on experience with container orchestration platforms including Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, or similar technologies.

• Experience supportinghighly availablemulti-node infrastructure environments and distributed systems.

• Experience administering load balancing and reverse proxy technologies such asHAProxy, NGINX, or equivalent platforms.

• Experience with infrastructure automation, scripting, CI/CD tooling, and Git-based operational workflows.

• Strong troubleshooting skills across Linux, networking, containers, virtualization, storage, and distributed platform services.

• Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog,OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent tooling.

• Understanding ofvulnerability management,secretsmanagement, security hardening, and operational governance practices.

• Experience working collaboratively across Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering teams.

• Experience supporting enterprise integration platforms, API gateways, event brokers, or hybrid integration runtimes is considered an asset.

• Experience with technologies such asGravitee, Solace,Groundplex, Kafka,Debezium, Ceph, or similar platforms is considered an asset.

This job is classified under NOC Code: 21231.

Why Bison:
• Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
• Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
• Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison:
• Celebrating over 50 years in Business
• Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
• Committed to environmental sustainability