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# Senior DevOps Developer (Coming Soon!) at Nuclear Promise X

- **Company:** Nuclear Promise X
- **Location:** Ontario, Canada
- **Compensation:** $170k–$190k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-02-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/NPX/f2cdd5c5-c63c-476e-be5e-60f0a28ceede/application

**Skills:** Cloud Infrastructure, Azure, AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevSecOps, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, Observability, Disaster Recovery, IAM, Secrets Management, AKS, EKS, GKE, Application Development

> Design, build, and operate secure, production-grade cloud and on-premises infrastructure in regulated environments. The role involves architecting secure cloud systems, leading containerization, optimizations, and driving DevSecOps practices to ensure reliable, compliant, and scalable SaaS and AI-enabled products.

## Job description

Future Opportunity Posting: We are proactively building a pool of qualified candidates for anticipated hiring needs. There is no immediate opening at this time, but candidates who align with our needs may be contacted as opportunities arise.

## 🌍 ABOUT US

NPX https://www.npxinnovation.ca/ partners with nuclear utilities and new reactor projects to unlock performance through innovation. We combine decades of nuclear operation expertise with AI, digital tools, and lean processes, to help plants run safer, smarter, and more cost-effectively. Our Digital Transformation team scales this expertise through both NPX-developed and industry-leading products, delivering solutions to clients across Canada, the U.S., and globally.

## 🧠 THE ROLE

We’re seeking a hands-on Senior DevOps Developer who thrives on designing, building, and operating secure, production-grade cloud and on-premises infrastructure in regulated environments. You’ll play a key role in enabling our engineering teams to deploy mission-critical digital solutions into the nuclear industry.

This role sits at the intersection of cloud architecture, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and reliability engineering. You’ll own infrastructure strategy, drive automation at scale, and ensure our SaaS and AI-enabled systems are secure, resilient, and production-ready.

If you enjoy taking an idea from whiteboard → working code → secure, compliant production system - this role is for you.

Travel Requirements: Travel for quarterly team events.

Salary Range: $170-190k (Exact compensation may vary)

## 🎯WHAT YOU'LL DRIVE

- Architect, implement, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, or GCP, Azure is preferred) supporting scalable SaaS and AI-enabled products.
- Lead containerization and orchestration efforts using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE, AKS is preferred).
- Design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines incorporating automated testing, security scanning, and deployment controls (DevSecOps).
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, ARM, or equivalent) to ensure reproducible, auditable environments.
- Establish observability standards (metrics, logging, tracing) using modern monitoring tools to support SLIs/SLOs and high availability targets.
- Own reliability engineering practices including disaster recovery strategies, backup automation, and incident response processes.
- Implement secure architecture patterns, IAM controls, secrets management, and infrastructure hardening suitable for regulated industries.
- Collaborate closely with software engineers to embed DevOps best practices directly into product development.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and define cloud platform standards that scale across client deployments.
- Help raise the bar for engineering quality, security, and operational excellence across the team.
- Lead post-incident sessions for when production issues occur and root-cause analysis is required.

## ✨WHAT YOU BRING

- Technical Breadth: You understand how software is built, deployed, and operated. A background in application development is a strong asset, enabling deeper troubleshooting, better automation, and more effective partnership with product teams.
- Results & Impact: You deliver secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure that drives measurable product and customer value.
- Hands-On Leadership: You lead by building, setting technical standards through code, architecture, and operational excellence.
- Adaptability & Growth: You continuously learn and apply modern cloud, automation, and DevSecOps practices that perform in real production environments.
- Initiative & Ownership: You take systems from concept to compliant, production-ready deployment and own outcomes end-to-end.
- Cultural Amplification: You elevate the team through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a high bar for craftsmanship and reliability.

## 🌿 WHAT YOU’LL FIND HERE

To do great work, you need to be well in mind, body, and soul. At NPX, we design our environment around the whole person, not just the job they do.

- 🧠 Mind: Tools and support for mental wellness, professional growth, and financial security.
- 🧘‍♀️ Body: Health coverage, a spending account, and the freedom to rest and recharge.
- 🌀 Soul: Meaningful work, alignment with your values, and time to refresh with time off.
- 💰👀 Financial wellbeing? Covered. That means competitive pay and recognition for the impact you make.

NPX provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

💬 Pssst. Just a heads up that we use AI to help in the filtering of candidates based on job-specific criteria. Humans decide who to move forward, and this way we're able to spend more of our time supporting our candidates directly.

## About Nuclear Promise X

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: NPX (Nuclear Promise X) is a nuclear innovation firm that helps utilities modernize operations through AI, automation, Lean Six Sigma, and digital transformation, with a mission to advance clean nuclear power for a sustainable future.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Startup)
- **Headquarters**: Kincardine, Ontario, Canada (with a second office in Port Elgin, ON, and operations in the United States)
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Not publicly named; the company was founded with a focus on diversifying and modernizing the nuclear industry

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Nuclear energy consulting, engineering, digital transformation, and technology services
- **Target customers**: Nuclear utilities, new build nuclear projects, and energy organizations in Canada and the United States (primarily B2B, enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Modernize nuclear to power a sustainable future." NPX focuses on bridging the gap between traditional nuclear practices and modern solutions, using practical innovation that works in nuclear.

