Software Developer Contract Jobs in Ottawa, ON (NOW HIRING)

Network Management Developer

We are seeking a Network Management Software Developer to help design, develop, and evolve advanced network management and operations platforms that support automation, observability, service assurance, and operational efficiency across large-scale communications infrastructure environments.

This role offers the opportunity to work on highly scalable, cloud-native software solutions leveraging modern development practices, automation frameworks, and AI-assisted engineering tools.

• Design and develop network management and operational support applications that support service provisioning, monitoring, fault management, performance analytics, inventory management, and configuration management.
• Develop model-driven management solutions using technologies such as NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI, gRPC, and related frameworks to enable network automation, telemetry collection, monitoring, and workflow orchestration.
• Integrate management platforms with network infrastructure, operational systems, inventory databases, service orchestration tools, and other enterprise platforms to support end-to-end service lifecycle management.
• Investigate and troubleshoot complex software, platform, and network issues while collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native deployment solutions to ensure reliable and repeatable software releases.
• Leverage modern development tools and AI-assisted coding technologies to improve software quality, productivity, and delivery efficiency.
• Contribute to architecture discussions, technical planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience developing network management, operations support, systems management, automation, or large-scale telecommunications software solutions.
• Strong software development experience using Python, Go, C++, Java, or other modern programming languages.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, concurrency, algorithms, and object-oriented design principles.
• Experience with NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI, gRPC, and API-driven architectures.
• Strong networking knowledge including TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, routing, switching, network telemetry, and modern networking concepts.
• Experience working with Kubernetes, containers, cloud-native technologies, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience developing automation and management solutions for complex networked environments.

• Experience supporting large-scale telecommunications, networking, cloud infrastructure, or mission-critical operational environments.
• Familiarity with OSS, NMS, EMS, or other network operations and management platforms.
• Experience with network automation, provisioning, observability, and performance monitoring solutions.
• Understanding of management plane concepts, configuration management, and telemetry-based architectures.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Pytest or similar technologies.
• Ability to integrate complex systems across operational, inventory, orchestration, and monitoring platforms.
• Experience utilizing AI-assisted development tools within software engineering workflows.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• 4x onsite per week environment
• Flexible working hours to support collaboration and work-life balance.
• Opportunity to contribute to large-scale, next-generation networking and software initiatives.
• Exposure to cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes-based deployments, automation frameworks, modern software development practices, and complex distributed systems.
• Long-term opportunity within a collaborative and innovative engineering environment

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Ottawa, ON.

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $70.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

This is a fully onsite position in Ottawa,ON.

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