Remote Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Praxy; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible time off

Health benefits

RRSP/TFSA participation

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance program

FHIR study program

Skillsoft learning

Team culture and learning

Job summary

Smile Digital Health is seeking an Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer in Toronto to design, deploy, and operate production-grade AKS clusters with a focus on security, scalability, and reliability.

The role requires 5+ years of Kubernetes experience, deep knowledge of AKS, Terraform, Helm, and CI/CD tooling (Flux/ArgoCD). You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure robust platform services and observability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on Kubernetes experience.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals: scheduling, networking, storage, RBAC.
• Hands-on with Terraform and Azure DevOps in CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate production-grade AKS clusters with private configurations.
• Own health, scaling, upgrades, networking, and observability of AKS environments.
• Collaborate with security, app, and platform teams to ensure reliability and throughput.

Skills

Kubernetes expertise

Azure AKS

Networking & RBAC

CI/CD collaboration

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Tools

Docker

Helm

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Flux/ArgoCD

Job description

Smile Digital Health is seeking an Azure Kubernetes Platform Engineer in Toronto to design, deploy, and operate production-grade AKS clusters with a focus on security, scalability, and reliability.

The role requires 5+ years of Kubernetes experience, deep knowledge of AKS, Terraform, Helm, and CI/CD tooling (Flux/ArgoCD). You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure robust platform services and observability.