Kubernetes Cloud Engineer

Our client is seeking an experienced, delivery-focused Lead Cloud Engineer to join their specialized Cloud Engineering team.

In this senior technical role, you will lead the development and scaling of multiple complex cloud automation features, enterprise CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native application blueprints. Acting as a hands‑on technical lead, you will design, build, and operate a modern Integrated Developer Platform (IDP) to accelerate software delivery and enable robust Dev Ops and Git Ops practices across distributed application teams. This position is ideal for a seasoned engineer who combines deep Kubernetes expertise, infrastructure‑as‑code automation, and full‑stack development skills to drive secure, agile cloud adoption at an enterprise scale.

Duration: 6‑Month Contract (with high potential for extension)

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (2 days per week on‑site in the Mississauga, ON office)

• High‑Impact Platform Building: Directly design and operate a state‑of‑the‑art Integrated Developer Platform (IDP) and Developer Portal, transforming how application teams ship code.
• Modern Cloud‑Native Tech Stack: Work with advanced technologies, including Cilium, Istio Service Mesh, ArgoCD, Kargo, Crossplane, and Git Ops workflows.
• Multi‑Cloud Environment: Expand your portfolio by leading automation, configuration, and provisioning across both Microsoft Azure and GCP.
• Technical Leadership & Visibility: Provide key delivery direction, collaborate closely with cloud architects, and help plan resource execution within a highly structured technology organization.

• Developer Platform & Pipeline Engineering
  • IDP Architecture & Operations: Design, build, and operate the Integrated Developer Platform (IDP) utilizing gated CI/CD templates and automated release pipelines to accelerate software deployment.
  • Tooling Development: Leverage full‑stack programming skills to design, develop, and strengthen custom Dev Ops tooling and automation across various infrastructure platforms.
  • Process Standardization: Define, implement, and evangelize mature Dev Ops and Git Ops workflows to automate cloud infrastructure and streamline application delivery.
• Infrastructure as Code & Git Ops Automation
  • Multi‑Cloud Provisioning: Automate and manage Kubernetes clusters on Azure (AKS) and Google Cloud (GKE) using Terraform and Crossplane.
  • Continuous Delivery & Promotion: Implement progressive Git Ops delivery pipelines and multi‑stage workload promotions using ArgoCD and Kargo.
  • Configuration Management: Standardize Kubernetes application packaging and infrastructure provisioning using Helm, Kustomize, and Ansible.
• Security, Networking & Observability
  • Traffic & Network Architecture: Implement advanced traffic management and network configurations using Cilium, Azure CNI, Gateway API, NGINX Ingress, and Istio Service Mesh.
  • Governance & Access Controls: Enforce cloud compliance, security, and governance utilizing OPA/Gatekeeper, Azure Policies, and Network Policies (Cilium).
  • Secrets & Observability: Implement secure TLS and secrets management (via Key Factor, ACME, and cert‑manager) while building full‑stack observability tracking logs, metrics, and traces (via Prometheus and Grafana).

• Experience: Minimum 8+ years of professional IT experience in Software or Infrastructure Engineering within PaaS/Dev Ops environments, including 6+ years of hands‑on experience in full‑stack development, Kubernetes engineering, and enterprise CI/CD pipeline design.
• SRE or Full‑Stack Depth: 5+ years of software development or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience.
• Platform Delivery Mastery: 5+ years of hands‑on experience with Dev Ops tools, Kubernetes, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Artifactory, and deploying applications to Kubernetes clusters at scale.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advanced experience writing and executing automated IaC using Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
• Advanced Kubernetes Tooling: Hands‑on experience with continuous delivery and progressive deployment using ArgoCD, Kargo, and Argo Workflows.
• Networking & Cloud Security: Solid understanding of routing, User Defined Routes (UDR), and multi‑tier application…