Staff Cloud Platform Engineer - Lead DevOps & Automation

Kinaxis; Ottawa, Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days

Flexible work options

Physical and mental well-being program

Regularly scheduled virtual fitness cL

Mentorship programs, training, andcar

Job summary

Kinaxis, a global leader in supply chain orchestration, seeks a Staff Cloud Platform Engineer in Canada to advance cloud platform capabilities and deliver exceptional experiences to development and operations teams.

You will provide technical leadership, drive self-service deployments, refine CI/CD pipelines, and build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD and related tools across multi-cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5-7 years of cloud engineering experience in high-tech, global environments.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (GCP preferred).
• Automation of cloud solutions and infrastructure.
• 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 technical lead.
• Drive a DevOps mindset 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, enhance services, and provide a seamless experience through self-service and modern approaches.
• Mentor and lead junior team members to achieve excellence in 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 platform expertise

Go programming

Python programming

Shell/Bash scripting

DevOps mindset

CI/CD experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Datadog

Prometheus

ELK

Job description

Kinaxis, a global leader in supply chain orchestration, seeks a Staff Cloud Platform Engineer in Canada to advance cloud platform capabilities and deliver exceptional experiences to development and operations teams.

You will provide technical leadership, drive self-service deployments, refine CI/CD pipelines, and build secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD and related tools across multi-cloud environments.