Senior Cloud Engineer

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards program

Coaching and development opportunities

World-class training program

Flexible benefits

Stock options where applicable

Job summary

RBC in Toronto is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead medium to high complexity cloud projects, design, develop, and implement cloud solutions, and manage enterprise cloud tooling and public cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful results across the project lifecycle.

The role requires advanced experience in cloud technologies (Azure, AWS), automation (Terraform), scripting (PowerShell), and strong DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• Advanced experience in administration, engineering, of (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) cloud native technologies and hosted cloud services (Azure, AWS).
• Advanced experience in automation (Terraform), scripting (PowerShell) and CI/CD development pipelines (GitHub, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD).
• Advanced experience in administering, engineering, and implementing container solutions (Kubernetes, AKS).
• Advanced understanding of cloud networking technologies.
• Experience working in Scrum and Kanban methodologies (Jira, Confluence, SharePoint).

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy Azure and AWS server, serverless, and containerized Kubernetes infrastructure leveraging Infrastructure as Code native tools.
• Enforces standards and controls for security, resiliency, scalability, conducting validation and rigorous testing to ensure optimal functionality.
• Mentor junior team members by guiding technical approaches, resolving escalated issues, and fostering knowledge sharing to enhance team capabilities.
• Collaborate amongst cross functional teams to gather requirements, provide expertise, and deliver solutions that address challenges and improve efficiency.
• Drives decisions on issues requiring innovative thinking and technical expertise, providing recommendations that influence own team and across rother work areas.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of engineering policies, procedures, and runbooks.
• Innovation of the DevOps practice through focused consumption of new technologies and industry trends.
• Serve in an on-call rotation and operate as an escalation point in the Cloud Engineering Team, participate in support off-hours deployments and critical operational requests.

Skills

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

PowerShell

CI/CD

GitHub

Azure DevOps

ArgoCD

AKS

Cloud networking

Scrum

Jira

Confluence

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

GitHub

Azure DevOps

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

AKS

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

What is the Opportunity?

The Senior Cloud Engineer will lead and execute medium to high complexity projects, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions that align with organizational objectives and controls. The scope will include the operational support and management of the enterprise cloud toolset, and the public cloud hosted infrastructure. The individual ensures the delivery of impactful results throughout the lifecycle of the project in partnership with cross functional teams

Job Description

The Senior Cloud Engineer will lead and execute medium to high complexity projects, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions that align with organizational objectives and controls. The scope will include the operational support and management of the enterprise cloud toolset, and the public cloud hosted infrastructure. The individual ensures the delivery of impactful results throughout the lifecycle of the project in partnership with cross functional teams

What will you do?

• Design and deploy Azure and AWS server, serverless, and containerized Kubernetes infrastructure leveraging Infrastructure as Code native tools
• Enforces standards and controls for security, resiliency, scalability, conducting validation and rigorous testing to ensure optimal functionality
• Mentor junior team members by guiding technical approaches, resolving escalated issues, and fostering knowledge sharing to enhance team capabilities
• Collaborate amongst cross functional teams to gather requirements, provide expertise, and deliver solutions that address challenges and improve efficiency
• Drives decisions on issues requiring innovative thinking and technical expertise, providing recommendations that influence own team and across rother work areas
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of engineering policies, procedures, and runbooks
• Innovation of the DevOps practice through focused consumption of new technologies and industry trends
• Serve in an on-call rotation and operate as an escalation point in the Cloud Engineering Team, participate in support off-hours deployments and critical operational requests

What do you need to succeed

Must have

• Advanced experience in administration, engineering, of (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) cloud native technologies and hosted cloud services (Azure, AWS)
• Advanced experience in automation (Terraform), scripting (PowerShell) and CI/CD development pipelines (GitHub, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD)
• Advanced experience in administering, engineering, and implementing container solutions (Kubernetes, AKS)
• Advanced understanding of cloud networking technologies
• Experience working in Scrum and Kanban methodologies (Jira, Confluence, SharePoint)

Nice to Have

• Experience with design, engineering, and operations of AWS services (would no longer be a must have, but more aligned with a nice to have)
• Experience with Azure Entra ID, IAM and cloud native identities, and role-based access controls
• Experience with design and implementing cloud security controls

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Opportunities to do challenging work, opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities and opportunities to building close relationships with clients
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies.

Job Skills

Agile Methodology, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Platform, DevOps, Git, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), IT Systems Integration, Kubernetes, Performance Measurement, Requirements Analysis, Software Development, Systems Software, Terraform (Software)

Additional Job Details

Address

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City

Toronto

Country

Canada

Work hours/week

37.5

Employment Type

Full time

Platform

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type

Regular

Pay Type

Salaried

Posted Date

2026-06-23

Application Deadline

2026-11-10

Note

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.