Job Description:

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Developer to join our Architecture and System team and work with our existing teams to accelerate our new cloud services developments and utilize AWS services to re-platform our current airline solutions to take advantage of the cloud. 

As part of our team, you will be creating and supporting common AWS infrastructure modules and services, creating guard rails and automatic compliance checks, and improving our CI/CD pipeline. 

As a Sr. Developer we are looking for guidance around best practices, identification of issues with our DevOps processes and tools, and to help direct us towards best practices. With a full suite of Flight Operations solutions, we value standardization and repeatability, and you will play a role in defining those standards.  

At NAVBLUE we formed our software development teams around a matrixed organization where team members belong to a chapter, in which their skills, competencies and standards are solidified and grown.  They are also members of a Squad where they utilize those skills and competencies to support the squad to be a self-sustaining team able to build and release quality software.  Squads belong to a Tribe, which coordinates and ensures the squad’s focus and output are aligned to support services and solutions for a product or vertical.  As a member of the Architecture and System team, you will at times work with/within these squads to mentor and assist them with their AWS infrastructure and pipeline.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical direction for AWS infrastructure and services.

• Defining and creating guard rails, and automatic compliance checks.

• Supporting our DevOps pipeline

• Researching, evaluating, and selecting tools to support our pipeline, infrastructure as code, guard rails, and compliance checks.

• Evangelizing and advocating for standard processes and infrastructure as code modules across teams.

• Supporting and mentoring teams with the use of infrastructure as code and our common modules.

• Communicate project/work status orally, written, or other as required.

• Connecting with Product Owners, Chapter Leaders, Tribe Leaders, and Architects to understand and incorporate our infrastructure needs into roadmap items.

• Bring cloud first solutioning to designs and decisions.

• Maintain/Create documentation for applications, tools, or systems as required.

• Ownership and support for designated services and components.

  • Participates and leads design meetings.

  • Provides analysis and estimates for work required within the area of responsibility.

  • Reviews all code committed by others into the assigned area of ownership.

  • Is the primary person responsible for defect fixing and new development within the assigned code area.

Qualified Experience/Skills/Training: 

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, or equivalent

Experience: 

• A proven track record in software development, build process, and scripting.

• Hands-on experience with a variety of software development platforms would be helpful.

• Extensive experience developing build pipelines, including supporting and standardizing multiple active build chains.

• Experience with developing infrastructure as code.

Licensure/Certifications:

• AWS Certificates Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities & Competencies:

• Must work effectively with others in a team environment

• Strong working knowledge of AWS Cloud Development (experience with ECS, RDS, Lambda, SQS, and SNS is a plus)

• Strong communication skills

• Strong networking experience

• Experience with containerization (Docker is a plus)

• Strong working knowledge of IaC deployment and tooling (CloudFormation and Terraform are a plus)

• Experience with using and configuring GitLab and CloudBees CI/CD pipelines

• Interacting with Git repositories

• Excellent scripting skills (Python is a plus)

Perks:

Located in the heart of University of Waterloo’s David Johnston Research + Technology Park, NAVBLUE is close to shops, restaurants, gyms, daycare, and many other amenities, and only 10 minutes away from Hwy 85. The modern design of our suite on the second floor of the Accelerator Centre draws its inspiration from airport terminals, and features bright, open workstations, rather than boxed-in cubicles. As part of our family, you will enjoy:

• Being part of Airbus Network

• Flexible hours

• Hybrid working environment (2 days in office)

• Free parking 

• Weekly Breakfast

• Vacation Days (15 - 25)

• Professional Development Day

• Christmas shut down

• Summer core hours 

• Strong work-life balance 

• Casual dress code 

• Competitive group benefits plan 

• Strong focus on mental health support benefits

• 5 Sick Days

• 2 Personal Days

• RRSP matching program

• Life Insurance

• Employee stock ownership plan

• Maternity & Paternity benefits

• Referral program

• Rewards and Recognition program 

• Training and Development Support 

• Monthly Lunch and Learns 

• Fitness & Wellness reimbursement

• An active social committee 

• Organized Volunteer Events

• Game room, including a flight simulator!

• Lunch hour sporting activities (hockey, soccer, volleyball etc.) with a shower on site

• Active Inclusion & Diversity Committee

• And much more!

Not to mention, the aviation industry’s ongoing digital transformation means we must continually innovate and rise to the many challenges faced by our geographically diverse customers. We are always looking for creative ways to improve our processes and technologies to be a leader in the highly competitive aviation market.

Applications:

We thank all applicants for applying. Only selected applicants will be contacted.

Navblue is committed to creating an environment and a culture where everyone feels like they belong no matter who they are or where they are from. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, record of offences, and basis of disability or any protected class. Accommodations will be available on request for candidates throughout the entire recruitment and selection process.

About Us:

NAVBLUE, an Airbus Company, is a leading global provider of flight operations solutions, including aeronautical charts, navigation data solutions, flight planning, aircraft performance software (take-off/landing, weight and balance), and crew planning solutions. You’ll be able to shape the future of the digital aviation industry by working on several of the best in the industry flagship products enabling pilots, dispatchers, flight engineers and other aviation personnel on a daily basis to deliver safe, efficient, and reliable flight operations all over the world. You’ll have the opportunity to support millions of flights each year and help NAVBLUE customers maximize efficiency, reduce costs, ensure compliance with complex national and international safety regulations, and effectively deliver their services.

You’ll join a team with a focus on digital and collaborative innovation that is passionate and customer-focused. Over the last few years, Airbus has been supportive of various initiatives such as Going Digital, Performance Based Navigation Services, Air Traffic Management Modernization Programs, FlySmart on iOS and other digital projects related to new aircraft technologies; the launch of NAVBLUE was therefore a natural step to further develop its Flight Operations and Air Traffic Management Portfolio. 

NAVBLUE is also proud to have been recognized as one of Waterloo Area’s Top Employers for 2024. Based on eight criteria: physical workplace, work atmosphere and social, health financial and family benefits, vacation and time off, employee communication, performance manager, training and skills development and community involvement. It was determined that we offer some of the most progressive and forward-thinking programs within the area. Plus, NAVBLUE was recognized as one of Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates in 2024. We are excited and grateful for both these recognitions. We realize that it is our employees that have allowed us to succeed and will allow us to continue succeeding.  

NAVBLUE is a fully owned subsidiary of Services by Airbus, fueled by the agility of Airbus ProSky and Navtech (acquired in 2016), and the pioneering spirit of Airbus, NAVBLUE was created in July 2016 with one mission: lead aviation into the digital age. 

NAVBLUE is based in Hersham (UK), Toulouse (France), Waterloo, ON (Canada), Bangkok (Thailand) and Malmö (Sweden), Gdańsk (Poland) with other offices all around the world. 

The Future is Yours for the Taking: 

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

NAVBLUE, Inc.

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Digital