Cloud Engineer jobs in Canada

Hours: 35 hrs per week, permanent, Hybrid, 1 day a week at the office.
Closing Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025

We are recruiting for a Principal Cloud (Azure) Engineer to provide a key role in the development, implementation, and optimisation of our Azure Cloud infrastructure. If you are a strategic but hands-on technical leader who thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment where technology is central to our organisational goals, then this may be the job for you!

Not just another building society. Not just another job. We’re the fourth biggest building society in the UK and a mutual organisation owned by our members. Our colleagues say Skipton is a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing new ideas to keep customers at the heart of what we do. We support your career growth and personal development, regardless of your background or goals.

You will work within our IT function as part of our Cloud Engineering teams on our Azure Platform, ensuring it is fit for purpose, resilient, scalable, and capable of delivering value quickly. You will support a team of around 20 engineers as the overall lead technical authority and decision maker. The team collaborates closely with other IT, software, and data engineering teams developing innovative solutions on Azure.

• Flexible hybrid working with a vibrant, refurbished head office
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + increase with service up to 30 days
• Holiday trading scheme
• Matching employer pension contributions (up to 10%)
• Colleague mortgage options (conditions apply)
• Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric cars
• Training and development opportunities
• Private medical insurance
• 3 paid volunteering days per year
• Diverse colleague networks including Carers and Pride groups
• Wellbeing benefits including cycle to work and gym discounts

• Lead technical expertise in Azure Cloud solutions, infrastructure as code (IaC), automation, and security
• Define and enforce best practices, ensuring adoption of industry standards for security, compliance, and performance
• Drive DevOps and SRE principles to enhance operational efficiency and resilience
• Engage with leadership and teams to align cloud strategy with digital transformation goals
• Advise on Azure cost management and efficiency strategies
• Mentor engineering teams to embed technical excellence and regulatory compliance

• Expert knowledge of Azure cloud services, including networking, data, and integration services
• Proficiency in automation and IaC tools such as PowerShell, Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps
• Hands-on experience with Azure security, identity management, and access control
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Proven leadership and mentoring abilities
• Solution architecture skills for scalable, high-performance cloud solutions
• Strategic thinking and cross-team collaboration skills
• Passion for learning and innovation