Cloud Platform Engineer – Kubernetes
KData Inc.
Downtown Toronto (Toronto Dominion Centre / Design Exchange), Canada
- City Downtown Toronto (Toronto Dominion Centre / Design Exchange)
- Country Canada
Job Description
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Engineerwith deepKubernetes expertise to join a platform engineeringteam supporting enterprise cloud environments and application teams.
The role combines hands-on Kubernetes engineering andtroubleshooting with broader cloud platform responsibilities, includinginfrastructure-as-code, automation and engineering through GitHub-basedworkflows.
The successful candidate must be capable of going beyondbasic Kubernetes administration and independently diagnosing and resolvingcomplex Kubernetes and container-platform issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Engineer,operate and troubleshoot enterpriseKubernetes platformcapabilities.
- Diagnosecomplex Kubernetes issues across clusters, workloads and supportingplatform services.
- Supportapplication teams deploying and operating workloads on shared cloudplatforms.
- InvestigateKubernetes-related support requests and drive technical issues throughresolution.
- Developand maintain cloud infrastructure usingTerraform andreusable infrastructure-as-code patterns.
- Workwithin GitHub-based engineering repositories and CI/CD workflows.
- Developautomation and supporting tooling usingPython ; experiencewithGo is beneficial.
- Understandand troubleshoot interactions between Kubernetes, cloud networking andsurrounding infrastructure.
- Collaboratewith internal engineering teams and client/application teams while workingto externally driven delivery priorities.
- Contributeto the evolution, reliability and maintainability of shared cloud platformservices.
Requirements
Required Skills
- Deephands-on Kubernetes experience , including the ability to independentlydebug and troubleshoot complex platform and workload issues.
- ExperiencewithTerraform and infrastructure-as-code.
- Strongexperience usingGitHub for source control andcollaborative engineering.
- Understandingof cloud networking and the connectivity requirements of Kubernetes-basedplatforms.
- Strongtroubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills.
- Abilityto work directly with application/client teams and independently resolvetechnical problems.
Additional Assets
- ExperiencewithGo .
- FamiliaritywithGitHub Actions and CI/CD workflows; deepworkflow-development expertise is not essential.
- Experiencewith managed database services.
- Experiencewith cloud security capabilities such as Key Vault and customer-managedencryption keys.
- Experiencedeveloping reusable enterprise cloud platform components.
- Experienceworking in a large, regulated enterprise environment.
Ideal Profile
The ideal candidate is a Kubernetes specialist with broadcloud platform engineering skills—not simply someone who has deployed workloadsto Kubernetes. They should be comfortable getting into a difficult Kubernetesproblem, diagnosing what is happening and resolving it, while also being ableto work with Terraform, Python, GitHub and the broader cloud infrastructuresurrounding the platform.
Reference: WJ-3875_14104591