Senior Devops Developer

D-Wave is the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services and is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers. Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing by delivering customer value with practical quantum applications for problems as diverse as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling. 

D-Wave’s systems and quantum cloud services are being used by some of the world’s most advanced organizations, including Volkswagen, DENSO, Lockheed, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. We have also appeared in Time Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Forbes, INC Magazine, and Wired.  

As of August 8, 2022, our organization is a publicly traded quantum computing company, trading on the NYSE as ($QBTS).

About the role:

We have a new opportunity for a Senior DevOps Developer! In this role, you will be on a team of talented DevOps developers working with our Software, Applications, and Test teams to automate, deploy, monitor, and advance our state-of-the-art quantum computing services. Your primary focus will be on the development of our hybrid-cloud and on-premises infrastructure and networks.

You will work as part of the infrastructure team to develop our platform and services, supporting internal and customer-facing applications hosted within our clustered environments. You will have the opportunity to influence the future of our infrastructure and get full-stack exposure to our high-performance quantum and hybrid computing systems. 

What you will do:

• Design, implement, and operate our full-stack hybrid cloud, remote, and on-premises infrastructure.
• Use your experience and expertise in network design and implementation to provide architectural and design guidance to our development teams.
• Work with our development teams to streamline our build processes and release management via continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Participate in reviews and compliance efforts to ensure we meet the security and performance needs of our growing services through the design and development of security controls, access rules, service configuration, DevSecOps best practices, and testing and monitoring.
• Respond to operational incidents with the system and perform root-cause analysis.
• Continuously monitor and improve the performance, durability, and reliability of our services.
• Willingness to join the on-call rotation of development and support staff for off-hours support of our services.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in architecting, configuring, deploying, operating, and troubleshooting modern SaaS/PaaS web applications and environments on cloud and on-premises infrastructure using virtualized systems like vmware, kvm, or xcp.
• 3+ years of experience in the design and implementation of high-performance networks based on software defined networking and automation practices, with an excellent understanding of network protocols such as DNS, BGP, IP networking, and firewall configuration (CISCO).
• Intermediate to advanced Linux system administration skills, including troubleshooting and failure analysis, working with logs and systems analysis tools, SSH, certificates, and basic security knowledge.
• Experienced integrating analytics and monitoring systems such as Grafana, ELK, Influx, Redshift, Zabbix or Prometheus.
• Proficiency programming in Python, Ruby, Groovy (Jenkins DSL) , Go, or a comparable language including specifically working with 3rd party REST APIs on Linux-based operating systems.
• Experienced using source code control, dealing with merges and conflicts, working with a team, managing artifacts, configuration as code, CI/CD pipelines and tooling, including tools such as Git, Terraform/Packer, Ansible, Artifactory, Jenkins, Spinnaker, or equivalents.
• A degree in Computing Science, Engineering or equivalent education and experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills – you like to document your work!