Cloud Platform Engineer

CI Financial; Toronto; On-site; CAD 69,500 - 119,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training Reimbursement

Paid Professional Designations

Enhanced group benefits

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Toronto is looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer to work within a cross-functional team. This role involves designing and implementing robust cloud solutions using AWS and fostering cloud-native architectures. Ideal candidates should have 5-10 years of experience in cloud engineering, strong knowledge of AWS services, and proficiency in container orchestration with tools like Kubernetes and Docker. The position offers competitive compensation, a supportive work environment, and opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in Software Development/IT operations with 5 years in Cloud/DevOps roles.
• Proven knowledge in Public Cloud, preferably AWS.
• Experience deploying Containers and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end cloud solutions using low-level architecture documents.
• Integrate cloud and on-premises services for secure operations.
• Lead infrastructure migration methodologies.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code delivery pipelines.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

DevOps methodologies

Container orchestration

Scripting with Python

Infrastructure security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or computer science

AWS related certifications

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

Docker

AWS services

Kubernetes

Job description

At CI, we see a great place to work as one that is a safe place for everyone to have a voice, where people are empowered to take ownership over meaningful work, where there is an opportunity to grow through stretching themselves, where they can work on innovative products and projects, and where employees are supported and engaged in doing so.

The Cloud Platform Engineer will work with a cross‑functional team and will be responsible for designing and implementing reusable frameworks, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, infrastructure automation leveraging modern cloud‑native architecture and AWS services. This role will be part of a team of cloud evangelists and will be responsible for accelerating the overall transformational journey. The ideal candidate will implement best practices with best‑in‑class solutions to ensure robust cloud solutions meet dynamic IT and business needs and requirements.

What You Will Do

• Building end-to-end cloud solutions using low-level architecture documents.
• Works closely with other IT Infrastructure Specialists, Enterprise Architects and Security to design and integrate cloud and on‑premises services, enabling secure operations in the cloud environment
• Provides leadership in infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques to migrate large scale enterprise applications and services.
• Implement Infrastructure as a Code delivery pipelines using CI/CD tools and DevOps Tools
• Understand the complete deployment lifecycle from design, build, test, deploy.
• Design and deployment of pipelines consisting of Docker, ECS, and/or EKS
• Provide expert hands‑on Core AWS technologies including: IAM, ECS, EKS, VPC, ELB, KMS, S3, CloudFront, RDS, AWS-CLI. Experience working with large data sets, data lake,
• Design and provide support on AWS Data Engineering Technologies – Glue, EMR, AWS Lake formation, S3 as Data Lake, DMS, Aurora Postgres
• Practice DevOps (Expert Level) – Terraform, Jenkins, AWS Code Build, , Artifactory, AWS CloudFormation , Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket,
• Demonstrate knowledge of Web APIs, UIs, infrastructure, data architecture, security, and new technologies and experience with Cloud API’s, streaming, metrics
• Ability to script with modern languages including PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• AWS Basic - IAM roles, resource policies, S3 buckets, Load balancers, Networking
• Lead and educate clients on cloud deployment patterns.
• Act as an SME for implementing and building infrastructure to support CI Applications.
• Investigate and resolve any integration issues that arise during implementation.

What You Will Bring

• 5-10 years of experience working in a Software Development or IT Operational role with at least 5 years working directly in a Cloud Engineering/DevOps roles
• Proven experience and Strong knowledge of Public Cloud (AWS Preferred) in IaaS/PaaS/Serverless
• Experience deploying and managing Containers and Container Orchestration (eg. Docker and Kubernetes)
• Strong experience in Information technology, with infrastructure and platform services automation expertise.
• Extensive experience with engineering and supporting containerization technology.
• Proven experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift and Docker.
• Experience in of industry-leading open-source CI/CD pipeline tools including Confluence, Jira, Rundeck, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Ansible and Terraform, etc.
• Experience in developing cloud migration patterns
• Experience in hybrid cloud environments preferred.
• Experience with multiple programming languages such as Java, Python and PHP
• Experience and knowledge of Infrastructure security environments including cloud security
• Experience working in a SAFe, Kanban, DEVOPS, or Agile/Scrum development methodology
• Experience and knowledge of networking concepts
• Prior experience with information technology in a financial institution preferred.

Education/Training

• Bachelor’s degree within a business, computer science or equivalent experience
• Public Cloud Related Certifications (AWS Architect, AWS DevOps etc)

Technical Skills

• AWS Cloud Resources (OU, VPC, S3, EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, EMR, Lambda, API Gateway, Data Lake etc.)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Database (MS SQL, MYSQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Oracle)
• Middleware (WebLogic, Tomcat, JBoss)
• OS (RHEL, AIX, Windows)
• CI/CD (Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Check Marx, JFrog Artifactory)
• JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo
• Cloudflare, OKTA, ADFS
• PHP, Node.js, React.js, Python,

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Champion sound cloud application architecture design and development

This opportunity is for an existing vacancy with the company. The anticipated base salary range for this position is $69,500 - $119,500. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a bonus program. In addition, The Company offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, wellness programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education‑related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

CI Financial is an independent company offering global wealth management and asset management advisory services through diverse financial services firms. Since 1965, we have consistently anticipated and responded to the changing needs of investors. We are driven by a commitment to provide individuals and institutions with the highest‑quality investments and advice. Our commitment to the highest levels of performance means that whatever their position, CI employees must be comfortable in a fast‑paced environment that will stretch them to tap into their highest potential. Employees with a healthy dose of ambition, a desire to commit to a curious mindset for continuous learning, and a willingness to go the extra mile thrive at CI.

A Supportive Environment for Success

We offer an in‑office environment, competitive benefits, and a supportive workplace to help our employees thrive both personally and professionally.

What We Offer

• Modern HQ location within walking distance from Union Station
• Training Reimbursement
• Paid Professional Designations
• Employee Savings Plan (ESP)
• Corporate Discount Program
• Enhanced group benefits
• Parental Leave Top–up program
• Paid time off for Volunteering

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

Please submit your resume in confidence by clicking “Apply”. Only qualified candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. CI Financial Corp. and all of our affiliates (“CI”) are committed to fair and accessible employment practices and provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodations in order to apply for any job opportunities, require this posting in an additional format, or require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process please contact us at [e-mail], or call 416-364-1145 ext. 4747.