Senior DevOps Specialist

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

About your next Challenge as a Senior DevOps Specialist:

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer with expertise in private cloud infrastructure to help design, implement, and maintain our on-prem environment. The role involves building automation pipelines, managing virtualization, and ensuring that our infrastructure is scalable, secure, and reliable. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Nutanix technologies and will collaborate closely with development, operations, and security teams to streamline application delivery and infrastructure management.

What will you do:

• Develop and maintain automation scripts using tools like Ansible, Terraform, Packer, python, PowerShell.
• Support cross-functional teams by clearly communicating DevOps concepts, providing guidance, and helping to prioritize automation tasks.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues in a timely and efficient manner.
• Implement and/or maintain monitoring, logging and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK.

Required Skills and Experiences:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in DevOps as a DevOps Engineer, within product development environments involving on-premise solutions or embedded systems.
• Deep expertise in the following areas:
  o scripting and automation using tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, Jenkins, Ansible, Packer and Terraform.
  o Linux and Windows System Administration: Active Directory, domain management, user and access control, patch management, and PKI
  o Operating System Hardening: Familiarity with relevant standards such as CIS Benchmarks and NIST guidelines; experience with related tools is an asset.
  o Configuration Management, Automation, and Infrastructure/Configuration as Code (IaC/CaC): Proficient in modern deployment and orchestration practices.
  o Follow/Implement DevOps best practices
• Ability to automate repetitive tasks
• Solid understanding of enterprise networking, storage, and virtualization
• Fluency in English is required - The knowledge of the English language, other than the French language is necessary due to contractual requirements.
  
  

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Ansible Automation Platform, Artifactory
• Linux+ / RHCSA, GIAC or OSCP.
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools.
• Agile and scrum.
• SELinux
• Nutanix, Proxmox
• Containers

Eligibility Criteria (Mandatory):

• Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada “Reliability” status and Level 2 (Secret) security clearance.
• Must be eligible to meet the requirements for U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

At L3Harris, we foster an inclusive and equitable workplace. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. For applicants with disabilities, we will provide you with accommodation so that you have what you need in order to be at your best.

L3Harris performs background checks prior to employment as all applicants must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program and obtain and maintain a positive security assessment. Some positions may require a government of Canada “Reliability” status and/or Level 2 (Secret) security clearance. In addition, L3Harris performs pre-employment substance abuse testing where required.