Cloud Platform Engineer – Terraform & Database Infrastructure

KData Inc. | Contract

Downtown Toronto (Toronto Dominion Centre / Design Exchange), Canada | Posted on 10/13/2026

• City Downtown Toronto (Toronto Dominion Centre / Design Exchange)
• Country Canada

Job Description

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer tojoin a platform engineering team supporting enterprise cloud environments andapplication teams.

The role combines hands-on platform engineering with supportfor application teams consuming shared cloud services. The successful candidatewill work with infrastructure-as-code, cloud networking, database services andsupporting platform components, troubleshooting issues and helping applicationteams successfully consume standardized cloud capabilities.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strongTerraform skills, solid cloud infrastructure knowledge and the ability toindependently diagnose infrastructure and connectivity issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop,maintain and support reusable infrastructure-as-code componentsusingTerraform .
  
• Supportapplication teams consuming shared cloud platform services andtroubleshoot infrastructure-related requests and issues.
  
• Workwith managed database services and supporting infrastructure, includingdatabase provisioning, configuration, connectivity and security.
  
• Supportcloud security and encryption capabilities includingcustomer-managedkeys (CMK) andKey Vault integrations.
  
• Diagnoseand resolve cloud networking issues across platform and applicationenvironments.
  
• Workwithin GitHub-based engineering workflows, repositories and CI/CDprocesses.
  
• Developand maintain automation and supporting tooling usingPython ;experience withGo is beneficial.
  
• Participatein troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across infrastructure,application connectivity and shared platform services.
  
• Collaboratewith internal engineering teams and client/application teams, working toexternally driven priorities and delivery timelines.
  
• Contributeto the continued development and improvement of reusable cloud platformcapabilities.
  

Requirements

Required Skills

• Stronghands-on Terraform experience developing and maintainingproduction infrastructure.
  
• Strongunderstanding ofcloud networking , including networkingconcepts, routing, connectivity, DNS, network security andtroubleshooting.
  
• Experiencesupportingmanaged database infrastructure , ideally includingPostgreSQL or similar managed relational database platforms.
  
• Experiencewith cloud security services such asKey Vault, encryption andcustomer-managed keys .
  
• Strongexperience usingGitHub for source control andcollaborative engineering.
  
• Strongtroubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure and platform services.
  
• Abilityto work directly with application/client teams and independently drivetechnical issues through resolution.
  

Additional Assets

• ExperiencewithGo .
  
• Experiencedeveloping or maintainingGitHub Actions workflows.
  
• FamiliaritywithKubernetes and container platforms.
  
• Experiencebuilding reusable enterprise cloud platform modules and standardizedinfrastructure patterns.
  
• Experienceworking in a large, regulated enterprise environment.
  

Ideal Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on cloud/platform engineerwho is equally comfortable working in Terraform, investigating a database ornetworking problem, and helping an application team consume a shared platformcapability. This person should be capable of working independently,troubleshooting complex infrastructure problems and contributing directly toproduction-grade platform code.