Senior Cloud Engineer

Jobtailor; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Canada seeks a senior Cloud Engineering Lead to spearhead the engineering, optimization, and continuous improvement of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud platforms. You will mentor cloud engineers, drive IaC adoption, and steer enterprise migrations, modernization, and governance.

You will partner with architects, cybersecurity, and business stakeholders to improve resilience, security posture, and cost efficiency while advancing operational excellence across cloud workloads.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience supporting and engineering enterprise infrastructure and cloud environments.
• 5+ years designing, implementing, and optimizing Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud solutions.
• 5+ years developing automation, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud engineering practices.
• 5+ years leading complex cloud initiatives, migrations, modernization, and technical improvements.
• 3+ years providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with architects, cybersecurity teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering, optimization, and continuous improvement of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud platforms.
• Provide technical expertise for complex cloud initiatives, migrations, modernization, and enterprise technology projects.
• Mentor Cloud Engineers and drive adoption of cloud engineering best practices.
• Lead automation, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud engineering practices.
• Partner with architects, infrastructure, cybersecurity, application teams, vendors, and business stakeholders on strategic cloud initiatives.

Skills

Microsoft Azure Architecture

Hybrid Cloud

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud Engineering Practices

Technical Leadership

Tools

CI/CD Pipelines

Automation Frameworks

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Job description

• Lead the engineering, optimization, and continuous improvement of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud platforms
• Provide technical expertise for complex cloud initiatives, migrations, modernization efforts, and enterprise technology projects
• Mentor Cloud Engineers and drive adoption of cloud engineering best practices
• Lead automation, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud engineering practices
• Apply Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework principles to assess and optimize cloud workloads
• Develop engineering standards, operational patterns, and governance practices with the Infrastructure Solutions Architect
• Improve cloud platform resilience, performance, security posture, and cost efficiency
• Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for critical cloud issues
• Improve monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, capacity management, and operational maturity
• Partner with architects, infrastructure, cybersecurity, application teams, vendors, and business stakeholders on strategic cloud initiatives

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience supporting and engineering enterprise infrastructure and cloud environments
• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and optimizing Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud solutions
• 5+ years of experience developing automation, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud engineering practices
• 5+ years of experience leading complex cloud initiatives, migrations, modernization efforts, and technical improvements
• 3+ years of experience providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with architects, cybersecurity teams, vendors, and business stakeholders
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Azure architecture, hybrid cloud, networking, compute, storage, security, and platform optimization
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code, PowerShell, Azure CLI, CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and cloud engineering practices
• Understanding of Azure Well-Architected Framework, cloud standards, security controls, cost optimization, and operational excellence

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture, hybrid cloud solutions, and Infrastructure as Code practices, while leading cloud initiatives and mentoring engineering teams to optimize performance, security, and cost efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Microsoft Azure Architecture
• Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud Engineering Practices
• Technical Leadership
• Cloud Optimization

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Cloud Migration
• Cloud Modernization
• Automation Development
• Root Cause Analysis
• Performance Optimization
• Security Posture Improvement
• Capacity Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Azure CLI
• PowerShell

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving

Industry Keywords

• Azure Well-Architected Framework
• Operational Excellence
• Cloud Standards
• Cost Optimization

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft 365
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Automation Frameworks