## Products & Services
- **Engineering & Project Delivery**: Expert engineering, design, and project management for nuclear utilities and new builds, leveraging Agile methodologies and AI-powered solutions to streamline workflows and reduce costs.
- **Digital Transformation & AI**: Moving clients from legacy systems and manual processes to AI-driven, data-powered, and automated solutions, including robotics and Lean/Kaizen.
- **Strategy Consulting**: Helping nuclear operators bridge the gap between strategy and execution, ensuring innovation turns into action with measurable impact.
- **Analytics**: Using data to create intuitive visuals and dashboards that help clients make data-driven decisions.
- **Rapid Application Development**: Building applications with Microsoft PowerApps and full-stack development technologies.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: **Total Funding**: Not publicly available (privately held, no disclosed funding rounds). The workforce is approaching **200 employees** according to a Globe and Mail feature, while LinkedIn reports **96 employees** (+1.8% YoY growth) — conflicting reports likely reflecting different timing or counting methods.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Key clients/partners include **Ontario Power Generation** (24 employees came from OPG), **Bruce Power** (19), **Kinectrics** (13), **University of Waterloo** (7), and **Tetra Tech** (6). NPX serves clients across Canada and the United States.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Active job postings surged +1700% quarterly and +260% yearly (18 current postings).
    - LinkedIn followers grew +80.2% year over year (15,720 followers).
    - Awarded **Canadian Nuclear Association Employer of the Year (2025)**, **HRD Canada Best Places to Work (2024)**, **UofT PEY Co-op Program Employer of the Year (2025)**, and a **Balance Means Business Award from Women in Nuclear (2023)**.
    - The company is expanding its U.S. presence with a Director of NPX US.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Nuclear Expertise**: End-to-end knowledge of existing plants and new nuclear projects — not generic consultants but specialists with decades of domain experience.
- **Practical Innovation Focus**: Unlike many consultancies, NPX emphasizes execution and hands-on implementation, using AI, automation, and Lean Six Sigma in a highly regulated industry.
- **Flat Organizational Structure**: A deliberately flat hierarchy where everyone is considered a "generalist/innovation catalyst," reducing bureaucracy and accelerating decision-making.
- **Mission-Driven Culture**: Focused on clean energy and sustainability, which attracts purpose-driven talent. The company teaches kids to code, makes face shields for frontline workers, and runs community impact initiatives.
- **Award Recognition**: Multiple "Best Places to Work" and innovation awards in 2024 and 2025 validate its culture and industry standing.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Modernizing nuclear operations through AI and digital transformation; expanding in the United States; continuing to attract and develop young talent through a robust new grad program (rotating through three roles over 24 months).
- **Direction for growth**: Scaling the workforce (targeting 200+ employees), deepening U.S. market penetration, and leading the nuclear industry's digital evolution while maintaining safety and regulatory compliance.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: NPX emphasizes a flat, agile, and action-oriented culture. Employees describe it as a place where "your ideas matter from day one," regardless of seniority. The company is serious about diversity, equity, and inclusion, with proactive programs and a focus on dismantling systemic discrimination.
- **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: **Hybrid** — most employees work primarily from home and visit client sites when necessary. There is no forced office mandate; the company empowers employees to choose the way that works best for them. Employees are distributed across Canada, with two physical offices in Kincardine and Port Elgin, Ontario.
- **Notable perks**:
    - Competitive salary and extended health/dental insurance
    - Healthcare savings account
    - Flexible vacation time
    - Professional development fund
    - Career growth and development programs (including a structured new grad rotation program)
    - "NPX days off" (additional company-wide days)
    - Competitive maternity & parental leave
    - RRSP matching
    - Company swag
    - Volunteer and fun events (biweekly community impact meetings)
- **Engineering culture**: The company hires developers, design engineers, data analysts, and AI developers, with a focus on rapid app development (PowerApps, full-stack) and cutting-edge AI projects. The tech stack emphasizes modern tools applied to nuclear operations. The "innovation mindset" is a core value — anyone can pitch an idea for an "x-project."
- **Employee reviews**: On LinkedIn, NPX has a **3.5/5.0** overall rating (84 reviews). Breakdown: Work-Life Balance 3.5, Compensation 3.8, Culture 3.7, Career Opportunities 3.3. This suggests solid compensation and culture but room for improvement in career progression and work-life balance.

## Sources
1. [npxinnovation.ca - Careers Page](https://www.npxinnovation.ca/careers)
2. [npxinnovation.ca - Company Homepage](https://www.npxinnovation.ca/)
3. [theglobeandmail.com - Nuclear Promise X Holds Much Promise for Young Talent](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv/article-nuclear-promise-x-holds-much-promise-for-young-talent/)
4. [npxinnovation.ca - Mission Page](https://www.npxinnovation.ca/mission)
5. [linkedin.com - Nuclear Promise X Company Profile](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/npxinnovation)

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