Cloud Platform Engineer – Terraform & Database Infrastructure

KData Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

KData Inc. in Toronto is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to join a platform engineering team supporting enterprise cloud environments and application teams.

The role requires hands-on Terraform, cloud networking, and database experience, plus skills in Key Vault and CMK integrations. You will work in Terraform-driven infrastructure, CI/CD workflows, and collaborate with client teams in a large enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Terraform with production infrastructure.
• Strong cloud networking knowledge and troubleshooting.
• Experience with managed database infrastructure (PostgreSQL).
• Experience with Key Vault, encryption and CMKs.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and support reusable infrastructure-as-code components using Terraform.
• Support application teams consuming shared cloud platform services and troubleshoot infrastructure-related requests and issues.
• Work with managed database services and supporting infrastructure, including database provisioning, configuration, connectivity and security.
• Support cloud security and encryption capabilities including CMKs and Key Vault integrations.
• Diagnose and resolve cloud networking issues across platform and application environments.
• Work within GitHub-based engineering workflows, repositories and CI/CD processes.
• Develop and maintain automation and supporting tooling using Python; experience with Go is beneficial.
• Participate in troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across infrastructure, application connectivity and shared platform services.
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams and client/application teams to deliver cloud platform capabilities.

Skills

Terraform

Cloud networking

PostgreSQL

Key Vault

GitHub

Go

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Tools

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

GitHub

CI/CD tooling

Job description

KData Inc. | Contract

Downtown Toronto (Toronto Dominion Centre / Design Exchange), Canada | Posted on 10/13/2026

• City Downtown Toronto (Toronto Dominion Centre / Design Exchange)
• Country Canada

Job Description

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer tojoin a platform engineering team supporting enterprise cloud environments andapplication teams.

The role combines hands-on platform engineering with supportfor application teams consuming shared cloud services. The successful candidatewill work with infrastructure-as-code, cloud networking, database services andsupporting platform components, troubleshooting issues and helping applicationteams successfully consume standardized cloud capabilities.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strongTerraform skills, solid cloud infrastructure knowledge and the ability toindependently diagnose infrastructure and connectivity issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop,maintain and support reusable infrastructure-as-code componentsusingTerraform.
  
• Supportapplication teams consuming shared cloud platform services andtroubleshoot infrastructure-related requests and issues.
  
• Workwith managed database services and supporting infrastructure, includingdatabase provisioning, configuration, connectivity and security.
  
• Supportcloud security and encryption capabilities includingcustomer-managedkeys (CMK)andKey Vaultintegrations.
  
• Diagnoseand resolve cloud networking issues across platform and applicationenvironments.
  
• Workwithin GitHub-based engineering workflows, repositories and CI/CDprocesses.
  
• Developand maintain automation and supporting tooling usingPython;experience withGois beneficial.
  
• Participatein troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across infrastructure,application connectivity and shared platform services.
  
• Collaboratewith internal engineering teams and client/application teams, working toexternally driven priorities and delivery timelines.
  
• Contributeto the continued development and improvement of reusable cloud platformcapabilities.
  

Requirements

Required Skills

• Stronghands-on Terraform experiencedeveloping and maintainingproduction infrastructure.
  
• Strongunderstanding ofcloud networking, including networkingconcepts, routing, connectivity, DNS, network security andtroubleshooting.
  
• Experiencesupportingmanaged database infrastructure, ideally includingPostgreSQL or similar managed relational database platforms.
  
• Experiencewith cloud security services such asKey Vault, encryption andcustomer-managed keys.
  
• Strongexperience usingGitHubfor source control andcollaborative engineering.
  
• Strongtroubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure and platform services.
  
• Abilityto work directly with application/client teams and independently drivetechnical issues through resolution.
  

Additional Assets

• ExperiencewithGo.
  
• Experiencedeveloping or maintainingGitHub Actionsworkflows.
  
• FamiliaritywithKubernetesand container platforms.
  
• Experiencebuilding reusable enterprise cloud platform modules and standardizedinfrastructure patterns.
  
• Experienceworking in a large, regulated enterprise environment.
  

Ideal Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on cloud/platform engineerwho is equally comfortable working in Terraform, investigating a database ornetworking problem, and helping an application team consume a shared platformcapability. This person should be capable of working independently,troubleshooting complex infrastructure problems and contributing directly toproduction-grade platform code.