Head of Cloud-Native Platform Engineering (Kubernetes)

MCD McKesson Canada Corporation / La Corporation McKesson Canada; Irving (TX); Hybrid; CAD 181,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson seeks a visionary Director of Cloud & Kubernetes Platform Engineering to lead the design, development, and evolution of our cloud-native platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will shape strategic roadmaps, drive multi-cloud architecture, and build self-service infrastructure for the entire engineering organization.

You will lead a global team of cloud engineers and DevOps practitioners, define performance targets (SRE/SLOs), and own the platform budget and ROI.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in engineering, with 6+ years in cloud platform leadership.
• Experience leading large-scale cloud platforms and Kubernetes transformations.
• Deep hands-on expertise across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Expert-level Kubernetes knowledge (clusters, CRDs, Helm).

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a forward-looking cloud and Kubernetes platform engineering strategy aligned with enterprise goals and digital transformation initiatives.
• Own P&L responsibility, technology budget management, and ROI optimization for enterprise platform investments across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Develop platform roadmaps and translate long-term vision into actionable workstreams.
• Lead development of multi-cloud architecture, IDPs, and IaC/CI/CD toolchains.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

DevOps

IaC

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

ArgoCD

Flux

GitHub Actions

Job description

McKesson seeks a visionary Director of Cloud & Kubernetes Platform Engineering to lead the design, development, and evolution of our cloud-native platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will shape strategic roadmaps, drive multi-cloud architecture, and build self-service infrastructure for the entire engineering organization.

You will lead a global team of cloud engineers and DevOps practitioners, define performance targets (SRE/SLOs), and own the platform budget and ROI.