Cloud Platform Analyst — DevOps & Automation

Sun Life Financial; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 54,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best Workplace in Canada

Mental health excellence recognition

Wellness programs

Job summary

Sun Life Financial seeks a Cloud Analyst to join the Cloud Centre of Excellence, delivering secure and scalable cloud and container platform solutions for clients. You will design, implement and operate cloud infrastructure, collaborating with global squads and stakeholders to ensure alignment with business goals and best practices.

The role emphasizes automation, on-call readiness, and compliance with security directives, with opportunities to work in a hybrid setup and advance in cloud

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Science or related technology field.
• Relevant work experience in server administration and/or cloud solution administration in an enterprise environment.
• Knowledge in DevOps environments and automation to deliver business value.
• Foundational technical and business understanding of at least one major public cloud platform (AWS or Azure or GCP).
• Experience or academic exposure to software engineering, scripting, SDLC practices, or infrastructure as code.
• Exposure to systems provisioning and configuration management using automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Backstage or other cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a global Cloud Center of Excellence focused on delivering cloud solutions.
• Support design, implementation, and ongoing operation of Sun Life cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Collaborate with squads and stakeholders to ensure projects align with business goals.
• Assist with modernizing legacy workloads to leverage cloud platforms and containers.
• Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline deployment, monitoring, and maintenance processes.
• Work in an Agile team to support platform enhancements and strategic initiatives.

Skills

Cloud computing

DevOps

Automation scripting

Public cloud

Kubernetes

Python

React/TypeScript

Linux/Unix

EKS

Education

University degree in CS/Math/Science

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Backstage

Job description

Sun Life Financial seeks a Cloud Analyst to join the Cloud Centre of Excellence, delivering secure and scalable cloud and container platform solutions for clients. You will design, implement and operate cloud infrastructure, collaborating with global squads and stakeholders to ensure alignment with business goals and best practices.

The role emphasizes automation, on-call readiness, and compliance with security directives, with opportunities to work in a hybrid setup and advance in cloud