Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
Location: Calgary, AB (Hybrid – 3 days/week in our beautiful downtown office)
About the Role
We’re looking for a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team and help shape the future of our infrastructure and delivery pipelines. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with talented professionals, and make a real impact on the scalability and reliability of our products.
- Architect and Build: Design and implement scalable, modular solutions that integrate seamlessly across our diverse product suite.
- Collaborate and Innovate: Partner with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and incorporate user feedback into robust solutions.
- Lead Best Practices: Champion modern software architecture principles, including Microservices, Serverless computing, and API-first strategies.
- Drive Containerization: Define and execute strategies for containerization and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, or similar technologies.
- Ensure Reliability: Maintain a secure, compliant, and resilient infrastructure aligned with industry standards.
- Mentor and Support: Serve as an escalation point for L1 operations, troubleshoot complex issues, and provide training on product-specific domains.
- Continuous Improvement: Lead product and infrastructure enhancements identified through blameless postmortems.
- Weekend Rotation: Participate in scheduled weekend support rotations.
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Experience: 3–5 years in Site Reliability Engineering or similar roles.
- Technical Skills:
- Hands-on coding experience with Go, Python, and/or Shell scripting.
- Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong background in CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery ecosystems (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Harness.io, GitLab CI, etc.).
- Soft Skills: Exceptional problem-solving, organizational, and leadership abilities.
- Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with internal teams and stakeholders.
- Work in a hybrid environment with flexibility and collaboration.
- Be part of a team that values innovation, continuous learning, and blameless culture.
- Enjoy our downtown Calgary office, designed for creativity and connection.
Black Duck is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or military service status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Black Duck complies with all applicable laws prohibiting employment discrimination in every jurisdiction where it operates and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 3-5 years in Site Reliability Engineering or similar roles
- Hands-on coding experience with Go, Python, and/or Shell scripting
- Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong background in CI/CD pipelines and tools (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Harness.io, GitLab CI)
- Experience mentoring teams and serving as escalation point for L1 operations
- Willingness to participate in scheduled weekend support rotations
- Strong problem-solving, organizational, leadership, and communication skills
Black Duck Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Black Duck and has not been reviewed or approved by Black Duck.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage provide multiple plan choices with transparent costs, with carrier updates noted for 2026. Vision via VSP and dental plan options offer defined tiers and network access.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company matching alongside an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback. These features support longer‑term savings and wealth building.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Exempt employees use a manager‑approved, no‑cap time‑off model, while non‑exempt employees accrue flexible time off alongside sick time. Paid leaves include parental and family care leave, with additional protections under applicable leave laws.
Black Duck Insights
What We Do
Organizations worldwide use Black Duck Software’s industry-leading products to secure and manage open source software, eliminating the pain related to security vulnerabilities, compliance and operational risk. Black Duck is headquartered in Burlington, MA, and has offices in San Jose, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Vancouver, Seoul & Beijing
Why Work With Us
We pride ourselves on cultivating an environment of collaboration, creativity, and fun! We know where you work can influence how you work, which is why our collaborative office space focuses on community and continuous learning. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude even got us named a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe!
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