Cloud Engineer

Insight Global; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Toronto, Canada, is seeking an engineer to join a bank's smart infrastructure and cloud team. This contract role is a minimum of 6 months with a potential extension and a hybrid schedule: 4 days in the office each week.

Day-to-day: monitor vulnerability findings, investigate root causes, remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities across cloud and Kubernetes, maintain IaC with Terraform, and track work in Jira for audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Strong programming/scripting in Python, Go, Bash or similar.
• Kubernetes platforms and cloud infrastructure experience.
• Solid understanding of IaC concepts and Terraform usage.
• Experience in Financial Services or other highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Monitor vulnerability findings through VMG and security dashboards.
• Investigate security findings, determine root cause, validate false positives, prioritize remediation.
• Remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities across cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• Modify and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) configurations.
• Track findings and remediation in Jira tickets to closure.
• Monitor AI-driven automation for vulnerability triage and compliance activities.
• Document remediation activities, compliance status, and vulnerability trends for audits.

Skills

Python/Go/Bash scripting

Kubernetes platforms

IaC concepts

Regulated financial services

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related field

Tools

Terraform

Jira

Job description

We may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with the screening, assessment, or selection of potential applicants for this position.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong programming or scripting experience with Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages, with the ability to read, troubleshoot, and modify code
• Experience with Kubernetes platforms and cloud infrastructure
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and experience working with Terraform.
• Experience using Jira for tracking remediation efforts and project work.
• Experience within Financial Services or other highly regulated environments.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience building or enhancing automation solutions, including AI agents for triage, monitoring, or compliance workflows.
• Exposure to vulnerability management, compliance, governance, or security operations programs.

Job Description

We're looking for an engineer to join the smart infrastructure and cloud team at a leading bank. This role will be a minimum of 6 months and have the opportunity to extend long-term. There is a hybrid schedule 4 times a week in office, bi-weekly.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage vulnerability findings through the Vulnerability Management Governance (VMG) platform and related security dashboards.
• Investigate security findings, determine root cause, validate false positives, and prioritize remediation efforts.
• Remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities across cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• Modify and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC),
• Track findings through resolution by creating, updating, and managing Jira tickets.
• Monitor AI-driven automation processes that support vulnerability triage and compliance activities, validating outputs and escalating exceptions when necessary.
• Document remediation activities, compliance status, and vulnerability trends for reporting and audit purposes.