Cloud Engineer
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
Subject to change: 3–4 days onsite may be required based on business needs
Contract Duration: ASAP to March 31st, 2026. Possibility of extension.
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/weekBusiness group: Cloud Engineering - Team is undertaking a critical modernization initiative to build an enterprise-wide cloud platform on Google Cloud. This platform will leverage Kubernetes infrastructure as code to enable scalable, secure, and automated infrastructure. A key focus is creating a seamless CI/CD experience that reduces developer friction, enhances productivity, and enables robust self-service capabilities.
Project: We are building a next-generation cloud platform on GCP, designed to support enterprise-scale workloads with modern DevOps practices. This role will focus on designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines that empower developers with intuitive, self-serve deployment capabilities. To meet our ambitious timelines and quality standards, we are expanding our team with skilled engineers who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments.Candidate Value Proposition:
As part of this initiative, you’ll work on a high-impact project that integrates cutting-edge technologies including Kubernetes, GCP, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Argo CD. You’ll gain hands-on experience with enterprise-grade CI/CD tooling and contribute to building a secure, scalable platform—skills that are highly transferable across financial institutions and the broader tech industry. This is a unique opportunity to elevate your technical profile while shaping the future of cloud engineering at scale.Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1) 8+ years of relevant experience as a developer / software engineer / cloud engineer
2) 2+ year experience with containerized applications: GKE (preferred), Kubernetes
3) 2+ years’ experience with CI/CD: Github, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, Github Actions or similar
4) 5+ years’ proven experience in cloud development (Google GCP, Microsoft Azure, AWS – in order of preference) with domain expertise in cloud platform features and capabilities
5) Experience with design for scalable, enterprise-level software systems (both on code and infrastructure levels).Nice-To-Have Skills:
1) Full stack experience in product development
2) Experience within Canadian financial institutions
3) Knowledge of /experience with any or all of the following will be an asset:
- Cloud Infrastructure architecture
- Security
- Software design patterns
4) Experience in delivering enterprise systems, collaborating and driving solutions with multiple teams across the organization.
5) Experience with networking in a multi cloud hybrid environment
6) 1+ year experience with IaC: TerraformSoft Skills Required:
- Attention to details, high standards for quality.
- Desire to learn, grow yourself and your team.
- Passion for driving teams towards high performance and a deep pride in quality craftsmanship that delights users.
- Investigating, analyzing, and resolving system problems.
- Ability to solve ambiguous and typically Client problems that require the effort of several engineers.
- Strong communication skills, both written and spoken; of specific importance is strong communication to a technical audience.
Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in computer science or engineering/mathematics discipline.Best VS. Average Candidate:
Someone who knows what they are doing and come in and execute with minimal hand holding;
Experience with GKE will be prioritized - Experience with building enterprise grade system, doing enterprise work with GKE. Enthusiasm for cloud transformation and cloud platform/components/services development.
Understanding of software development life cycle as well as related technologies, and software release process (environments, binary repositories, CI/CD). The ideal candidate will have some awareness of ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, Argo Events Github Actions and Github.Candidate Review & Selection
2 rounds – 1 hour for 1st round
1st with HM - MS Teams Video – culture/team fit
2nd technical panel interview with technical team - In Person - technical scenario-based questions, coding questions through codility shared live in the interview