Cloud Engineer

at  Telesat Canada

Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) is a leading global satellite operator, providing reliable and secure satellite-delivered communications solutions worldwide to broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers for over 50 years. Backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, reliability and industry-leading customer service, Telesat has grown to be one of the largest and most successful global satellite operators.
Telesat Lightspeed, our revolutionary Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, scheduled to begin service in 2027, will revolutionize global broadband connectivity for enterprise users by delivering a combination of high capacity, security, resiliency and affordability with ultra-low latency and fiber-like speeds. Telesat is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and has offices and facilities around the world.
The company’s state-of-the-art fleet consists of 15 GEO satellites, the Canadian payload on ViaSat-1 and one LEO 3 demonstration satellite. For more information, follow Telesat on X and LinkedIn or visit www.telesat.com
Telesat believes in the power of collaboration and the value of in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office Tuesday - Thursday, leaving Monday and Friday for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters brainstorming, problem-solving, and trusted relationships and allows our marketing team to come together three days a week to collaborate, innovate and thrive!
Reporting to the Manager of Platform Engineering, the candidatewill work with the Cloud Architect to develop, build and maintain various Cloud-based environments based on standardized and best-of-breed solution architectures. They will be responsible for the daily operations and support of all Cloud-based environments.

Assist with the building and operation of Cloud-based infrastructure Bridge gaps between on-prem Corporate networks and Cloud-based networks, extending the Cloud-networks into the Data Centre infrastructure Monitor performance, availability and security, and audit existing designs Support all Cloud operations across Telesat including connectivity and integration to various Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) vendors
Candidates must live in the Ottawa area or be willing to relocate to Ottawa. Relocation assistance will be provided to those who qualify.
Candidates must be willing to be onsite in office three (3) days per week.
Main Responsibilities
Assist the Platform Engineering team in daily Cloud operations for the Telesat MS Azure instances and Google GCP as required.
Responsible for the management and maintenance of Telesat Cloud Infrastructure including both Corporate, Lightspeed and other tenants as necessary.
Assist other Cloud Engineers, engineering or IT staff in the design and deployment of services on Cloud platforms.
Ensure data backups, application backups and data resilience on the Cloud platforms.
Assist in the support and operation of Linux-based assets within the Cloud environment as well as tools and scripts to support operations and management.
Development of metrics and monitoring to assist with SRE (Support) and Operations functions
Education & Experience Required
Bachelor’s degree in technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
At least 3 years of relevant industry experience with the deployment, management and automation of Cloud-based resources.
At least 2 years experience in the operation of Cloud and data centre environments.
Specialized Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Experience in the administration of computer systems such as systems administrator in an operations role.
Strong understanding and hands on experience in operations and management of public cloud-computing environments like GCP, AWS and Azure.
Strong understanding and hands on experience in the administration of Linux.
Understanding of DevOps concepts and toolchains.
Familiarity with SRE concepts considered an asset.
Understanding of microservices and containerization and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
Certifications in Azure and/or AWS, GCP would be an asset.
Decision Making & Supervision
In this role, the incumbent will have some influence on the use and standardization of the Cloud environments.
The incumbent will rely on their experience to make decisions on the operations, customization and tuning of environments and services.
Working Conditions
Generally comfortable working conditions with lifting and onsite installations.
Moderate visual concentration in use of video display terminal.
The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods program (CGP)