Sr Network & Cloud Specialist

McKesson; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 99,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex and Connect

Job summary

McKesson, a Fortune 10 healthcare company, seeks a senior infrastructure engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure enterprise infrastructure across Azure and on‑prem environments. The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and collaboration with architecture, security, and operations teams.

The candidate should have strong cloud, networking, and infrastructure engineering expertise, with 7+ years of relevant experience, and a willingness to work in a hybrid model in

Qualifications

• 7+ years of infrastructure/network/cloud engineering experience.
• Azure experience is required; GCP exposure is a plus.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, routing, BGP, VPNs, and hybrid connectivity.
• Experience with automation/orchestration tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Python).
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to monitor, capacity plan, and optimize reliability and cost.
• Strong collaboration and communication across teams and governance.
• Security, change management, and compliance practices.
• Documentation and runbook creation for operations and incidents.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable enterprise infrastructure.
• Contribute to cloud and on-premises infrastructure initiatives with security and architecture standards.
• Complete engineering tasks, document work, and coordinate with senior engineers.
• Support network capacity planning and performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot complex infra incidents and escalate when needed.
• Develop automation scripts and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Participate in governance around SLAs, OLAs, security controls, and compliance.
• Evaluate new tools and technologies under senior guidance.
• Create and maintain diagrams, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Perform other duties to meet company goals.

Skills

Azure

Cloud engineering

Networking

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Kubernetes

Security governance

Documentation

Collaboration

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Python

Job description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Position Summary

This is a senior individual contributor role focused on supporting and evolving McKesson's hybrid cloud and enterprise network environment. They will help design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure solutions across Azure and on-premises platforms while driving automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

The position is well-suited for someone with a strong blend of cloud, networking, and infrastructure engineering expertise who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, improving platform reliability, and collaborating across architecture, operations, and security teams.

What You’ll Do

• Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise infrastructure systems to improve scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Contribute to cloud and on-premises infrastructure initiatives while following enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and operational best practices.
• Assist with infrastructure project delivery by completing assigned engineering tasks, documenting work, and coordinating with senior engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Support network capacity planning activities, including monitoring trends, identifying performance constraints, and recommending optimization opportunities.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure incidents and service issues, escalating highly complex or business-critical problems when appropriate.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts, configuration templates, and infrastructure-as-code practices to support repeatable and reliable deployments.
• Participate in governance activities related to SLAs, OLAs, security controls, compliance requirements, and operational readiness.
• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and process improvements under the guidance of senior technical team members.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed to meet Company goals.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree or equivalent experience and typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience.

Critical Skills

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, network engineering, cloud engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience supporting infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Experience with Azure required; exposure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other cloud platforms preferred.
• Strong understanding of network engineering concepts, including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, switching, BGP, VPNs, and hybrid connectivity.
• Experience with automation or orchestration tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Python, or similar technologies.
• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure, virtualization, and container platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Experience monitoring infrastructure performance, supporting capacity planning, and identifying reliability or cost optimization opportunities.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and collaborate with senior engineers during major incidents or escalations.
• Understanding of enterprise security, compliance, change management, and governance practices.
• Strong communication, documentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills / Experience

• Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries.
• Experience supporting hybrid or multi-cloud networking environments.
• Exposure to DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring, observability, and incident management tools.
• Ability to influence technical discussions, partner across teams, and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.

Work Model / Physical Requirements

We are Flex and Connect with 2 days a week in office.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$99,100 - $132,100

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) [e-mail] or (Canada) [e-mail]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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