Sr Platform Engineer - Cloud #106252

Carlos Goncalves; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 117,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Platform Engineer will design, build, and support reusable Azure cloud platform capabilities to enable cloud-native applications, APIs, and microservices. You will lead infrastructure automation, standardization, and observability to drive secure, scalable solutions.

You will collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, and delivery teams to continuously improve deployment processes and implement best practices across the platform.

Qualifications

• 8+ Years total experience
• Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Designing and supporting Azure cloud environments.
• Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
• Kubernetes and Docker container platforms.
• CI/CD pipeline development and optimization.
• Automation scripting using Python.
• Cloud platform operations, scalability, resiliency, and security.
• Monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Authentication, authorization, and access control implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support reusable cloud platform capabilities in Azure.
• Enable cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, and AI workloads through automation and standardization.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, security, and delivery teams to create scalable platform solutions.
• Improve deployment and operational processes for reliability and efficiency.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud engineering

DevOps

Infrastructure engineering

Azure cloud

Terraform IaC

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Python scripting

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Observability tooling

Job description

Sr Platform Engineer - Cloud #106252

Request ID: 106252-1

Start/End Dates: 8/31/2026 - 2/27/2027

Work Location: downtown Toronto, near TTC and GO

Job Title: IT - Specialty Developer - Senior

Job Title: Platform Engineer - Senior

Line of Business: Technology Infrastructure / Cloud Platform Engineering

What does the LOB do?: The team builds, enhances, and supports enterprise cloud platform capabilities in Azure. They provide reusable platform services, infrastructure automation, CI/CD enablement, containerized application support, observability tooling, and cloud-native engineering solutions that enable development teams across the bank

Target Start Date: ASAP - by Sept 28th

Duration: 6 months

Target rate range: $85-100hr B2B

Potential for this contract to be extended or converted to FTE? Extension: Yes / Conversion: YES FTE is the goal

Hybrid: 1 days per week in office. Wednesday, plus 1st Friday of each month

Office Location: 81 Bay Street Toronto

Work Schedule (hours per week, start time): 9-5/ 37.5 hours

Potential for OT? No

Reason the role is open?: Net new contingent resource required to support ongoing cloud platform engineering initiatives and increased demand for scalable, secure, and automated Azure platform capabilities

What project will this contractor be working on?: The contractor will support the design, build, and enhancement of Azure-based platform services, focusing on infrastructure automation, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD modernization, observability improvements, and cloud-native application enablement, including support for emerging AI and GenAI use cases.

Highlights of the role; why would someone choose this role over another?

• Opportunity to build enterprise-scale Azure cloud platforms.
• Exposure to modern cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes, Terraform, DevOps, APIs, and microservices.
• Ability to contribute to emerging AI, GenAI, and RAG platform initiatives.
• Collaborative environment with strong exposure to architecture, security, and engineering stakeholders.
• Opportunity to create reusable platform capabilities impacting multiple teams across the organization.

Who Will the Candidate Be Working with on a Daily Basis?

Platform Engineers, Software Engineers, Cloud Architects, Security Teams, DevOps Teams, and Delivery Partners, ML Engineers

Team (# of members, culture, etc): 15

How many years of experience? 8+ years of platform engineering

Job Description

The Senior Platform Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and supporting reusable cloud platform capabilities in Azure. This role focuses on enabling cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, and emerging AI workloads through infrastructure automation, platform standardization, and engineering best practices.

The successful candidate will have strong experience with Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Python scripting, observability, and secure platform design. They will partner closely with engineering, architecture, security, and delivery teams to create scalable, resilient, and automated platform solutions while continuously improving deployment and operational processes.

Must Have Requirement

• 8+ Years total experience
• Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Designing and supporting Azure cloud environments.
• Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
• Kubernetes and Docker container platforms.
• CI/CD pipeline development and optimization.
• Automation scripting using Python.
• Cloud platform operations, scalability, resiliency, and security.
• Monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Authentication, authorization, and access control implementation.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting GenAI, AI/ML, or RAG platforms.
• Azure API Management (APIM).
• Bash scripting.
• Databricks.
• Experience building reusable enterprise platform services.
• Financial services or banking experience.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent collaboration across engineering, architecture, and security teams.
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting mindset.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Continuous improvement mentality.
• Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing skills

Disqualifiers

• No hands-on Azure experience.
• No Terraform/IaC experience.
• No Kubernetes or containerization experience.
• Limited CI/CD automation experience.Primarily support-focused background with little platform engineering experience.
• Lack of experience building scalable cloud infrastructure solutions.

NOTE

Close on August 31 at 11AM