Senior Cloud Platform Engineer — Lead DevOps & CI/CD

Kinaxis; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible vacation

Flexible work options

Well-being programs

Virtual fitness classes

Mentorship & career development

Recognition programs

Hackathons

Job summary

Kinaxis is seeking a Staff Cloud Platform Engineer to lead cloud platform capabilities and deliver exceptional experiences for development and operations teams. You will guide architectural decisions, improve CI/CD pipelines, and champion secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.

You will mentor juniors, drive DevOps practices, and stay current with cloud technologies to enable fast, reliable self-service deployments for the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree/diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent related discipline. Expertise in one major cloud vendor.
• 5-7 years of directly related increasingly complex experience in cloud engineering roles; high-tech, global environment preferred, working on one or more enterprise grade software applications.
• Experience with public cloud platforms, both console and API (GCP preferred).
• Experience automating cloud solutions (e.g., applications, infrastructure, storage, platforms, and data).
• Experience developing in Go, Python and/or Shell/Bash.
• Strong knowledge of system design to manage operational and reliability trade-offs.
• Practical understanding of agile methodologies and Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex challenges as a trusted technical lead.
• Drive a DevOps mindset and collaboration within the Cloud Platform Engineering Team.
• Develop and enhance cloud reference architectures and guide teams on implementation.
• Influence architectural decisions, improve CI/CD pipelines, and build secure, high-performing cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline delivery processes and provide self-service capabilities.
• Mentor and lead junior team members to industry best practices.
• Lead code and design reviews for high-quality deliverables.
• Stay up to date with the latest cloud technologies and trends.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Go

Python

Shell/Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Vault

Artifactory

Job description

Kinaxis is seeking a Staff Cloud Platform Engineer to lead cloud platform capabilities and deliver exceptional experiences for development and operations teams. You will guide architectural decisions, improve CI/CD pipelines, and champion secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.

You will mentor juniors, drive DevOps practices, and stay current with cloud technologies to enable fast, reliable self-service deployments for the business.