Location: Mississauga, ON (Hybrid, 2 days per week on-site)
Language: Excellent written and verbal English communication skills are required.
Background Check Requirement: A background check will be required as part of the hiring process.
Term: 6-month contract to start
About the Opportunity
Are you passionate about Kubernetes, cloud-native architecture, and enabling engineering teams to deliver at scale? An industry-leading healthcare organization is expanding its mature Cloud Engineering practice and is looking for a Kubernetes Architect to help shape the next generation of its cloud platform. This is an opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technical strategy while remaining closely connected to engineering teams and hands-on architecture.
Working alongside cloud engineering leaders, architects, and development teams, you'll translate strategic cloud initiatives into scalable technical blueprints that accelerate application delivery. From defining Kubernetes standards to driving platform modernization and GitOps adoption, you'll play a key role in helping the organization scale its cloud capabilities and modernize how software is built and deployed.
What’s In It for You
Join a collaborative engineering organization where innovation, mentorship, and continuous improvement are part of the culture. You'll have the opportunity to influence cloud strategy, work on large-scale modernization initiatives, and partner with experienced cloud professionals who value technical excellence and knowledge sharing. This role offers the chance to make a lasting impact while helping shape the future of a growing Kubernetes practice.
Your Responsibilities
- Partner with Cloud Engineering leadership to translate strategic cloud initiatives into scalable Kubernetes platform architecture and implementation-ready technical blueprints.
- Define Kubernetes architecture standards, reference designs, governance, and enterprise best practices for secure, reliable, and scalable cloud platforms.
- Design and evolve the organization's Integrated Developer Platform (IDP), enabling standardized CI/CD pipelines, automation, GitOps practices, and developer self-service capabilities.
- Review existing Kubernetes architecture, identify opportunities for modernization, and recommend improvements that advance the organization's cloud platform strategy.
- Lead architecture for strategic modernization initiatives, including Gateway API adoption and next-generation Kubernetes networking.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure architectural consistency and successful implementation of platform designs.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship across Kubernetes, cloud-native architecture, Platform Engineering, DevOps, and GitOps practices.
- Partner with cloud architects, engineering leaders, and business stakeholders to translate technical and business requirements into scalable platform solutions.
- Drive continuous improvement through automation, Infrastructure as Code, platform standardization, and engineering best practices.
Skills and Qualifications
Required
- 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, Platform Engineering, or cloud engineering, including architecture ownership.
- Deep experience designing and implementing Kubernetes architecture within enterprise cloud environments.
- Strong cloud architecture experience, preferably with Microsoft Azure (AKS). Experience with AWS or GCP is also highly valued.
- Proven experience translating business and technical requirements into scalable architecture, reference designs, and engineering standards.
- Strong experience with Platform Engineering, cloud-native architecture, and modern Kubernetes ecosystems.
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, GitOps, and automation using technologies such as Terraform, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Ansible, and Python.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence technical direction, mentor engineering teams, and drive platform modernization initiatives.
Nice to Have
- Experience with one or more of the following technologies is considered a strong asset:
- Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD, Crossplane, AKS, and GKE.
- Gateway API, Cilium, Azure CNI, NGINX Ingress, Istio Service Mesh, and Kubernetes networking architecture.
- GitOps methodologies, Argo Workflows, GitHub Actions, and modern CI/CD platform design.
- Prometheus, Grafana, OPA/Gatekeeper, observability, security, governance, and policy enforcement.
- Multi-cloud Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Kubernetes.
- Secrets and certificate management using technologies such as cert-manager, ACME, or KeyFactor.
- Kubernetes platform modernization, migration initiatives, and cloud-native transformation projects.
- Strong networking knowledge, including routing, User Defined Routes (UDRs), and cloud networking principles.
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Pay: $90.00-$100.00 per hour
Application question(s):
- Do you have work experience designing and implementing Kubernetes architecture within enterprise cloud environments? (Must be on resume)
Experience:
- Kubernetes: 5 years (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Mississauga, ON L5N 5P9
