Senior DNS DevOps Specialist
Senior DNS DevOps Specialist
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Job Description
Join the Cyber-DNS team at CIRA and play a key role in advancing Canadas cybersecurity and DNS
infrastructure! Our Cyber-DNS team is dedicated to protecting Canadians online by delivering
cutting-edge solutions.
Youll tackle projects that make a real differenceincluding empowering users with CIRA
Cybersecurity Awareness Training securing household and enterprise networks through CIRA
Canadian Shield and DNS Firewall or defending against DDoS attacks with Anycast DNS. This is
your chance to be part of a team thats shaping the future of digital security and DNS technology
making a meaningful difference in how Canadians and global citizens alike experience and trust the
internet!
Who you are:
Youre 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 youre inspired to be part of
shaping its future.
Over the past decade youve gone beyond consuming the Internet youve dug into the
technologies that power it. Youve registered domains authored DNS zone files configured zone
transfers and debugged routing issues. For you the command line isnt intimidating - its second
nature.
Youre eager to collaborate with the pioneers who designed todays protocols and the engineers
continuing to evolve them. With curiosity expertise and drive youre ready to contribute to the next
chapter of the Internets story.
What youll do:
- Contribute to the design operation and reliability of critical DNS infrastructure -
powering national and global services like CIRAs 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 postmortems 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:
- 10 years applying DevOps principles and practices.
- Expert-level Linux administration (installation operations hardening).
- Advanced knowledge of DNS (daemons clients protocols software and reporting).
- Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP and an understanding of BGP/Anycast routing concepts.
- Advanced knowledge of automation and CI/CD (Ansible Terraform Git etc...)
- Experience with enterprise-level change management and incident management in an
ISO 27001 environment. - Experience with public-key cryptography (SSL SSH TLS DNSSEC etc...)
- Proven ability to engage productively with colleagues and partners to achieve common
outcomes. - AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect DevOps Engineer) are an asset.
Who we are:
At CIRA were driven by a passion to make a positive impact on Canadas digital future. Were not
just asking What more can we dowere actively exploring new frontiers to enhance and secure
the internet for all Canadians. Our recognition as one of the National Capital Regions Top
Employers for nine years is a testament to our vibrant culture. We believe in fostering an
environment where collaboration and candour are second nature and where diverse perspectives
are integral to our success because we know that great ideas come from everywhere. If youre
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 youll always feel part of our vibrant team and our shared mission.
For any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact us at
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
